National Regional Profile: Taroom (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320056750   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
5
0
0
1
5
Total dwelling unitsno.
7
0
0
1
5
Value of total residential building$m
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.3
1.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.7
2.3
0.4
0.8
1.2
Value of total building$m
1.4
2.3
0.4
1.1
2.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
23
28
25
18
26
Other vehiclesno.
99
89
145
133
127
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
122
118
170
151
153
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 050
1 045
1 030
1 061
1 084
Campervansno.
4
5
6
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
930
896
922
948
973
Light rigid trucksno.
19
27
27
29
27
Heavy rigid trucksno.
299
283
289
294
310
Articulated trucksno.
73
74
71
70
75
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
0
0
Busesno.
21
20
22
20
21
Motorcyclesno.
28
26
24
28
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 429
2 379
2 395
2 457
2 530
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
401
401
406
420
429
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
356
343
363
375
385
Light rigid trucksno.
7
10
11
11
11
Heavy rigid trucksno.
114
108
114
116
123
Articulated trucksno.
28
28
28
28
30
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
8
8
9
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
11
10
9
11
14
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
929
912
944
973
1 002
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
428
360
337
286
248
Petrol - Unleadedno.
772
810
813
890
939
Dieselno.
1 207
1 190
1 230
1 267
1 333
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
22
19
15
14
11
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 855 504.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
11 895.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
5.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
6.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
38.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
990.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
705
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
13
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
360 857
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
526
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0