National Regional Profile: Mitcham (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA44340   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
187
160
186
114
98
Total dwelling unitsno.
267
259
257
150
169
Value of total residential building$m
53.8
64.0
67.2
57.6
57.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.8
52.0
22.5
64.9
14.7
Value of total building$m
62.6
116.1
89.7
122.5
72.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 516
3 086
3 130
3 117
3 023
Other vehiclesno.
553
746
978
1 022
880
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 069
3 832
4 107
4 139
3 903
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
38 465
38 951
39 525
39 516
39 741
Campervansno.
189
189
169
173
144
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 921
3 039
3 062
3 141
3 329
Light rigid trucksno.
103
114
113
115
135
Heavy rigid trucksno.
273
292
289
290
297
Articulated trucksno.
28
26
27
32
33
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
20
19
19
19
18
Busesno.
74
71
65
69
76
Motorcyclesno.
838
836
864
897
1 023
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
42 913
43 537
44 132
44 252
44 798
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
613
616
623
620
618
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
47
48
48
49
52
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
13
13
14
14
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
684
688
695
694
697
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 561
9 004
7 563
6 223
5 195
Petrol - Unleadedno.
31 052
33 027
34 873
36 155
37 504
Dieselno.
1 084
1 275
1 416
1 571
1 777
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
214
230
279
302
322
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
310.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
160.0
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
-
-
-
-
86.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
84
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