National Regional Profile: Southern Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20565   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 559
1 459
1 401
1 128
1 141
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 558
2 338
2 414
2 079
2 045
Value of total residential building$m
714.2
724.2
790.9
740.7
777.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
210.7
235.6
270.8
273.1
298.7
Value of total building$m
924.8
959.9
1 061.7
1 013.8
1 076.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
12 216
11 528
11 415
11 476
11 677
Other vehiclesno.
4 727
5 019
5 734
6 025
5 623
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
16 942
16 549
17 151
17 502
17 300
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
225 648
230 372
233 308
237 658
241 250
Campervansno.
366
376
362
365
355
Light commercial vehiclesno.
18 829
19 155
19 586
19 949
20 369
Light rigid trucksno.
833
833
930
993
1 103
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 404
2 307
2 290
2 293
2 418
Articulated trucksno.
325
289
289
307
287
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
139
107
130
138
127
Busesno.
859
769
725
718
744
Motorcyclesno.
5 199
5 345
5 527
5 670
6 024
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
254 603
259 552
263 141
268 091
272 676
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
572
580
582
589
591
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
48
48
49
49
50
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
13
13
14
14
15
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
646
653
657
665
668
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
46 153
39 185
32 614
26 964
22 121
Petrol - Unleadedno.
191 275
202 954
212 882
223 038
231 381
Dieselno.
7 665
8 056
8 764
9 564
10 763
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
9 511
9 357
8 883
8 527
8 414
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
893.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
50.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
347
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0