National Regional Profile: Dorset (M) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615151810   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
29
27
25
34
18
Total dwelling unitsno.
29
27
29
36
25
Value of total residential building$m
3.5
3.6
4.7
6.5
4.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.5
0.5
1.2
4.0
5.4
Value of total building$m
5.0
4.1
5.9
10.5
10.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
51
53
63
73
81
Other vehiclesno.
91
140
139
160
110
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
142
192
202
233
190
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 415
3 429
3 522
3 588
3 615
Campervansno.
48
55
58
64
80
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 530
1 615
1 744
1 822
1 886
Light rigid trucksno.
47
50
50
49
52
Heavy rigid trucksno.
231
231
253
241
245
Articulated trucksno.
82
77
85
100
89
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
5
4
4
7
Busesno.
48
43
41
45
43
Motorcyclesno.
246
215
210
230
233
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 655
5 721
5 966
6 142
6 251
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
464
467
485
491
498
Campervansno.
7
7
8
9
11
Light commercial vehiclesno.
208
220
240
249
260
Light rigid trucksno.
6
7
7
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
31
31
35
33
34
Articulated trucksno.
11
10
12
14
12
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
33
29
29
31
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
768
780
822
840
862
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 644
1 485
1 362
1 146
1 010
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 898
3 046
3 231
3 500
3 646
Dieselno.
1 082
1 162
1 343
1 462
1 558
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
31
29
30
34
37
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
125 614.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
492.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 296.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
814.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
84 088
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
29 048
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
54 943
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
6 058
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0