National Regional Profile: Murray (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 155   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
601
742
836
782
803
Total dwelling unitsno.
672
777
887
1 007
904
Value of total residential building$m
107.8
141.9
178.5
193.6
194.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
52.5
69.3
76.8
62.9
90.7
Value of total building$m
160.3
211.1
255.3
256.5
285.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 140
2 041
2 366
2 288
2 211
Other vehiclesno.
1 923
1 817
2 266
2 283
2 224
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 061
3 859
4 631
4 569
4 435
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
48 691
49 568
50 726
51 567
52 396
Campervansno.
114
137
150
167
171
Light commercial vehiclesno.
15 935
16 303
16 875
17 298
17 785
Light rigid trucksno.
294
314
336
357
403
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 196
2 161
2 217
2 197
2 238
Articulated trucksno.
983
989
1 070
1 068
1 128
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
60
58
50
43
39
Busesno.
454
450
460
450
469
Motorcyclesno.
1 880
1 938
2 106
2 263
2 477
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
70 606
71 920
73 997
75 411
77 117
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
428
436
446
451
453
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
140
143
148
151
154
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
19
20
19
19
Articulated trucksno.
9
9
9
9
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
17
17
19
20
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
621
633
651
659
667
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
14 366
12 474
10 898
9 240
7 834
Petrol - Unleadedno.
42 472
45 082
47 893
50 477
52 564
Dieselno.
11 514
12 116
13 036
13 665
14 522
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 255
2 247
2 167
2 028
2 195
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
7 808 745.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
782 100.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 060.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
5 051.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
5 126.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
98 512.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 917 890
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
85 709
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
539 135
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
303 067
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0