National Regional Profile: Hobsons Bay (C) - Altona (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205103111   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
248
211
145
159
110
Total dwelling unitsno.
335
275
302
273
165
Value of total residential building$m
47.4
48.8
52.9
44.4
31.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
71.1
28.1
52.5
70.9
77.0
Value of total building$m
118.5
76.9
105.5
115.2
108.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 039
3 323
4 112
4 311
5 903
Other vehiclesno.
540
839
1 047
1 137
1 520
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 578
4 162
5 159
5 447
7 423
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
28 840
30 611
30 577
30 392
31 817
Campervansno.
41
37
42
43
42
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 442
3 498
3 397
3 498
3 601
Light rigid trucksno.
140
158
172
173
181
Heavy rigid trucksno.
687
716
669
698
766
Articulated trucksno.
416
527
509
577
624
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
82
59
58
54
52
Busesno.
105
106
107
104
228
Motorcyclesno.
863
824
788
821
875
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
34 615
36 536
36 318
36 359
38 184
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
529
561
567
562
588
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
63
64
63
65
67
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
13
12
13
14
Articulated trucksno.
8
10
9
11
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
4
Motorcyclesno.
16
15
15
15
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
635
670
673
673
706
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 957
5 836
4 682
3 680
2 913
Petrol - Unleadedno.
23 543
26 441
27 573
28 586
30 732
Dieselno.
1 971
2 198
2 188
2 380
2 769
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 143
2 060
1 875
1 713
1 771
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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