National Regional Profile: Mitcham (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 405204345   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
23
15
21
20
23
Total dwelling unitsno.
84
110
72
50
78
Value of total residential building$m
15.3
23.4
17.2
15.5
19.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.8
6.5
11.9
15.6
3.5
Value of total building$m
18.1
29.9
29.1
31.0
23.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 418
1 819
1 894
1 822
1 751
Other vehiclesno.
249
372
541
570
457
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 667
2 191
2 434
2 392
2 208
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
13 938
14 203
14 489
14 458
14 360
Campervansno.
65
66
59
55
43
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 269
1 354
1 365
1 454
1 568
Light rigid trucksno.
63
70
68
73
83
Heavy rigid trucksno.
128
136
142
158
165
Articulated trucksno.
15
15
17
21
22
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
10
10
11
10
10
Busesno.
37
33
28
31
35
Motorcyclesno.
294
291
304
330
368
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
15 819
16 178
16 482
16 590
16 655
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
614
618
630
626
618
Campervansno.
3
3
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
56
59
59
63
67
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
7
7
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
1
1
1
2
Motorcyclesno.
13
13
13
14
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
697
704
716
718
716
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 980
3 427
2 904
2 376
1 929
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 342
12 142
12 861
13 371
13 796
Dieselno.
406
517
584
675
747
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
90
91
133
167
183
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
220.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
160.0
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
-
-
-
-
86.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
60
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