National Regional Profile: Port Pirie City and Dists (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA46450   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
40
42
64
46
62
Total dwelling unitsno.
48
45
69
48
62
Value of total residential building$m
5.4
6.1
10.3
8.3
10.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
7.8
1.6
3.6
13.0
9.7
Value of total building$m
13.2
7.8
13.9
21.3
19.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
238
243
221
238
255
Other vehiclesno.
110
144
115
139
170
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
348
387
336
377
425
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 020
9 081
9 166
9 311
9 541
Campervansno.
48
52
52
48
45
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 866
1 843
1 870
1 886
1 937
Light rigid trucksno.
42
40
43
44
45
Heavy rigid trucksno.
277
290
288
273
294
Articulated trucksno.
57
58
59
60
54
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
8
7
7
10
Busesno.
34
35
30
30
32
Motorcyclesno.
571
531
512
525
604
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
11 928
11 940
12 029
12 185
12 561
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
511
517
522
528
537
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
106
105
106
107
109
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
16
16
15
17
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
32
30
29
30
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
676
679
685
691
707
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 851
3 313
2 917
2 440
2 127
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 245
7 694
8 139
8 718
9 312
Dieselno.
769
868
907
953
1 039
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
63
65
66
74
83
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
160 371.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
77 765.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
17.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
17 400.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
71 538
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 454
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 327
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0