National Regional Profile: Whittlesea (C) - South-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205407075   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
217
198
103
103
48
Total dwelling unitsno.
244
216
129
121
65
Value of total residential building$m
39.4
36.3
25.9
23.4
14.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
22.1
16.0
15.6
25.4
23.5
Value of total building$m
61.5
52.3
41.5
48.9
37.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
783
808
873
854
807
Other vehiclesno.
298
380
443
471
387
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 081
1 188
1 316
1 325
1 194
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
21 679
22 529
22 992
23 234
23 652
Campervansno.
12
9
10
9
13
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 795
1 915
1 976
2 086
2 184
Light rigid trucksno.
65
74
78
86
88
Heavy rigid trucksno.
250
261
261
274
291
Articulated trucksno.
39
44
53
62
63
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
8
3
8
8
11
Busesno.
90
94
120
125
134
Motorcyclesno.
563
575
578
624
646
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
24 501
25 504
26 078
26 508
27 081
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
508
523
533
527
533
Campervansno.
0
0
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
42
44
46
47
49
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
7
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
13
13
13
14
15
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
575
592
605
601
610
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 460
3 788
3 100
2 461
1 950
Petrol - Unleadedno.
18 023
19 660
20 866
21 942
22 952
Dieselno.
666
745
856
950
1 043
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 352
1 311
1 256
1 155
1 136
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
292.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
31.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
141
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
82
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0