National Regional Profile: Geelong West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210052754   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
37
56
51
54
41
Total dwelling unitsno.
51
56
69
113
41
Value of total residential building$m
12.3
13.1
17.5
26.4
13.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
3.7
5.4
2.7
12.1
4.6
Value of total building$m
16.0
18.4
20.2
38.5
18.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
325
322
353
339
317
Other vehiclesno.
118
138
146
212
189
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
443
460
499
552
506
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 516
7 602
7 815
7 769
7 896
Campervansno.
18
20
24
22
16
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 033
1 044
1 077
1 075
1 089
Light rigid trucksno.
28
31
32
33
37
Heavy rigid trucksno.
74
76
80
76
78
Articulated trucksno.
11
12
13
14
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
5
7
8
8
Busesno.
38
39
39
41
42
Motorcyclesno.
254
253
259
264
279
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 977
9 083
9 348
9 302
9 455
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
529
536
554
551
554
Campervansno.
1
1
2
2
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
73
74
76
76
76
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
5
5
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
18
19
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
632
641
663
659
663
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 309
1 994
1 665
1 355
1 098
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 913
6 293
6 832
7 120
7 488
Dieselno.
286
322
372
395
435
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
469
473
479
432
434
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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