National Regional Profile: Alice Springs (T) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA70200   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
62
55
46
34
59
Total dwelling unitsno.
150
108
63
75
151
Value of total residential building$m
23.7
21.8
15.9
23.7
33.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.4
16.0
22.7
22.7
33.3
Value of total building$m
40.1
37.7
38.6
46.4
67.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
401
408
506
456
580
Other vehiclesno.
412
461
446
572
576
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
813
870
951
1 029
1 157
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 228
11 679
12 123
12 321
12 463
Campervansno.
17
13
23
26
35
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 670
3 917
3 973
4 062
4 227
Light rigid trucksno.
57
93
91
93
104
Heavy rigid trucksno.
456
473
463
494
496
Articulated trucksno.
172
190
173
146
128
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
36
36
36
44
37
Busesno.
513
530
695
701
753
Motorcyclesno.
740
710
721
738
854
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
16 886
17 642
18 298
18 628
19 099
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
426
442
457
462
476
Campervansno.
1
0
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
139
148
150
152
161
Light rigid trucksno.
2
4
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
18
17
19
19
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
1
Busesno.
19
20
26
26
29
Motorcyclesno.
28
27
27
28
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
641
667
690
699
729
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 945
2 646
2 270
1 871
1 564
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 115
10 776
11 562
12 120
12 714
Dieselno.
3 653
4 028
4 268
4 443
4 632
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
173
191
196
194
189
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 966.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
19.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
230
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0