National Regional Profile: Hills District (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305405971   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
181
95
44
18
16
Total dwelling unitsno.
199
100
64
32
28
Value of total residential building$m
30.8
18.4
15.8
11.1
10.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
1.5
1.7
2.0
2.1
Value of total building$m
32.8
19.9
17.5
13.1
12.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
316
365
442
483
464
Other vehiclesno.
165
215
274
291
255
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
481
580
716
774
719
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 460
10 689
10 855
11 011
11 111
Campervansno.
17
16
19
21
21
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 320
1 388
1 447
1 512
1 563
Light rigid trucksno.
44
46
48
50
52
Heavy rigid trucksno.
82
84
85
81
77
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
13
14
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
0
0
0
Busesno.
24
23
20
23
25
Motorcyclesno.
383
399
423
467
540
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
12 339
12 654
12 912
13 181
13 401
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
500
503
511
518
523
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
63
65
68
71
74
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
1
1
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
18
19
20
22
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
590
596
608
620
631
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 494
2 107
1 733
1 423
1 142
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 044
9 686
10 268
10 791
11 233
Dieselno.
632
692
741
801
846
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
169
170
170
166
180
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0