National Regional Profile: Murray Mallee (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 42010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
133
144
209
176
205
Total dwelling unitsno.
143
156
221
183
215
Value of total residential building$m
14.0
17.6
25.6
26.2
33.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
21.0
20.7
35.5
17.3
13.2
Value of total building$m
35.1
38.3
61.2
43.5
46.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
343
400
407
454
413
Other vehiclesno.
420
381
484
471
445
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
763
782
890
925
858
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
14 963
15 151
15 583
15 781
16 088
Campervansno.
106
123
119
133
128
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 649
4 687
4 884
4 879
4 883
Light rigid trucksno.
86
90
95
88
104
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 029
984
959
924
916
Articulated trucksno.
222
220
241
245
251
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
29
24
24
24
22
Busesno.
110
102
117
107
115
Motorcyclesno.
767
758
761
740
817
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
21 960
22 140
22 784
22 918
23 325
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
560
564
575
575
581
Campervansno.
4
5
4
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
174
175
180
178
176
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
38
37
35
34
33
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
9
9
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
29
28
28
27
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
821
825
841
835
842
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 865
5 914
5 197
4 350
3 727
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 827
12 789
13 879
14 666
15 528
Dieselno.
2 974
3 127
3 405
3 587
3 738
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
296
309
302
316
332
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 538 346.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
403 726.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
4 453.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 193.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 199.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
50 562.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 151 329
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
42 011
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
113 765
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
100 325
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0