National Regional Profile: Wimmera (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 225   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
187
198
233
261
219
Total dwelling unitsno.
191
198
241
268
223
Value of total residential building$m
32.6
35.1
44.7
54.2
50.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
21.5
22.2
36.3
29.8
19.1
Value of total building$m
54.0
57.3
81.1
84.0
70.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 047
999
1 134
1 139
1 105
Other vehiclesno.
842
740
912
883
896
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 890
1 739
2 047
2 021
1 999
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
27 994
28 123
28 266
28 722
28 686
Campervansno.
115
129
144
151
148
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 539
11 636
11 785
11 959
12 121
Light rigid trucksno.
185
204
213
230
244
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 953
2 902
2 869
2 826
2 767
Articulated trucksno.
1 007
1 001
1 063
1 078
1 124
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
110
90
99
95
94
Busesno.
342
327
314
306
293
Motorcyclesno.
1 973
1 368
1 387
1 401
1 448
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
46 219
45 778
46 141
46 769
46 925
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
549
557
564
574
574
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
226
231
235
239
242
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
58
57
57
56
55
Articulated trucksno.
20
20
21
22
22
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
7
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
39
27
28
28
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
906
907
920
934
938
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
13 991
12 228
10 774
9 470
8 316
Petrol - Unleadedno.
23 296
24 186
25 500
26 971
27 739
Dieselno.
7 070
7 485
8 005
8 503
8 957
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 861
1 882
1 860
1 827
1 910
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 484 975.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
756 956.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 240.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
942.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
943.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
310 311.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 998 420
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 925
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
63 512
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
95 312
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0