National Regional Profile: Mount Barker (DC) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410154554   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
67
58
51
33
40
Total dwelling unitsno.
67
58
51
33
40
Value of total residential building$m
7.5
6.8
8.1
6.7
9.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.0
0.2
1.5
1.0
0.9
Value of total building$m
8.4
7.0
9.6
7.7
10.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
111
118
128
109
115
Other vehiclesno.
82
103
92
100
95
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
193
221
220
209
210
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 400
4 511
4 544
4 629
4 752
Campervansno.
26
25
31
24
22
Light commercial vehiclesno.
981
967
985
1 011
1 017
Light rigid trucksno.
20
19
21
20
21
Heavy rigid trucksno.
140
134
130
132
129
Articulated trucksno.
34
33
36
37
38
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Busesno.
20
11
10
12
12
Motorcyclesno.
182
189
183
172
192
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 805
5 892
5 944
6 040
6 187
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
522
528
532
537
547
Campervansno.
3
3
4
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
116
113
115
117
117
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
16
15
15
15
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
22
22
21
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
688
690
696
701
712
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 725
1 463
1 242
1 026
878
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 585
3 925
4 157
4 424
4 657
Dieselno.
426
442
483
531
593
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
69
63
62
59
60
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
30 281.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
426.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
158.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
20.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
30.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
107.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
36 603
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 251
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
14 322
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0