National Regional Profile: South Australia   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 4   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
8 883
8 288
8 868
8 084
7 809
Total dwelling unitsno.
10 936
10 878
11 927
11 089
11 405
Value of total residential building$m
1 398.1
1 664.5
1 894.3
1 964.8
2 121.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
806.9
1 020.4
1 224.8
1 162.9
1 273.9
Value of total building$m
2 205.1
2 684.9
3 119.1
3 127.7
3 395.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
35 076
38 371
41 473
41 174
40 600
Other vehiclesno.
15 680
18 239
21 631
22 961
21 823
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
50 756
56 610
63 104
64 135
62 423
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
861 217
871 866
885 299
895 265
912 719
Campervansno.
4 227
4 384
4 313
4 191
4 081
Light commercial vehiclesno.
129 823
132 554
137 142
140 937
145 438
Light rigid trucksno.
3 912
4 131
4 353
4 585
4 931
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21 302
21 393
21 471
21 474
21 766
Articulated trucksno.
6 404
6 491
6 614
6 732
6 791
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1 925
1 761
1 711
1 734
1 706
Busesno.
4 313
4 317
4 190
4 239
4 408
Motorcyclesno.
28 401
28 440
29 374
30 669
33 760
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 061 495
1 075 327
1 094 476
1 109 825
1 135 619
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
566
569
575
577
582
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
85
87
89
91
93
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
14
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
19
19
19
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
698
702
711
715
724
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
n.a.
250 021
210 724
174 077
145 210
Petrol - Unleadedno.
n.a.
742 422
793 964
838 576
884 998
Dieselno.
n.a.
73 711
80 091
87 070
94 666
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
n.a.
9 171
9 696
10 105
10 747
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
55 408 492.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
3 420 990.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
15 217.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
20 353.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
20 583.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
522 278.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
11 330 849
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
168 402
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 160 717
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
403 460
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0