National Regional Profile: Central Murray (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 15515   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
179
193
195
234
261
Total dwelling unitsno.
230
203
203
273
284
Value of total residential building$m
34.2
35.7
40.3
55.8
55.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
28.0
11.9
8.4
16.3
22.7
Value of total building$m
62.2
47.6
48.7
72.1
78.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
616
545
652
566
561
Other vehiclesno.
757
625
886
812
746
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 371
1 171
1 537
1 377
1 305
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
12 451
12 524
12 762
12 942
13 017
Campervansno.
22
32
42
47
46
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 811
5 877
6 005
6 089
6 265
Light rigid trucksno.
76
89
98
107
123
Heavy rigid trucksno.
775
743
763
737
750
Articulated trucksno.
466
429
477
449
483
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
20
16
14
10
8
Busesno.
149
149
152
148
157
Motorcyclesno.
502
464
497
526
575
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
20 273
20 323
20 817
21 053
21 432
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
400
406
417
424
424
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
187
190
196
199
204
Light rigid trucksno.
2
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
24
25
24
24
Articulated trucksno.
15
14
16
15
16
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
0
0
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
16
15
16
17
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
651
658
680
689
697
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 747
3 261
2 893
2 470
2 160
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 482
11 894
12 468
13 021
13 383
Dieselno.
4 460
4 603
4 929
5 050
5 342
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
585
566
525
513
545
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 285 153.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
396 182.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 352.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 483.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 483.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
33 773.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 748 037
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
72 486
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
202 700
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
70 407
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0