National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255206171   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
151
154
178
133
121
Total dwelling unitsno.
153
156
189
139
136
Value of total residential building$m
19.1
23.6
30.4
27.8
27.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.7
5.0
11.9
5.9
8.1
Value of total building$m
24.8
28.6
42.3
33.7
35.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
258
264
290
296
306
Other vehiclesno.
191
217
219
247
248
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
449
481
509
543
554
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 152
7 337
7 498
7 652
7 706
Campervansno.
28
30
31
31
33
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 066
2 143
2 215
2 268
2 326
Light rigid trucksno.
64
71
68
78
78
Heavy rigid trucksno.
377
370
368
349
354
Articulated trucksno.
101
101
101
108
95
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
21
19
21
25
25
Busesno.
113
105
101
99
101
Motorcyclesno.
489
393
427
467
542
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 411
10 569
10 830
11 077
11 260
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
574
584
592
600
602
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
166
171
175
178
182
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
30
29
29
27
28
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
8
8
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
9
8
8
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
39
31
34
37
42
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
835
841
856
868
880
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 526
2 181
1 859
1 600
1 310
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 867
6 304
6 787
7 204
7 575
Dieselno.
1 322
1 407
1 529
1 648
1 756
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
696
677
655
625
619
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
105 562.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
807.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
38.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
40.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
188.8
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
60 514
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
65 064
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
99 922
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
19
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0