National Regional Profile: Greater Hume Shire (A) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 155103374   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
9
15
23
25
32
Total dwelling unitsno.
9
19
29
29
34
Value of total residential building$m
1.7
3.9
5.2
4.8
8.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
3.3
1.1
5.8
2.9
1.5
Value of total building$m
4.9
4.9
11.0
7.7
9.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
116
99
101
113
97
Other vehiclesno.
129
108
145
171
148
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
246
207
246
284
244
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 069
3 090
3 153
3 176
3 207
Campervansno.
9
9
8
11
12
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 222
1 253
1 298
1 321
1 352
Light rigid trucksno.
15
20
18
19
27
Heavy rigid trucksno.
282
276
284
277
268
Articulated trucksno.
68
74
84
90
96
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
3
3
4
4
Busesno.
37
35
39
39
40
Motorcyclesno.
106
115
127
133
142
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
4 813
4 875
5 015
5 071
5 149
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
468
475
485
488
489
Campervansno.
1
1
1
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
187
193
200
203
206
Light rigid trucksno.
2
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
43
42
44
43
41
Articulated trucksno.
10
11
13
14
15
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
1
1
Busesno.
6
5
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
16
18
20
20
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
735
750
772
778
785
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 069
940
811
703
591
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 582
2 714
2 921
3 037
3 147
Dieselno.
1 024
1 084
1 154
1 204
1 261
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
138
136
129
127
149
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
335 191.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
61 574.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
26.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
15 075.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
562 748
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
114
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
118 161
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 588
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0