National Regional Profile: Upper Great Southern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 520   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
47
71
74
88
89
Total dwelling units no.
54
99
109
112
104

Value of private sector houses $m
5.8
9.7
11.3
15.9
18.0
Value of new residential building $m
6.9
14.0
17.0
21.0
20.9
Value of total residential building $m
9.1
16.5
19.3
25.2
25.3
Value of total non-residential building $m
6.6
5.1
7.7
3.3
11.0
Value of total building $m
15.7
21.6
27.0
28.5
36.3

Average value of private sector houses $'000
122.7
136.7
152.8
180.9
202.2

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
531
533
542
554
557
Campervans no.
4
4
5
5
5
Light commercial vehicles no.
307
308
312
317
327
Light rigid trucks no.
10
11
11
11
11
Heavy rigid trucks no.
134
133
131
126
128
Articulated trucks no.
23
23
24
25
28
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
8
14
8
8
8
Buses no.
8
8
8
9
10
Motorcycles no.
23
25
28
32
36
Total registered motor vehicles no.
1 048
1 059
1 069
1 089
1 111

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
3 688
3 654
4 103
4 181
4 340
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
4 748
4 712
4 344
4 418
4 462
10 years or older no.
11 204
11 499
11 628
11 916
12 181

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
611.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
151.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
131.9
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
894.9
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
3 465 775.0
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
1 254 168.6
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
12.3
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
1 307.4
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
1 307.4
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
187 053.6
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
5 783 506
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
270
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
77 608
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
41 210
-
-

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