National Regional Profile: Melton-Wyndham (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20520   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
4 980
4 405
4 732
4 263
3 976
Total dwelling unitsno.
5 282
4 925
5 207
4 762
4 198
Value of total residential building$m
784.0
764.2
894.8
848.5
790.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
238.8
145.6
244.5
234.3
284.7
Value of total building$m
1 022.8
909.9
1 139.3
1 082.8
1 075.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 396
3 861
4 514
4 439
4 900
Other vehiclesno.
1 846
2 407
2 941
3 417
3 133
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 242
6 268
7 454
7 854
8 035
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
77 179
83 434
90 941
97 894
105 128
Campervansno.
105
105
118
120
135
Light commercial vehiclesno.
10 225
11 082
12 167
13 670
14 572
Light rigid trucksno.
328
359
428
538
604
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 965
1 998
2 095
2 539
2 734
Articulated trucksno.
770
878
986
1 214
1 316
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
59
58
64
73
88
Busesno.
262
265
278
300
303
Motorcyclesno.
2 753
2 986
3 338
5 832
6 281
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
93 650
101 163
110 414
122 184
131 159
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
518
516
523
528
534
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
69
69
70
74
74
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
12
12
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
6
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
18
18
19
31
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
628
626
635
659
666
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
17 774
15 513
13 444
11 428
9 654
Petrol - Unleadedno.
63 647
72 845
83 475
95 719
105 280
Dieselno.
5 000
5 637
6 528
8 200
9 228
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
7 228
7 168
6 968
6 836
6 997
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
56 272.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
7 809.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 133.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
39.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
39.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 058.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
104 048
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6 887
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 276
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0