National Regional Profile: Southern Adelaide (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 40520   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 643
1 547
1 459
1 257
1 291
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 118
2 449
2 233
2 114
2 003
Value of total residential building$m
278.2
408.0
359.1
409.8
393.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
65.1
126.6
89.2
225.4
122.4
Value of total building$m
343.2
534.6
448.3
635.2
515.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
7 220
8 049
8 352
8 451
8 396
Other vehiclesno.
2 201
2 721
3 341
3 680
3 283
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
9 423
10 769
11 692
12 131
11 679
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
186 427
188 580
191 510
193 372
197 005
Campervansno.
906
931
856
837
814
Light commercial vehiclesno.
16 174
16 694
17 291
18 020
18 891
Light rigid trucksno.
516
539
547
570
653
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 721
1 770
1 833
1 891
1 970
Articulated trucksno.
328
336
344
400
444
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
83
75
74
77
83
Busesno.
378
384
363
514
539
Motorcyclesno.
4 914
4 935
5 306
5 685
6 466
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
211 452
214 240
218 128
221 371
226 863
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
569
573
580
583
588
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
49
51
52
54
56
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
15
15
16
17
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
645
651
661
667
678
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
58 487
49 480
40 977
33 519
27 457
Petrol - Unleadedno.
145 231
156 290
167 742
177 273
187 615
Dieselno.
5 926
6 641
7 488
8 589
9 738
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 806
1 830
1 924
1 986
2 050
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
21 939.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
408.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
41.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
366.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
393.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
227.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
13 158
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
559
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 120
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0