National Regional Profile: Port Pirie C Dists (M) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 435156454   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
8
7
12
7
9
Total dwelling unitsno.
13
7
12
7
9
Value of total residential building$m
1.3
1.3
2.1
1.3
1.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.7
0.3
0.9
0.6
1.8
Value of total building$m
6.0
1.5
3.1
1.9
3.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
58
63
37
41
52
Other vehiclesno.
41
52
36
32
51
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
100
115
72
74
103
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 910
1 936
1 945
1 977
1 994
Campervansno.
15
16
15
12
13
Light commercial vehiclesno.
557
554
569
545
582
Light rigid trucksno.
10
8
10
11
10
Heavy rigid trucksno.
127
137
133
117
129
Articulated trucksno.
32
35
38
39
35
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
0
0
0
3
Busesno.
10
11
8
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
129
124
122
117
130
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 791
2 822
2 842
2 826
2 901
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
538
539
541
543
544
Campervansno.
4
4
4
3
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
157
154
158
150
159
Light rigid trucksno.
3
2
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
36
38
37
32
35
Articulated trucksno.
9
10
11
11
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
3
3
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
36
35
34
32
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
786
786
790
777
791
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
794
678
597
477
419
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 639
1 735
1 817
1 924
2 021
Dieselno.
345
396
415
410
446
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
13
14
14
14
15
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
159 110.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
76 410.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
15.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
16 926.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
71 053
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 454
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
5 327
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0