National Regional Profile: Wangaratta (RC) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 245106705   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
19
25
19
32
23
Total dwelling unitsno.
19
25
19
33
24
Value of total residential building$m
3.6
4.8
4.7
7.6
6.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.0
0.8
0.5
0.4
1.2
Value of total building$m
4.7
5.6
5.2
8.0
7.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
52
55
57
68
71
Other vehiclesno.
70
78
96
110
99
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
123
132
153
178
170
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 169
3 158
3 156
3 299
3 346
Campervansno.
22
24
29
30
27
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 316
1 358
1 388
1 453
1 446
Light rigid trucksno.
28
27
29
27
28
Heavy rigid trucksno.
257
251
248
251
249
Articulated trucksno.
53
47
48
44
45
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
7
8
6
5
Busesno.
34
31
32
31
29
Motorcyclesno.
277
194
198
204
218
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 164
5 098
5 136
5 345
5 394
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
546
545
546
567
570
Campervansno.
4
4
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
227
234
240
250
246
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
44
43
43
43
42
Articulated trucksno.
9
8
8
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
5
6
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
48
33
34
35
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
890
880
888
918
919
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 521
1 316
1 142
1 016
869
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 435
2 543
2 696
2 966
3 093
Dieselno.
928
971
1 029
1 096
1 154
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
281
269
270
267
278
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
95 811.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
918.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
49.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
214.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
267.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
606.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
39 301
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
13 736
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
68 092
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
35
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0