National Regional Profile: Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA43710   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
49
56
54
37
70
Total dwelling units no.
51
56
55
38
73

Value of private sector houses $m
8.6
8.7
8.5
7.0
14.3
Value of new residential building $m
8.9
8.7
8.5
7.3
14.6
Value of total residential building $m
10.1
11.3
10.3
8.7
16.6
Value of total non-residential building $m
2.1
2.1
0.4
1.2
1.1
Value of total building $m
12.3
13.4
10.8
9.9
17.7

Average value of private sector houses $'000
176.5
154.5
156.9
190.0
204.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
527
515
503
502
499
Campervans no.
5
5
4
5
5
Light commercial vehicles no.
252
248
237
236
223
Light rigid trucks no.
3
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
46
42
38
35
31
Articulated trucks no.
14
15
13
13
14
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
0
0
0
0
1
Buses no.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcycles no.
29
26
28
27
32
Total registered motor vehicles no.
878
859
832
825
813

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
709
722
747
705
689
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
902
924
912
945
935
10 years or older no.
2 217
2 168
2 151
2 183
2 211

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
86.8
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
6.6
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
5.4
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
98.8
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
316 859.8
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
109 242.7
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
113.3
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
113.3
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
49 766.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
237 168
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
4
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
7 047
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
3 556
-
-

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