National Regional Profile: Marion (C) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 405204061   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
98
84
105
125
167
Total dwelling unitsno.
284
216
262
275
378
Value of total residential building$m
30.1
28.1
35.1
40.2
60.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.2
20.5
18.5
9.0
6.8
Value of total building$m
47.3
48.6
53.6
49.2
67.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
942
1 110
1 131
1 149
1 110
Other vehiclesno.
213
258
360
403
342
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 156
1 368
1 491
1 552
1 452
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
19 149
19 161
19 492
19 529
19 644
Campervansno.
126
120
116
104
101
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 461
1 509
1 527
1 603
1 646
Light rigid trucksno.
53
55
60
59
64
Heavy rigid trucksno.
146
149
159
168
178
Articulated trucksno.
16
16
19
16
22
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
9
8
9
6
Busesno.
45
51
52
61
59
Motorcyclesno.
535
542
575
655
699
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
21 542
21 613
22 008
22 205
22 420
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
575
576
585
586
582
Campervansno.
4
4
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
44
45
46
48
49
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
1
0
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
20
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
647
650
661
666
664
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 289
5 313
4 431
3 665
2 936
Petrol - Unleadedno.
14 562
15 529
16 683
17 564
18 455
Dieselno.
532
607
704
777
828
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
160
164
191
199
200
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
205.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
787
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0