National Regional Profile: Murray Bridge (RC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA45040   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
88
122
188
152
175
Total dwelling unitsno.
97
132
197
157
182
Value of total residential building$m
9.7
14.4
21.8
21.9
26.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
12.4
12.8
34.0
16.0
10.2
Value of total building$m
22.1
27.2
55.9
37.9
36.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
224
248
271
312
311
Other vehiclesno.
194
197
237
277
251
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
418
445
508
589
562
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 857
10 044
10 388
10 512
10 848
Campervansno.
69
77
79
92
85
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 160
2 198
2 311
2 326
2 378
Light rigid trucksno.
61
60
57
51
64
Heavy rigid trucksno.
381
374
382
359
391
Articulated trucksno.
103
96
106
103
108
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
11
10
8
7
Busesno.
65
59
72
62
69
Motorcyclesno.
461
441
469
447
510
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 168
13 361
13 875
13 959
14 461
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
570
574
585
580
591
Campervansno.
4
4
4
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
125
126
130
128
129
Light rigid trucksno.
4
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
22
21
22
20
21
Articulated trucksno.
6
5
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
4
3
4
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
27
25
26
25
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
761
764
782
771
787
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 325
3 738
3 316
2 763
2 410
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 517
8 221
9 033
9 585
10 300
Dieselno.
1 114
1 174
1 308
1 385
1 508
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
213
228
218
227
243
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
132 533.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
33 920.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
553.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
311.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
313.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 505.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
102 523
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
14 686
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
8 366
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
30 686
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0