National Regional Profile: Tara (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320056700   
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 INDUSTRY


2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
6
4
4
1
6
Total dwelling unitsno.
6
6
4
3
6
Value of total residential building$m
0.6
0.9
0.4
0.6
0.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.2
0.0
1.7
0.1
1.1
Value of total building$m
0.8
0.9
2.1
0.6
1.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
38
39
45
27
50
Other vehiclesno.
85
100
125
123
125
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
124
140
170
150
175
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 688
1 690
1 795
1 831
1 956
Campervansno.
4
10
11
14
16
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 065
1 106
1 181
1 255
1 324
Light rigid trucksno.
24
31
33
29
36
Heavy rigid trucksno.
228
241
253
271
282
Articulated trucksno.
127
123
128
122
131
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
8
6
6
7
Busesno.
35
35
38
44
40
Motorcyclesno.
76
75
90
106
122
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 255
3 320
3 535
3 678
3 914
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
432
424
456
465
501
Campervansno.
1
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
272
278
300
319
339
Light rigid trucksno.
6
8
8
7
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
58
60
64
69
72
Articulated trucksno.
32
31
33
31
34
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
9
9
10
11
10
Motorcyclesno.
19
19
23
27
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
832
833
898
934
1 002
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
853
772
748
676
592
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 247
1 338
1 489
1 581
1 781
Dieselno.
1 104
1 165
1 256
1 376
1 495
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
51
44
41
44
46
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
998 887.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
114 160.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 068.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
111 647
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
166 784
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
6 968
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0