National Regional Profile: Murray Lands (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 420   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
360
354
379
386
454
Total dwelling unitsno.
416
375
407
415
470
Value of total residential building$m
43.7
47.4
54.1
66.7
79.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
45.3
30.8
55.2
34.9
25.7
Value of total building$m
89.0
78.1
109.3
101.6
104.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 078
1 184
1 190
1 206
1 044
Other vehiclesno.
998
997
1 143
1 153
1 052
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 074
2 180
2 330
2 362
2 091
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
38 512
38 885
39 431
39 745
40 388
Campervansno.
279
319
319
326
341
Light commercial vehiclesno.
12 106
12 218
12 474
12 518
12 591
Light rigid trucksno.
213
225
227
234
265
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 218
2 132
2 049
1 957
1 947
Articulated trucksno.
675
708
749
793
803
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
59
54
53
50
45
Busesno.
245
236
252
250
263
Motorcyclesno.
2 004
1 958
1 955
1 964
2 091
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
56 308
56 732
57 511
57 837
58 738
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
561
567
574
575
581
Campervansno.
4
5
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
176
178
182
181
181
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
32
31
30
28
28
Articulated trucksno.
10
10
11
11
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
3
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
29
29
28
28
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
820
827
837
836
845
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
18 434
16 109
14 012
11 849
10 216
Petrol - Unleadedno.
30 847
33 113
35 411
37 417
39 491
Dieselno.
6 451
6 912
7 508
7 993
8 430
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
577
598
581
580
600
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 197 745.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
787 339.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
7 163.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
14 361.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
14 408.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
54 729.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 678 250
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
49 032
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
131 638
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
183 701
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0