National Regional Profile: King Island (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA63410   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
5
5
4
1
1
Total dwelling unitsno.
5
5
4
1
1
Value of total residential building$m
0.6
0.9
1.0
0.7
1.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.8
0.5
0.6
0.0
0.0
Value of total building$m
1.4
1.5
1.6
0.7
1.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
7
8
7
8
9
Other vehiclesno.
48
26
32
46
47
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
55
34
39
54
56
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
741
730
732
747
779
Campervansno.
3
3
4
3
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
473
511
508
515
546
Light rigid trucksno.
13
13
16
14
14
Heavy rigid trucksno.
97
94
91
105
99
Articulated trucksno.
14
14
16
18
20
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
0
0
3
Busesno.
14
12
14
11
12
Motorcyclesno.
26
24
26
29
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 381
1 402
1 408
1 442
1 503
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
433
423
429
439
457
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
276
296
298
303
321
Light rigid trucksno.
8
8
9
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
57
54
53
62
58
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
9
11
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
0
0
2
Busesno.
8
7
8
6
7
Motorcyclesno.
15
14
15
17
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
806
812
826
847
883
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
418
354
301
245
207
Petrol - Unleadedno.
529
596
646
696
763
Dieselno.
412
431
441
482
517
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
22
21
20
19
16
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
68 975.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
46.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
20 080
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
12 846
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
78 782
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
139
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0