National Regional Profile: The Coorong (DC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 420107800   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
34
19
15
17
18
Total dwelling unitsno.
34
19
15
19
21
Value of total residential building$m
3.1
2.6
2.6
3.3
5.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.6
6.9
0.6
0.4
1.7
Value of total building$m
4.8
9.5
3.2
3.6
6.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
78
110
83
90
66
Other vehiclesno.
125
130
159
131
127
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
202
240
242
221
193
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 224
3 247
3 315
3 378
3 340
Campervansno.
25
31
24
25
30
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 464
1 457
1 510
1 515
1 463
Light rigid trucksno.
16
18
22
20
21
Heavy rigid trucksno.
364
360
345
332
314
Articulated trucksno.
77
82
86
90
92
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
7
7
8
7
Busesno.
26
26
27
30
31
Motorcyclesno.
193
206
191
201
203
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 400
5 433
5 527
5 598
5 501
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
544
551
563
575
569
Campervansno.
4
5
4
4
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
247
247
256
258
249
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
61
61
59
57
54
Articulated trucksno.
13
14
15
15
16
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
33
35
32
34
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
910
922
938
954
938
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 555
1 304
1 105
958
790
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 664
2 883
3 094
3 251
3 314
Dieselno.
1 125
1 190
1 270
1 329
1 335
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
57
56
57
61
62
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
650 259.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
98 530.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
123.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
450.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
450.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
34 093.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
478 873
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
27 231
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
94 381
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
44 441
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0