National Regional Profile: Brimbank (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA21180   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 364
906
917
760
669
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 719
1 127
1 119
1 043
745
Value of total residential building$m
255.0
193.7
210.8
182.7
149.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
170.2
123.2
125.3
140.2
270.7
Value of total building$m
425.2
316.9
336.0
322.9
420.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 857
2 946
3 080
3 213
3 317
Other vehiclesno.
1 165
1 367
1 440
1 658
1 589
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 023
4 314
4 520
4 871
4 907
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
87 385
89 795
91 678
93 377
95 671
Campervansno.
85
89
89
93
89
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 423
8 703
9 026
9 457
9 822
Light rigid trucksno.
312
339
364
390
412
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 425
1 455
1 487
1 492
1 620
Articulated trucksno.
291
274
288
329
345
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
44
46
49
85
88
Busesno.
256
275
261
258
313
Motorcyclesno.
1 867
1 937
1 994
2 133
2 193
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
100 086
102 912
105 236
107 614
110 553
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
513
524
532
538
547
Campervansno.
0
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
49
51
52
55
56
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
1
2
Motorcyclesno.
11
11
12
12
13
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
587
600
611
621
633
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
20 965
17 712
14 544
11 660
9 312
Petrol - Unleadedno.
68 851
74 929
80 482
85 617
90 378
Dieselno.
3 685
3 925
4 198
4 577
5 134
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
6 585
6 345
6 012
5 760
5 728
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
915.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
66.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0