National Regional Profile: Northern Outer Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20540   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 492
1 530
1 252
1 209
1 339
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 616
1 637
1 415
1 303
1 594
Value of total residential building$m
269.1
295.5
303.8
292.0
336.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
80.0
70.2
56.5
90.5
245.2
Value of total building$m
349.2
365.7
360.3
382.5
581.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 112
3 223
3 486
3 407
3 460
Other vehiclesno.
1 756
2 053
2 298
2 531
2 181
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 868
5 275
5 784
5 938
5 642
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
97 500
100 172
102 394
104 745
107 257
Campervansno.
133
141
144
148
154
Light commercial vehiclesno.
12 236
12 842
13 342
13 963
14 573
Light rigid trucksno.
555
580
635
672
693
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 200
2 204
2 237
2 317
2 379
Articulated trucksno.
243
249
262
293
304
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
107
65
86
90
91
Busesno.
322
329
353
366
374
Motorcyclesno.
3 265
3 340
3 429
3 699
3 877
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
116 560
119 920
122 884
126 292
129 704
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
538
545
551
555
560
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
67
70
72
74
76
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
18
20
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
643
652
661
669
677
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
23 977
20 410
17 174
14 265
11 686
Petrol - Unleadedno.
80 144
86 812
92 750
98 657
103 988
Dieselno.
5 575
5 992
6 512
7 197
7 890
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
6 864
6 703
6 446
6 174
6 139
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
19 065.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
39.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
62.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
67.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
73.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
10 872
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
401
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
12 954
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
617
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0