National Regional Profile: Golden Plains (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA22490   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
159
223
239
187
172
Total dwelling unitsno.
159
223
244
189
172
Value of total residential building$m
23.7
38.9
45.9
42.5
38.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.1
3.6
2.3
7.4
5.3
Value of total building$m
24.7
42.5
48.2
49.9
43.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
212
205
230
240
255
Other vehiclesno.
224
206
264
316
301
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
434
411
494
554
556
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 817
8 147
8 409
8 707
8 839
Campervansno.
40
43
43
52
56
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 891
3 051
3 128
3 230
3 331
Light rigid trucksno.
79
81
85
87
94
Heavy rigid trucksno.
562
575
571
605
601
Articulated trucksno.
125
131
138
136
141
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
50
41
48
47
46
Busesno.
48
49
42
42
44
Motorcyclesno.
542
491
513
541
567
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
12 155
12 608
12 977
13 448
13 721
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
512
520
520
521
518
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
189
195
193
193
195
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
37
37
35
36
35
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
9
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
35
31
32
32
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
796
805
802
805
803
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 553
3 229
2 852
2 482
2 137
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 185
6 763
7 388
8 044
8 494
Dieselno.
1 339
1 515
1 654
1 830
1 980
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 079
1 102
1 082
1 092
1 110
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
182 440.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
31 173.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
71.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
95.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
104.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
9 262.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
702 062
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
856
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
19 830
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
18 852
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0