National Regional Profile: Great Lakes (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110103400   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
419
385
364
241
169
Total dwelling unitsno.
555
576
588
502
299
Value of total residential building$m
84.6
92.1
111.7
107.5
71.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
20.1
23.3
28.2
49.4
4.5
Value of total building$m
104.7
115.4
139.9
156.9
76.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
609
637
725
645
577
Other vehiclesno.
352
462
547
504
454
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
961
1 100
1 272
1 149
1 031
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
16 208
17 095
17 739
18 199
18 640
Campervansno.
100
113
129
129
133
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 264
3 505
3 769
3 917
3 988
Light rigid trucksno.
169
182
195
187
192
Heavy rigid trucksno.
544
577
615
615
668
Articulated trucksno.
89
89
91
86
90
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
20
18
14
15
15
Busesno.
99
94
112
117
119
Motorcyclesno.
546
602
654
693
743
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
21 040
22 275
23 319
23 958
24 588
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
496
516
530
539
549
Campervansno.
3
3
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
100
106
113
116
117
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
18
18
20
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
17
18
20
21
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
644
673
697
710
724
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 807
3 321
2 816
2 440
2 010
Petrol - Unleadedno.
14 446
15 876
17 168
18 011
18 826
Dieselno.
2 551
2 809
3 061
3 229
3 421
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
236
268
274
278
331
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
73 047.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
688.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
38.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
39.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
4.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
278
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 044
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
29 570
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
69
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0