National Regional Profile: Whyalla (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 435058540   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
17
13
21
43
54
Total dwelling unitsno.
20
13
57
59
57
Value of total residential building$m
3.8
2.7
10.6
11.3
11.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
2.9
2.8
2.8
8.6
Value of total building$m
5.9
5.6
13.4
14.0
20.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
308
303
354
365
404
Other vehiclesno.
153
124
173
180
235
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
461
427
527
545
639
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 478
10 547
10 595
10 749
11 219
Campervansno.
52
52
65
64
58
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 719
1 717
1 758
1 790
1 902
Light rigid trucksno.
42
44
53
60
66
Heavy rigid trucksno.
156
165
176
181
189
Articulated trucksno.
20
21
19
23
28
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
11
12
14
12
Busesno.
50
51
51
60
66
Motorcyclesno.
722
723
661
687
726
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 249
13 330
13 389
13 627
14 265
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
474
478
478
484
502
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
78
78
79
81
85
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
8
8
8
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
33
33
30
31
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
599
604
604
613
639
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 488
4 036
3 405
2 861
2 515
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 984
8 453
9 039
9 744
10 593
Dieselno.
660
713
796
884
1 007
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
118
129
150
139
151
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
42 700.7
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.
-
-
-
-
6 370
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
272
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0