National Regional Profile: Melbourne (C) - Remainder (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205054608   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
48
47
23
33
33
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 120
2 044
1 246
1 735
355
Value of total residential building$m
195.3
404.9
258.8
318.6
158.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
263.8
681.3
216.5
188.2
504.9
Value of total building$m
459.0
1 086.2
475.3
506.7
663.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 611
4 286
3 883
3 660
3 421
Other vehiclesno.
1 462
1 311
1 366
1 346
1 377
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 073
5 597
5 249
5 006
4 798
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
25 367
25 135
26 056
26 306
26 433
Campervansno.
26
24
31
34
41
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 392
3 282
3 561
3 581
3 328
Light rigid trucksno.
221
241
249
255
273
Heavy rigid trucksno.
835
853
903
927
865
Articulated trucksno.
190
224
228
245
241
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
274
259
262
282
206
Busesno.
176
170
185
199
197
Motorcyclesno.
667
745
759
714
742
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
31 148
30 931
32 235
32 544
32 327
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
620
585
578
551
531
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
83
76
79
75
67
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
20
20
19
17
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
6
6
6
4
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
16
17
17
15
15
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
762
720
715
682
650
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 404
2 906
2 502
2 125
1 775
Petrol - Unleadedno.
24 022
24 134
25 494
26 070
26 656
Dieselno.
2 893
2 998
3 230
3 351
2 769
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
828
893
1 009
997
1 127
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
80.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
80.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0