National Regional Profile: Somerset (R) - Esk (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 312056582   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
145
144
130
136
205
Total dwelling units no.
145
148
130
142
222

Value of private sector houses $m
20.5
23.2
22.8
23.6
38.6
Value of new residential building $m
20.5
23.5
22.8
24.2
40.8
Value of total residential building $m
23.2
26.0
26.2
27.7
44.7
Value of total non-residential building $m
1.1
3.1
5.7
3.6
16.2
Value of total building $m
24.3
29.1
31.8
31.3
60.9

Average value of private sector houses $'000
141.6
160.9
175.3
173.5
188.5

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
470
472
481
484
494
Campervans no.
3
3
3
4
3
Light commercial vehicles no.
160
165
171
172
177
Light rigid trucks no.
7
7
8
8
9
Heavy rigid trucks no.
26
27
27
28
28
Articulated trucks no.
7
7
7
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
0
0
1
Buses no.
4
3
4
5
5
Motorcycles no.
25
28
32
33
37
Total registered motor vehicles no.
702
714
732
743
761

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
1 832
2 059
2 436
2 611
2 771
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
2 435
2 510
2 702
2 759
2 901
10 years or older no.
6 445
6 572
6 577
6 726
6 999

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
60.5
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
40.7
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
6.9
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
108.1
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
322 915.1
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
600.2
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
1 775.7
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
308.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
312.5
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
436.7
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
265
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
6 133
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
81 387
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
2 057
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0