National Regional Profile: Murrumbidgee (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 150   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
616
651
864
905
554
Total dwelling unitsno.
666
802
1 020
1 065
706
Value of total residential building$m
112.9
139.1
193.7
234.4
174.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
69.2
71.1
64.8
121.8
96.9
Value of total building$m
182.1
210.2
258.6
356.3
271.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 574
3 357
3 493
3 542
3 128
Other vehiclesno.
2 631
2 523
2 966
3 296
3 047
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 207
5 882
6 458
6 840
6 173
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
66 736
67 707
69 464
70 454
71 824
Campervansno.
140
167
186
191
211
Light commercial vehiclesno.
24 083
24 642
25 295
25 863
26 443
Light rigid trucksno.
637
669
689
754
799
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4 570
4 508
4 504
4 428
4 467
Articulated trucksno.
1 733
1 651
1 748
1 749
1 787
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
102
88
91
101
96
Busesno.
562
557
602
611
640
Motorcyclesno.
3 250
3 329
3 476
3 651
3 924
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
101 805
103 314
106 049
107 793
110 189
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
437
444
457
461
466
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
158
162
166
169
172
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
30
30
30
29
29
Articulated trucksno.
11
11
11
11
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
22
23
24
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
667
678
697
705
715
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
20 358
17 851
15 676
13 324
11 262
Petrol - Unleadedno.
60 631
64 049
67 917
71 165
74 521
Dieselno.
18 932
19 567
20 685
21 540
22 536
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 883
1 849
1 770
1 770
1 871
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
5 687 350.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 061 530.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
6 657.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
15 068.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
15 068.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
101 533.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
4 603 934
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7 272
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
580 096
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
68 297
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0