National Regional Profile: Alice Springs (T) - Ross (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 710400207   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
19
8
7
9
4
Total dwelling unitsno.
36
9
11
11
40
Value of total residential building$m
6.4
2.7
3.7
4.6
8.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.3
1.2
2.5
2.9
6.1
Value of total building$m
7.8
3.9
6.2
7.4
14.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
120
122
150
135
172
Other vehiclesno.
123
137
133
170
170
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
243
259
283
305
342
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 386
3 509
3 631
3 679
3 708
Campervansno.
5
5
7
8
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 105
1 176
1 189
1 212
1 257
Light rigid trucksno.
17
28
27
28
31
Heavy rigid trucksno.
137
142
139
147
148
Articulated trucksno.
52
57
52
43
38
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
11
11
11
13
11
Busesno.
154
159
208
209
223
Motorcyclesno.
223
214
216
220
254
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 090
5 299
5 478
5 561
5 681
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
433
448
464
467
482
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
141
150
152
154
163
Light rigid trucksno.
2
4
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
18
18
19
19
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
1
Busesno.
20
20
27
27
29
Motorcyclesno.
29
27
28
28
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
652
677
700
705
738
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
888
795
680
559
465
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 051
3 238
3 463
3 619
3 783
Dieselno.
1 099
1 208
1 276
1 325
1 376
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
52
57
59
58
56
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0