National Regional Profile: Balranald (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 155200300   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
5
11
6
7
2
Total dwelling unitsno.
5
11
6
11
2
Value of total residential building$m
0.5
1.6
1.0
1.7
0.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.6
1.2
0.0
0.6
1.1
Value of total building$m
1.1
2.8
1.0
2.3
1.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
27
39
45
42
25
Other vehiclesno.
63
47
73
67
53
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
90
86
118
109
78
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
903
918
933
914
895
Campervansno.
0
3
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
550
560
573
559
534
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
8
11
11
Heavy rigid trucksno.
51
56
54
53
46
Articulated trucksno.
37
39
43
38
28
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
17
17
19
20
20
Motorcyclesno.
29
24
27
32
39
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 595
1 624
1 661
1 631
1 577
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
331
342
356
354
352
Campervansno.
0
1
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
202
209
218
216
210
Light rigid trucksno.
1
2
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
21
21
21
18
Articulated trucksno.
14
15
16
15
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
7
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
11
9
10
12
15
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
586
605
633
632
619
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
308
265
227
190
167
Petrol - Unleadedno.
805
850
899
902
897
Dieselno.
447
474
499
507
480
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
35
35
36
31
33
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 726 970.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
55 581.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
157.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
147.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
147.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
870.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
388 592
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
19 874
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0