National Regional Profile: Litchfield Shire (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 70520   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
90
99
121
132
110
Total dwelling units no.
93
109
122
132
113

Value of private sector houses $m
16.4
20.2
25.9
32.4
29.1
Value of new residential building $m
16.6
20.8
26.3
32.1
29.5
Value of total residential building $m
21.3
25.9
34.0
42.6
43.1
Value of total non-residential building $m
11.8
12.7
11.7
10.7
13.2
Value of total building $m
33.1
38.6
45.7
53.3
56.3

Average value of private sector houses $'000
182.6
204.0
214.1
245.8
264.7

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
380
389
395
402
406
Campervans no.
1
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
238
249
257
256
263
Light rigid trucks no.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucks no.
33
34
36
36
38
Articulated trucks no.
10
11
11
12
13
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
2
3
2
3
2
Buses no.
19
20
16
17
20
Motorcycles no.
17
20
26
26
31
Total registered motor vehicles no.
706
732
751
760
781

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
2 421
2 616
3 050
3 422
3 990
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
3 265
3 399
3 386
3 525
3 697
10 years or older no.
5 489
5 819
6 017
6 259
6 593

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
36.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
7.3
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
1.8
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
45.7
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
196 685.5
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
9.9
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
304.2
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
3 261.4
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
3 440.3
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
89.2
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
21
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
6 244
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
2 183
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0