National Regional Profile: Horsham (RC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA23190   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
126
129
168
183
138
Total dwelling unitsno.
127
129
171
185
140
Value of total residential building$m
20.4
22.3
29.5
36.3
30.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
9.6
5.5
13.6
17.6
9.2
Value of total building$m
30.1
27.8
43.1
53.9
39.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
493
442
497
435
413
Other vehiclesno.
292
315
343
362
344
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
785
757
839
797
757
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 236
10 322
10 414
10 660
10 824
Campervansno.
32
35
37
41
45
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 424
3 490
3 616
3 650
3 761
Light rigid trucksno.
55
64
70
83
95
Heavy rigid trucksno.
763
764
752
753
753
Articulated trucksno.
224
225
244
240
257
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
29
24
28
24
25
Busesno.
94
87
80
65
68
Motorcyclesno.
683
521
523
534
530
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
15 539
15 533
15 765
16 051
16 359
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
552
558
560
567
567
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
185
189
194
194
197
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
41
41
40
40
39
Articulated trucksno.
12
12
13
13
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
2
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
4
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
37
28
28
28
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
837
840
848
853
857
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 265
3 734
3 255
2 834
2 445
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 723
9 087
9 643
10 210
10 659
Dieselno.
1 876
2 036
2 210
2 353
2 546
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
675
677
657
654
708
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
323 339.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
98 057.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
19.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
498.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
499.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
57 324.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
526 712
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 135
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 858
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
420
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0