National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255206174   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
44
53
63
47
44
Total dwelling unitsno.
44
57
63
58
44
Value of total residential building$m
7.0
8.9
11.6
12.7
10.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.6
0.7
0.8
2.6
5.4
Value of total building$m
9.7
9.7
12.4
15.3
15.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
93
73
98
111
82
Other vehiclesno.
101
100
114
124
105
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
194
173
213
235
187
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 721
3 742
3 730
3 792
3 764
Campervansno.
24
26
34
31
29
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 344
1 388
1 397
1 404
1 449
Light rigid trucksno.
34
26
23
25
29
Heavy rigid trucksno.
218
219
210
202
197
Articulated trucksno.
81
86
87
82
80
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
7
9
8
7
Busesno.
35
38
37
37
40
Motorcyclesno.
325
208
216
232
254
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 789
5 739
5 741
5 811
5 848
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
631
637
640
650
645
Campervansno.
4
4
6
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
228
236
240
241
248
Light rigid trucksno.
6
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
37
37
36
35
34
Articulated trucksno.
14
15
15
14
14
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
2
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
7
Motorcyclesno.
55
35
37
40
44
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
982
978
985
996
1 003
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 462
1 283
1 115
976
822
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 091
3 133
3 278
3 448
3 572
Dieselno.
877
962
1 003
1 053
1 105
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
359
360
346
334
349
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
65 643.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
61.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
11.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
14.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
129.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
20 156
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
49 940
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
53 995
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
221
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0