National Regional Profile: Whittlesea (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA27070   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 259
1 295
1 006
978
1 116
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 377
1 381
1 159
1 051
1 347
Value of total residential building$m
205.5
227.4
214.3
210.4
255.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
65.6
50.8
44.7
81.8
227.7
Value of total building$m
271.1
278.2
259.0
292.3
483.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 965
2 092
2 247
2 228
2 228
Other vehiclesno.
1 019
1 216
1 402
1 533
1 324
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 984
3 308
3 649
3 761
3 552
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
63 053
65 124
66 753
68 440
70 310
Campervansno.
60
65
67
67
72
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 144
7 591
7 939
8 489
8 993
Light rigid trucksno.
369
386
422
455
480
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 462
1 470
1 507
1 594
1 654
Articulated trucksno.
195
199
208
236
247
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
66
34
49
56
59
Busesno.
186
195
214
228
245
Motorcyclesno.
1 738
1 753
1 804
2 006
2 140
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
74 272
76 817
78 966
81 570
84 201
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
524
530
535
538
543
Campervansno.
0
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
59
62
64
67
69
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
13
13
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
14
14
14
16
17
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
617
625
633
641
650
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
15 635
13 281
11 107
9 112
7 367
Petrol - Unleadedno.
50 788
55 516
59 611
63 860
67 780
Dieselno.
3 296
3 530
3 886
4 353
4 796
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 553
4 490
4 360
4 247
4 257
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
12 302.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
31.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
54.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
6.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
11.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
7 561
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
398
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
8 495
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0