National Regional Profile: South Canberra (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 80535   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
58
81
97
55
27
Total dwelling unitsno.
243
549
507
85
176
Value of total residential building$m
49.6
92.1
105.1
33.2
78.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
91.2
143.4
52.1
50.2
219.1
Value of total building$m
140.9
235.5
157.2
83.4
297.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 787
2 618
2 420
2 358
2 300
Other vehiclesno.
835
844
824
778
895
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 620
3 464
3 248
3 137
3 197
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
17 765
18 145
17 846
17 983
18 242
Campervansno.
53
52
40
40
40
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 389
2 635
2 483
2 588
2 754
Light rigid trucksno.
135
150
146
145
165
Heavy rigid trucksno.
498
570
552
504
520
Articulated trucksno.
80
79
63
63
63
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
32
37
30
26
26
Busesno.
108
104
78
110
125
Motorcyclesno.
677
666
678
710
741
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
21 725
22 432
21 912
22 176
22 675
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
759
775
762
753
742
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
102
113
106
108
112
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21
24
24
21
21
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
2
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
3
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
29
28
29
30
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
928
958
936
928
922
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 114
2 671
2 162
1 817
1 471
Petrol - Unleadedno.
16 842
17 776
17 848
18 430
19 114
Dieselno.
1 342
1 524
1 459
1 518
1 662
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
428
462
439
423
436
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 996.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
6.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
6.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
4 316
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
832
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0