National Regional Profile: Murray (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345057038   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
182
97
33
10
9
Total dwelling unitsno.
182
97
33
12
10
Value of total residential building$m
29.6
18.6
8.3
3.6
4.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
159.7
2.7
0.3
3.5
3.7
Value of total building$m
189.3
21.3
8.5
7.1
7.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
240
216
269
272
312
Other vehiclesno.
207
215
254
335
325
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
447
431
523
607
637
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 454
4 714
4 817
4 915
5 160
Campervansno.
8
10
14
11
14
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 150
1 216
1 301
1 318
1 422
Light rigid trucksno.
44
46
49
52
56
Heavy rigid trucksno.
102
101
125
124
136
Articulated trucksno.
21
24
28
29
32
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
21
30
25
27
Busesno.
36
36
35
36
41
Motorcyclesno.
383
389
395
379
424
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 216
6 558
6 795
6 889
7 313
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
448
453
455
461
478
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
116
117
123
124
132
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
12
12
13
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
3
2
3
Busesno.
4
3
3
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
38
37
37
36
39
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
625
630
642
646
677
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 025
905
778
654
558
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 402
4 784
5 063
5 254
5 669
Dieselno.
714
800
884
915
1 010
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
74
68
70
65
75
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0