National Regional Profile: Ashburton (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 540100250   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
21
3
3
3
56
Total dwelling unitsno.
23
4
8
3
71
Value of total residential building$m
2.7
0.9
1.9
0.6
24.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.0
0.7
15.6
16.4
12.8
Value of total building$m
2.7
1.5
17.5
16.9
37.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
27
35
35
32
41
Other vehiclesno.
105
87
108
101
139
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
133
121
143
133
180
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 169
2 141
2 295
2 514
2 640
Campervansno.
14
20
22
14
12
Light commercial vehiclesno.
932
926
988
1 070
1 110
Light rigid trucksno.
27
33
28
34
47
Heavy rigid trucksno.
173
173
168
180
206
Articulated trucksno.
29
30
27
30
32
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
29
31
31
27
32
Busesno.
77
67
83
79
76
Motorcyclesno.
257
249
260
293
322
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 706
3 670
3 902
4 240
4 477
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
368
359
367
392
406
Campervansno.
2
3
4
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
158
155
158
167
171
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
4
5
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
29
29
27
28
32
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
4
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
5
5
4
5
Busesno.
13
11
13
12
12
Motorcyclesno.
44
42
42
46
49
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
628
616
625
661
688
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
602
538
484
424
401
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 603
1 616
1 714
1 944
2 080
Dieselno.
1 456
1 475
1 656
1 817
1 944
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
45
41
49
55
53
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
5 878 818.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
83 287
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0