National Regional Profile: Meander Valley (M) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615104212   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
21
31
53
55
34
Total dwelling unitsno.
21
31
53
56
37
Value of total residential building$m
2.8
4.2
7.5
9.0
8.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.7
5.0
2.6
7.9
6.3
Value of total building$m
3.5
9.2
10.1
17.0
14.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
90
90
111
112
119
Other vehiclesno.
130
140
168
198
118
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
221
231
278
310
236
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 150
5 057
5 221
5 330
5 491
Campervansno.
55
63
66
72
83
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 077
2 145
2 201
2 295
2 399
Light rigid trucksno.
66
63
64
59
62
Heavy rigid trucksno.
302
289
283
295
297
Articulated trucksno.
89
79
80
78
76
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
4
4
4
6
Busesno.
65
68
62
65
65
Motorcyclesno.
257
260
282
291
294
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 071
8 029
8 262
8 488
8 773
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
504
494
502
510
526
Campervansno.
5
6
6
7
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
203
209
212
219
230
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
30
28
27
28
28
Articulated trucksno.
9
8
8
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
6
7
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
25
25
27
28
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
790
784
795
811
840
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 748
2 360
2 105
1 817
1 647
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 928
4 222
4 612
4 957
5 292
Dieselno.
1 308
1 359
1 458
1 615
1 743
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
86
87
87
99
90
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
103 870.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 788.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 835.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
12.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
37.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 557.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
185 023
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
34 411
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
40 149
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 714
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0