National Regional Profile: Mount Alexander (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA25430   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
136
113
93
126
118
Total dwelling unitsno.
148
117
104
131
126
Value of total residential building$m
20.4
19.7
20.2
27.2
29.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
12.3
6.3
3.4
3.7
15.3
Value of total building$m
32.8
26.0
23.6
30.9
44.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
271
287
270
314
313
Other vehiclesno.
178
199
238
252
236
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
448
486
508
566
549
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 143
10 366
10 592
10 708
10 820
Campervansno.
81
97
89
97
95
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 009
3 095
3 156
3 209
3 296
Light rigid trucksno.
71
74
81
79
82
Heavy rigid trucksno.
464
467
466
459
450
Articulated trucksno.
123
126
157
90
94
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
28
27
27
30
32
Busesno.
83
78
80
78
76
Motorcyclesno.
552
535
533
542
576
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
14 553
14 864
15 182
15 294
15 521
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
591
597
609
611
613
Campervansno.
5
6
5
6
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
175
178
181
183
187
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
27
27
27
26
25
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
9
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
5
4
5
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
32
31
31
31
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
847
856
873
873
879
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 070
4 580
4 054
3 537
3 077
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 372
8 048
8 779
9 408
9 920
Dieselno.
1 262
1 363
1 464
1 466
1 602
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
850
874
886
882
922
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
81 866.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
5 673.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
504.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
504.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 343.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
257 429
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
560
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 473
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 598
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0