National Regional Profile: Latrobe (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA63810   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
60
68
105
92
77
Total dwelling unitsno.
60
70
115
96
88
Value of total residential building$m
7.3
10.1
17.2
18.8
17.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.0
1.1
3.1
4.1
1.9
Value of total building$m
9.3
11.2
20.2
22.8
19.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
96
125
135
130
126
Other vehiclesno.
82
108
136
133
140
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
178
234
271
263
266
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 524
4 465
4 721
4 881
5 084
Campervansno.
69
79
84
90
87
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 465
1 556
1 675
1 720
1 768
Light rigid trucksno.
34
35
33
39
44
Heavy rigid trucksno.
194
199
216
223
225
Articulated trucksno.
29
27
28
28
32
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
5
4
5
Busesno.
35
37
35
34
25
Motorcyclesno.
278
277
291
340
362
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 632
6 679
7 087
7 358
7 634
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
545
529
549
561
572
Campervansno.
8
9
10
10
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
176
184
195
198
199
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
23
24
25
26
25
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
0
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
33
33
34
39
41
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
798
791
824
846
859
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 860
1 597
1 419
1 263
1 081
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 831
4 054
4 562
4 911
5 275
Dieselno.
850
939
1 022
1 098
1 192
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
91
88
83
87
86
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
23 794.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
512.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 763.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
144.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
145.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 246.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
31 036
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 889
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
12 697
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
58
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0