National Regional Profile: West Torrens (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA48410   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
229
163
245
194
160
Total dwelling unitsno.
285
218
307
296
288
Value of total residential building$m
40.4
34.6
44.4
46.1
57.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
28.6
46.6
276.7
108.1
68.8
Value of total building$m
69.0
81.3
321.1
154.2
125.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 536
1 736
1 802
1 959
1 804
Other vehiclesno.
623
754
856
891
1 000
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 159
2 490
2 659
2 849
2 805
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
30 926
30 975
31 763
32 405
32 737
Campervansno.
115
122
108
112
102
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 429
3 434
4 209
4 454
4 592
Light rigid trucksno.
178
175
198
215
236
Heavy rigid trucksno.
770
731
773
799
813
Articulated trucksno.
76
75
85
81
88
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
114
99
90
86
82
Busesno.
65
63
57
736
766
Motorcyclesno.
1 340
1 379
1 448
1 472
1 568
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
37 014
37 054
38 734
40 358
40 983
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
586
584
595
604
602
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
65
65
79
83
84
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
14
14
15
15
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
1
1
1
14
14
Motorcyclesno.
25
26
27
27
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
702
698
726
753
754
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 293
7 793
6 523
5 427
4 499
Petrol - Unleadedno.
25 861
27 352
30 008
31 864
33 095
Dieselno.
1 555
1 587
1 823
2 520
2 823
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
305
322
380
548
567
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
751.3
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.
-
-
-
-
3 212
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0