National Regional Profile: Mitchell (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA24850   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
441
441
426
314
251
Total dwelling unitsno.
483
463
457
363
351
Value of total residential building$m
73.5
78.7
80.6
71.5
73.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
14.3
7.9
23.9
23.0
20.4
Value of total building$m
87.8
86.6
104.6
94.4
93.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
496
514
606
597
602
Other vehiclesno.
420
534
529
576
587
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
916
1 048
1 136
1 172
1 190
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
16 044
16 631
17 211
17 963
18 488
Campervansno.
73
78
85
88
94
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 541
4 814
5 025
5 170
5 396
Light rigid trucksno.
136
146
152
171
180
Heavy rigid trucksno.
699
728
702
712
748
Articulated trucksno.
223
214
221
231
228
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
51
41
53
51
54
Busesno.
125
137
131
133
131
Motorcyclesno.
1 019
987
1 009
1 096
1 197
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
22 911
23 777
24 588
25 616
26 516
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
553
553
558
568
577
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
157
160
163
163
168
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
24
23
23
23
Articulated trucksno.
8
7
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
2
2
2
Busesno.
4
5
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
35
33
33
35
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
790
791
797
810
828
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 728
5 099
4 467
3 884
3 364
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 760
14 066
15 372
16 773
17 868
Dieselno.
2 204
2 448
2 639
2 889
3 174
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 220
2 165
2 111
2 070
2 110
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
126 616.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
189.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
67.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
70.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
31.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
281 823
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
223
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
38 683
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0