National Regional Profile: Canterbury (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105201550   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
82
70
131
126
65
Total dwelling unitsno.
305
388
527
497
171
Value of total residential building$m
58.1
87.2
97.9
112.4
44.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.3
41.6
24.2
9.2
47.8
Value of total building$m
75.4
128.8
122.1
121.6
92.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 132
2 135
2 211
2 186
2 238
Other vehiclesno.
875
1 105
1 184
1 020
938
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 007
3 240
3 395
3 206
3 176
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
54 763
55 122
55 743
56 975
58 356
Campervansno.
38
49
52
41
35
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 394
5 541
5 749
5 839
5 987
Light rigid trucksno.
457
465
498
497
533
Heavy rigid trucksno.
813
809
822
844
853
Articulated trucksno.
54
60
67
62
78
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
35
34
34
35
32
Busesno.
145
161
161
182
194
Motorcyclesno.
709
742
737
789
883
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
62 408
62 984
63 863
65 264
66 950
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
401
407
414
422
429
Campervansno.
0
0
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
39
41
43
43
44
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
5
5
5
6
6
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
457
465
474
483
492
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 052
8 070
6 187
4 835
3 804
Petrol - Unleadedno.
48 768
51 276
53 962
56 503
58 943
Dieselno.
2 377
2 432
2 473
2 600
2 766
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 211
1 206
1 241
1 326
1 438
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
26.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
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