National Regional Profile: Upper Darling (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13515   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
16
5
15
18
36
Total dwelling unitsno.
22
13
36
60
45
Value of total residential building$m
2.7
2.4
9.9
12.8
10.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.7
14.6
3.2
2.8
1.0
Value of total building$m
11.4
17.1
13.1
15.6
11.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
156
123
156
145
142
Other vehiclesno.
280
250
288
338
361
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
436
372
445
483
502
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 318
3 267
3 284
3 384
3 443
Campervansno.
0
6
3
10
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 066
2 077
2 123
2 185
2 249
Light rigid trucksno.
48
56
52
60
58
Heavy rigid trucksno.
252
250
252
244
251
Articulated trucksno.
64
64
68
73
64
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
10
9
9
6
6
Busesno.
61
62
64
66
60
Motorcyclesno.
150
143
149
165
180
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 970
5 929
6 006
6 188
6 316
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
299
302
310
324
333
Campervansno.
0
1
0
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
186
192
201
209
218
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
23
23
24
23
24
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
7
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
14
13
14
16
17
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
538
547
567
593
612
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 001
851
772
673
555
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 044
3 109
3 231
3 447
3 578
Dieselno.
1 888
1 927
1 955
2 017
2 131
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
39
42
47
51
50
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
8 793 123.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
82 663.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
36.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
762.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
762.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6 722.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
855 338
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
9
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
57 967
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
213
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0