National Regional Profile: Central Highlands (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 159
1 189
1 291
1 171
1 075
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 258
1 277
1 442
1 393
1 220
Value of total residential building$m
188.6
228.8
264.5
266.8
247.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
71.5
84.0
93.5
80.4
95.1
Value of total building$m
260.2
312.8
357.9
347.2
342.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 059
2 930
3 251
3 321
3 243
Other vehiclesno.
1 784
1 982
2 169
2 449
2 342
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 844
4 912
5 420
5 770
5 587
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
79 653
81 753
83 945
85 304
86 648
Campervansno.
285
312
343
364
388
Light commercial vehiclesno.
19 596
20 388
20 943
21 536
22 253
Light rigid trucksno.
567
582
619
665
753
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 935
2 958
2 901
2 986
3 100
Articulated trucksno.
819
831
855
894
914
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
452
428
480
453
428
Busesno.
656
649
657
662
674
Motorcyclesno.
3 785
3 550
3 625
3 822
3 982
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
108 744
111 450
114 361
116 681
119 144
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
560
571
582
585
587
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
138
142
145
148
151
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21
21
20
20
21
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
27
25
25
26
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
765
779
793
801
808
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
29 396
25 716
22 233
18 995
16 150
Petrol - Unleadedno.
63 379
68 954
74 690
79 483
83 576
Dieselno.
8 736
9 629
10 565
11 517
12 703
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
7 235
7 155
6 871
6 683
6 717
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
768 691.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
116 006.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 965.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
485.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
497.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
36 683.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 631 170
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
7 986
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
131 276
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
31 047
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0