National Regional Profile: Mornington P'sula (S) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205905344   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
814
663
524
504
481
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 065
762
578
601
582
Value of total residential building$m
197.3
195.1
179.8
219.5
224.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
25.7
33.9
14.4
30.5
52.6
Value of total building$m
223.1
229.0
194.2
250.0
277.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
965
950
963
951
971
Other vehiclesno.
497
614
671
732
588
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 462
1 564
1 634
1 683
1 560
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
29 513
30 008
30 360
30 635
30 952
Campervansno.
147
148
150
143
141
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 507
4 738
4 820
4 887
4 958
Light rigid trucksno.
165
153
162
171
181
Heavy rigid trucksno.
437
435
463
448
444
Articulated trucksno.
55
56
54
56
57
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
30
22
28
47
31
Busesno.
187
179
177
169
170
Motorcyclesno.
990
1 023
1 066
1 110
1 214
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
36 030
36 761
37 279
37 667
38 149
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
614
619
626
635
638
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
94
98
99
101
102
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
10
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
22
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
750
758
769
780
787
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 343
7 094
5 888
4 933
4 079
Petrol - Unleadedno.
22 865
24 832
26 430
27 710
28 838
Dieselno.
1 853
2 015
2 297
2 516
2 727
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 970
2 821
2 664
2 509
2 505
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
9 680.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 220.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
165.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
167.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 008
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
26
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 599
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0