National Regional Profile: Yarra (C) - North (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205057351   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
60
58
46
65
43
Total dwelling unitsno.
392
335
275
238
113
Value of total residential building$m
85.8
89.3
98.3
92.0
58.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
30.0
31.7
34.5
50.0
65.9
Value of total building$m
115.8
121.0
132.8
142.0
124.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 710
1 734
1 446
1 424
1 440
Other vehiclesno.
517
538
626
614
528
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 227
2 272
2 072
2 038
1 968
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
23 183
23 928
23 570
23 073
23 505
Campervansno.
53
46
41
38
37
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 254
2 392
2 445
2 250
2 272
Light rigid trucksno.
117
113
113
107
118
Heavy rigid trucksno.
173
167
170
160
143
Articulated trucksno.
13
11
19
20
20
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
25
22
24
28
27
Busesno.
362
363
370
397
409
Motorcyclesno.
687
752
791
790
866
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
26 868
27 795
27 543
26 864
27 397
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
515
526
513
496
497
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
50
53
53
48
48
Light rigid trucksno.
3
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
3
3
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
8
8
8
9
9
Motorcyclesno.
15
17
17
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
597
611
600
577
579
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 552
4 769
4 104
3 420
2 781
Petrol - Unleadedno.
19 580
21 130
21 496
21 542
22 640
Dieselno.
897
1 000
1 092
1 178
1 273
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
839
897
851
723
703
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