National Regional Profile: Alexandrina (DC) - Coastal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410200221   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
294
208
326
254
251
Total dwelling unitsno.
411
229
338
267
255
Value of total residential building$m
37.4
31.6
55.4
49.1
48.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.4
6.4
1.2
3.0
15.1
Value of total building$m
39.8
37.9
56.6
52.1
63.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
117
119
162
179
182
Other vehiclesno.
90
109
128
161
136
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
207
228
290
340
318
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 970
6 155
6 564
6 844
7 092
Campervansno.
74
84
80
82
88
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 208
1 279
1 313
1 381
1 402
Light rigid trucksno.
30
29
37
40
44
Heavy rigid trucksno.
152
172
183
193
198
Articulated trucksno.
24
25
27
34
23
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
8
6
5
5
Busesno.
35
36
44
52
53
Motorcyclesno.
296
277
291
304
338
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 796
8 065
8 545
8 935
9 243
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
593
594
601
596
594
Campervansno.
7
8
7
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
120
123
120
120
117
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
17
17
17
17
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
3
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
4
5
4
Motorcyclesno.
29
27
27
26
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
774
778
782
778
774
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 606
2 291
1 997
1 687
1 463
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 520
5 036
5 734
6 318
6 778
Dieselno.
574
637
708
825
895
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
96
101
106
105
107
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
28 015.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 087.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
5.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
263.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
288.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
194.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
15 273
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
8 971
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
10 229
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 317
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0