National Regional Profile: Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 430053710   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
38
42
49
56
54
Total dwelling unitsno.
38
45
51
56
55
Value of total residential building$m
3.9
7.8
10.1
11.3
10.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.2
0.3
2.1
2.1
0.4
Value of total building$m
6.2
8.1
12.3
13.4
10.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
47
64
59
50
56
Other vehiclesno.
70
97
85
108
90
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
117
161
144
158
146
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 473
2 486
2 497
2 492
2 534
Campervansno.
22
23
23
25
23
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 087
1 113
1 175
1 186
1 178
Light rigid trucksno.
13
19
17
19
19
Heavy rigid trucksno.
213
225
208
197
183
Articulated trucksno.
62
61
62
68
62
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
11
11
13
15
14
Motorcyclesno.
124
117
135
127
142
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
4 010
4 058
4 132
4 128
4 157
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
578
580
573
562
554
Campervansno.
5
5
5
6
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
254
260
270
268
257
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
50
53
48
44
40
Articulated trucksno.
14
14
14
15
14
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
29
27
31
29
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
937
947
948
931
908
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 073
926
794
651
521
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 961
2 049
2 187
2 270
2 374
Dieselno.
955
1 063
1 130
1 186
1 235
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
20
19
21
22
27
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
316 859.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
109 242.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
113.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
113.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
49 766.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
237 168
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
4
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 047
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 556
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0