National Regional Profile: Greater Dandenong (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA22670   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
221
261
413
578
410
Total dwelling unitsno.
395
377
642
738
615
Value of total residential building$m
55.4
60.1
114.4
147.6
120.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
97.9
186.4
222.0
218.0
234.8
Value of total building$m
153.2
246.4
336.4
365.6
355.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
4 144
3 957
4 455
4 525
4 552
Other vehiclesno.
2 174
2 384
2 750
3 018
3 372
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 318
6 341
7 205
7 544
7 924
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
73 304
74 262
75 160
76 225
77 265
Campervansno.
119
113
117
110
111
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 888
9 029
9 263
9 521
9 833
Light rigid trucksno.
600
676
734
804
913
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 007
2 086
2 042
2 119
2 232
Articulated trucksno.
473
528
590
708
700
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
84
75
86
88
83
Busesno.
522
519
519
514
532
Motorcyclesno.
1 452
1 437
1 461
1 493
1 478
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
87 449
88 726
89 973
91 581
93 148
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
572
580
587
592
591
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
69
71
72
74
75
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
16
16
16
17
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
11
11
11
12
11
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
682
693
702
711
712
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
18 126
15 143
12 333
9 773
7 663
Petrol - Unleadedno.
59 019
63 028
66 898
70 663
73 750
Dieselno.
4 819
5 283
5 648
6 249
6 852
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
5 486
5 272
5 094
4 896
4 883
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 384.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
199.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
137.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
19.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
9
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
10
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 610
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0