National Regional Profile: Swan Hill (RC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26610   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
101
87
99
78
94
Total dwelling unitsno.
110
98
118
95
109
Value of total residential building$m
19.9
17.0
22.4
21.6
22.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
19.8
5.8
22.0
17.2
8.0
Value of total building$m
39.7
22.8
44.4
38.8
30.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
393
364
384
360
389
Other vehiclesno.
392
376
405
432
407
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
785
739
789
792
797
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 883
11 031
10 966
11 168
11 385
Campervansno.
57
69
67
66
69
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 665
4 750
4 816
4 873
4 986
Light rigid trucksno.
89
84
85
96
97
Heavy rigid trucksno.
828
822
794
794
794
Articulated trucksno.
449
413
436
457
471
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
23
13
16
12
12
Busesno.
143
143
140
155
163
Motorcyclesno.
458
408
424
427
481
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 595
17 733
17 744
18 050
18 461
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
511
519
517
525
535
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
219
223
227
229
234
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
39
39
37
37
37
Articulated trucksno.
21
19
21
22
22
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
7
7
7
8
Motorcyclesno.
21
19
20
20
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
826
834
836
849
867
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 852
4 296
3 696
3 234
2 800
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 079
9 633
10 076
10 655
11 262
Dieselno.
2 945
3 092
3 290
3 507
3 758
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
720
712
680
655
642
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
488 045.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
225 878.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 554.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
10 177.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
10 178.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
18 334.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
141 884
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
8 788
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
9 214
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 666
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0