National Regional Profile: Gr. Bendigo (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 235102628   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
123
119
148
112
91
Total dwelling unitsno.
123
119
150
112
91
Value of total residential building$m
15.8
18.4
25.7
20.8
20.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.6
5.6
0.6
1.5
2.0
Value of total building$m
17.4
23.9
26.3
22.3
22.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
138
142
136
140
160
Other vehiclesno.
122
155
173
181
191
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
260
298
310
321
351
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 792
5 988
6 184
6 262
6 372
Campervansno.
37
40
47
53
52
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 142
2 203
2 326
2 399
2 429
Light rigid trucksno.
78
76
80
85
84
Heavy rigid trucksno.
432
434
446
442
442
Articulated trucksno.
141
144
148
154
150
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
23
20
26
22
22
Busesno.
40
33
34
32
36
Motorcyclesno.
331
289
320
325
344
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 016
9 228
9 611
9 774
9 930
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
533
545
548
545
546
Campervansno.
3
4
4
5
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
197
200
206
209
208
Light rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
40
39
40
38
38
Articulated trucksno.
13
13
13
13
13
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
4
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
30
26
28
28
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
830
839
852
851
852
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 875
2 579
2 337
2 055
1 757
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 386
4 795
5 305
5 640
5 959
Dieselno.
1 008
1 113
1 227
1 323
1 404
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
747
741
742
757
809
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
145 583.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
19 924.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
10.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
101.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
101.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 437.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
299 217
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
853
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 513
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
79 962
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0