National Regional Profile: Lower Murrumbidgee (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 15015   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
219
218
209
189
167
Total dwelling unitsno.
252
248
267
214
180
Value of total residential building$m
44.0
44.9
51.2
46.5
48.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
30.5
29.4
15.1
58.8
32.7
Value of total building$m
74.5
74.3
66.3
105.3
81.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
855
829
945
866
826
Other vehiclesno.
924
826
935
1 034
975
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 779
1 657
1 881
1 901
1 800
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
19 230
19 439
19 761
19 950
20 401
Campervansno.
44
54
54
52
61
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 506
8 643
8 729
8 798
8 916
Light rigid trucksno.
227
242
236
238
264
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 749
1 715
1 686
1 618
1 605
Articulated trucksno.
617
590
615
563
616
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
21
19
20
24
20
Busesno.
167
162
179
180
192
Motorcyclesno.
1 162
1 202
1 231
1 317
1 437
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
31 721
32 064
32 505
32 735
33 512
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
418
425
434
438
447
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
185
189
192
193
195
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
38
37
37
36
35
Articulated trucksno.
13
13
13
12
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
1
0
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
25
26
27
29
31
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
689
701
713
719
734
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 025
5 282
4 605
3 888
3 320
Petrol - Unleadedno.
18 322
19 183
20 007
20 816
21 860
Dieselno.
6 986
7 212
7 511
7 650
7 934
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
389
386
381
383
400
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 368 439.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
396 258.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
5 969.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
12 331.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
12 331.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
28 827.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 215 611
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
9
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
190 237
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
9 630
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0