National Regional Profile: Southern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 610   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
229
236
316
313
315
Total dwelling unitsno.
230
238
317
322
337
Value of total residential building$m
21.3
27.3
39.3
48.3
54.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
13.8
9.8
8.2
9.3
12.8
Value of total building$m
35.1
37.1
47.4
57.6
67.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
292
278
361
396
374
Other vehiclesno.
302
327
413
466
390
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
594
605
772
863
763
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
16 225
16 222
17 000
17 644
18 314
Campervansno.
274
328
344
373
368
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 464
6 779
7 131
7 356
7 674
Light rigid trucksno.
238
235
243
241
255
Heavy rigid trucksno.
752
740
775
759
796
Articulated trucksno.
138
125
132
151
135
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
25
25
25
23
Busesno.
236
221
203
229
231
Motorcyclesno.
501
519
531
551
610
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
24 857
25 192
26 386
27 323
28 408
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
468
463
480
492
508
Campervansno.
8
9
10
10
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
186
194
201
205
213
Light rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
22
21
22
21
22
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
14
15
15
15
17
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
717
720
745
762
787
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 051
8 095
7 370
6 446
5 736
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 062
13 073
14 611
16 119
17 525
Dieselno.
3 519
3 768
4 135
4 454
4 823
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
225
255
270
303
327
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
601 393.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
4 559.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
217.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 084.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 213.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 398.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 302 633
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5 543
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
61 448
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
142
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0