National Regional Profile: Mitcham (C) - Hills (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 405204341   
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 INDUSTRY


2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
131
117
118
63
51
Total dwelling unitsno.
133
119
122
67
51
Value of total residential building$m
23.8
26.6
28.2
19.5
19.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.9
28.3
9.1
23.5
11.0
Value of total building$m
28.7
54.9
37.2
43.0
30.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
638
785
795
827
792
Other vehiclesno.
175
225
273
285
246
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
813
1 010
1 068
1 112
1 038
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
15 291
15 341
15 577
15 611
15 727
Campervansno.
99
104
91
98
82
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 100
1 128
1 141
1 168
1 221
Light rigid trucksno.
26
31
30
30
34
Heavy rigid trucksno.
75
86
78
79
78
Articulated trucksno.
9
5
3
4
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
5
4
5
4
Busesno.
23
26
23
26
30
Motorcyclesno.
385
391
394
402
450
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 014
17 117
17 342
17 422
17 632
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
629
628
633
631
628
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
45
46
46
47
49
Light rigid trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3
4
3
3
3
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
16
16
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
700
701
705
704
704
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 321
3 607
3 023
2 501
2 105
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 178
12 930
13 689
14 215
14 750
Dieselno.
443
503
544
609
680
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
72
77
85
98
98
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
85.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
9.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
9.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
24
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
4
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0