National Regional Profile: Kingston (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA43360   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
19
33
32
33
27
Total dwelling unitsno.
21
33
34
35
27
Value of total residential building$m
2.6
4.6
4.9
5.4
5.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.3
Value of total building$m
8.8
4.8
5.2
5.6
5.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
33
41
29
33
35
Other vehiclesno.
51
42
54
54
53
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
84
83
83
87
88
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 156
1 180
1 185
1 189
1 219
Campervansno.
3
5
6
6
9
Light commercial vehiclesno.
598
612
624
670
672
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
66
68
65
64
66
Articulated trucksno.
15
16
20
23
24
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
3
0
0
Busesno.
17
16
13
12
13
Motorcyclesno.
74
76
73
80
84
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 932
1 978
1 991
2 048
2 094
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
491
495
501
489
504
Campervansno.
1
2
3
2
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
254
257
264
276
278
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
1
1
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
29
27
26
27
Articulated trucksno.
6
7
8
9
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
0
0
Busesno.
7
7
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
31
32
31
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
821
830
842
842
866
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
466
436
373
325
275
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 111
1 155
1 203
1 258
1 310
Dieselno.
344
376
399
450
490
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
11
11
15
14
19
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
268 809.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 603.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
12.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
12.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
812.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
417 308
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
105 694
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
119
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0