National Regional Profile: Barossa (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA40310   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
198
194
227
208
189
Total dwelling unitsno.
204
194
260
404
207
Value of total residential building$m
24.9
27.4
42.9
46.8
36.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
19.5
13.4
14.4
48.0
9.1
Value of total building$m
44.5
40.8
57.3
94.8
45.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
461
477
560
523
560
Other vehiclesno.
333
296
401
404
376
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
794
774
960
927
935
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
12 425
12 720
13 032
13 210
13 584
Campervansno.
60
69
74
65
72
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 150
3 232
3 351
3 434
3 575
Light rigid trucksno.
80
87
90
91
100
Heavy rigid trucksno.
664
663
660
658
653
Articulated trucksno.
129
126
136
144
152
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
12
10
10
12
Busesno.
57
63
65
67
66
Motorcyclesno.
718
698
707
719
783
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 298
17 670
18 120
18 397
18 993
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
629
634
635
630
635
Campervansno.
3
3
4
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
159
161
163
164
167
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
34
33
32
31
31
Articulated trucksno.
7
6
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
0
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
36
35
34
34
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
876
880
883
877
887
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 292
4 737
4 206
3 635
3 232
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 454
11 264
12 089
12 772
13 618
Dieselno.
1 392
1 506
1 654
1 823
1 972
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
162
162
171
167
170
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
61 220.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
4 605.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
4.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
191.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
191.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 238.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
96 875
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 136
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
10 273
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
664
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0