National Regional Profile: Alexandrina (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA40220   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
436
309
437
360
363
Total dwelling unitsno.
555
330
456
373
367
Value of total residential building$m
54.3
44.4
72.3
67.0
66.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
3.7
8.8
1.8
5.1
21.3
Value of total building$m
57.9
53.2
74.1
72.1
87.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
220
212
277
296
311
Other vehiclesno.
193
231
257
300
241
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
413
442
534
596
552
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 863
11 297
11 894
12 312
12 734
Campervansno.
104
122
125
130
127
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 619
2 735
2 854
2 987
2 988
Light rigid trucksno.
60
52
65
70
80
Heavy rigid trucksno.
380
411
429
431
442
Articulated trucksno.
97
104
111
127
112
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
11
9
5
8
Busesno.
67
66
75
84
85
Motorcyclesno.
527
493
515
528
576
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
14 728
15 289
16 078
16 674
17 152
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
579
584
591
592
592
Campervansno.
6
6
6
6
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
140
141
142
144
139
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
21
21
21
21
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
6
6
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
3
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
28
26
26
25
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
786
791
799
801
798
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 640
4 173
3 677
3 141
2 708
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 648
9 538
10 629
11 568
12 356
Dieselno.
1 270
1 394
1 576
1 772
1 892
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
169
184
196
193
195
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
111 836.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
14 192.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
589.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
702.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
733.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 496.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
92 984
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
13 536
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
27 058
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 303
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0