National Regional Profile: Upper Great Southern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 520   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
44
52
47
71
74
Total dwelling unitsno.
49
82
54
99
109
Value of total residential building$m
7.0
11.4
9.1
16.5
19.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
14.1
25.3
6.6
5.1
7.7
Value of total building$m
21.0
36.6
15.7
21.6
27.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
305
335
389
328
325
Other vehiclesno.
435
470
487
475
535
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
741
805
876
802
860
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 781
9 761
9 899
9 949
10 130
Campervansno.
68
70
73
75
85
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 549
5 586
5 722
5 758
5 843
Light rigid trucksno.
157
166
188
196
201
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 489
2 506
2 503
2 494
2 456
Articulated trucksno.
409
382
430
432
447
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
149
151
150
256
142
Busesno.
147
139
143
148
158
Motorcyclesno.
473
437
436
474
528
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
19 222
19 191
19 546
19 786
19 991
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
516
513
527
529
539
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
293
294
305
306
311
Light rigid trucksno.
8
9
10
10
11
Heavy rigid trucksno.
131
132
133
133
131
Articulated trucksno.
22
20
23
23
24
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
8
8
14
8
Busesno.
8
7
8
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
25
23
23
25
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 015
1 009
1 041
1 052
1 064
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 635
4 198
3 795
3 445
3 101
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 193
8 373
8 769
9 157
9 523
Dieselno.
6 165
6 371
6 713
6 929
7 111
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
229
248
269
255
257
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 465 775.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 254 168.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
12.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 307.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 307.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
187 053.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 783 506
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
270
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
77 608
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
41 210
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0