National Regional Profile: Adelaide (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 405   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
5 564
5 198
5 393
4 776
4 541
Total dwelling unitsno.
7 255
7 568
8 130
7 143
7 730
Value of total residential building$m
977.0
1 224.1
1 319.7
1 323.7
1 475.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
621.6
815.8
1 027.0
899.5
1 004.7
Value of total building$m
1 598.6
2 039.8
2 346.7
2 223.3
2 480.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
26 393
29 157
30 996
30 948
30 526
Other vehiclesno.
9 379
11 632
13 634
15 132
14 551
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
35 775
40 791
44 631
46 079
45 078
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
641 641
648 473
657 823
664 071
676 187
Campervansno.
2 733
2 769
2 662
2 557
2 436
Light commercial vehiclesno.
62 863
64 496
67 368
69 868
73 056
Light rigid trucksno.
2 634
2 732
2 865
3 019
3 215
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9 928
10 117
10 325
10 548
10 757
Articulated trucksno.
2 459
2 514
2 593
2 626
2 668
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1 508
1 399
1 362
1 386
1 382
Busesno.
2 950
2 944
2 809
2 826
2 941
Motorcyclesno.
16 711
16 910
17 775
18 845
21 013
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
743 418
752 352
765 592
775 749
793 663
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
575
578
584
585
590
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
56
57
60
62
64
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
2
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
15
15
16
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
667
671
679
684
692
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
196 235
166 651
138 490
112 971
92 749
Petrol - Unleadedno.
511 249
546 973
584 894
616 522
649 878
Dieselno.
29 823
32 303
35 303
38 998
43 258
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
6 113
6 424
6 905
7 256
7 782
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
39 432.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 537.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 301.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 540.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 606.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
437.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
24 086
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
627
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
10 182
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 321
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0