National Regional Profile: Whyalla (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 43505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
17
13
21
43
54
Total dwelling unitsno.
20
13
57
59
57
Value of total residential building$m
3.8
2.7
10.6
11.3
11.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
2.9
2.8
7.8
9.9
Value of total building$m
5.9
5.6
13.4
19.0
21.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
308
303
354
365
404
Other vehiclesno.
153
124
173
180
238
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
461
427
527
545
642
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 580
10 638
10 686
10 844
11 323
Campervansno.
55
52
65
67
62
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 752
1 745
1 778
1 817
1 930
Light rigid trucksno.
42
44
53
60
69
Heavy rigid trucksno.
159
165
176
184
192
Articulated trucksno.
24
24
19
23
28
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
11
12
14
12
Busesno.
50
51
51
60
66
Motorcyclesno.
728
728
669
694
733
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 400
13 460
13 513
13 762
14 416
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
474
477
477
483
502
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
78
78
79
81
86
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
8
8
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
33
33
30
31
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
600
604
603
614
639
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 550
4 092
3 452
2 907
2 568
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 053
8 514
9 101
9 815
10 670
Dieselno.
679
723
807
899
1 024
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
118
129
153
139
154
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 474 300.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
442.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
114 991
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
272
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0