National Regional Profile: South Eastern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 145   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 714
1 633
1 640
1 273
975
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 036
2 058
2 039
1 881
1 479
Value of total residential building$m
307.9
337.3
378.0
383.2
306.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
81.4
108.1
72.3
95.9
142.2
Value of total building$m
389.3
445.5
450.3
479.2
448.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 443
3 566
3 966
3 592
3 460
Other vehiclesno.
2 909
3 387
3 930
4 134
3 487
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 353
6 953
7 896
7 725
6 949
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
91 063
94 864
98 702
101 015
102 683
Campervansno.
383
420
436
468
447
Light commercial vehiclesno.
28 987
30 332
31 978
33 155
34 136
Light rigid trucksno.
1 050
1 099
1 231
1 351
1 374
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4 110
4 156
4 344
4 493
4 561
Articulated trucksno.
633
598
646
677
698
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
159
168
137
130
126
Busesno.
758
785
875
865
897
Motorcyclesno.
4 161
4 556
4 978
5 330
5 711
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
131 305
136 974
143 328
147 481
150 638
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
464
476
490
495
496
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
148
152
159
162
165
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21
21
22
22
22
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
23
25
26
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
670
687
711
723
727
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
26 937
23 562
20 370
17 189
14 307
Petrol - Unleadedno.
82 984
90 679
98 302
103 969
108 392
Dieselno.
18 452
19 724
21 581
23 203
24 538
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 935
3 009
3 076
3 120
3 402
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 767 110.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
135 064.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
616.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4 788.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4 826.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
27 229.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 717 267
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
39 954
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
419 738
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
78 454
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0