National Regional Profile: Wellington Shire (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 25015   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
212
237
344
314
303
Total dwelling unitsno.
215
244
365
352
308
Value of total residential building$m
29.2
38.0
56.7
59.2
61.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.4
32.8
9.9
18.4
24.1
Value of total building$m
46.7
70.8
66.6
77.6
85.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
881
932
895
829
824
Other vehiclesno.
640
679
747
882
804
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 522
1 611
1 643
1 711
1 628
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
22 505
23 141
23 544
23 915
24 262
Campervansno.
138
148
149
150
159
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 695
6 930
7 207
7 429
7 648
Light rigid trucksno.
183
200
214
211
231
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 048
1 033
1 045
1 022
1 050
Articulated trucksno.
255
258
256
264
266
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
64
64
74
73
73
Busesno.
245
252
251
251
269
Motorcyclesno.
1 667
1 382
1 489
1 553
1 605
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
32 801
33 407
34 231
34 866
35 563
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
547
566
574
580
583
Campervansno.
3
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
163
169
176
180
184
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
25
25
25
25
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
41
34
36
38
39
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
798
817
834
846
855
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 147
7 083
6 246
5 295
4 451
Petrol - Unleadedno.
18 372
19 684
21 024
22 331
23 428
Dieselno.
4 166
4 578
4 963
5 313
5 703
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 117
2 064
1 998
1 928
1 980
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
342 522.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 964.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 930.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
57.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
58.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 085.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
339 906
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
170 073
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
134 086
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
665
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0