National Regional Profile: Bass Coast (S) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255200744   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
356
312
356
296
210
Total dwelling unitsno.
373
351
386
319
317
Value of total residential building$m
49.0
52.4
70.0
59.3
59.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.4
4.8
12.1
32.5
38.3
Value of total building$m
55.4
57.2
82.1
91.8
98.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
281
274
266
283
322
Other vehiclesno.
168
220
221
240
237
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
449
494
487
523
559
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
10 142
10 472
10 650
10 869
11 020
Campervansno.
61
64
68
62
63
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 291
2 454
2 536
2 631
2 763
Light rigid trucksno.
67
76
77
75
78
Heavy rigid trucksno.
357
369
372
375
380
Articulated trucksno.
55
53
51
54
54
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
11
15
18
19
Busesno.
70
65
61
66
64
Motorcyclesno.
503
467
489
527
561
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
13 562
14 032
14 318
14 677
15 003
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
549
563
568
574
580
Campervansno.
3
3
4
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
124
132
135
139
145
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
20
20
20
20
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
27
25
26
28
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
734
754
763
775
789
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 468
2 981
2 533
2 146
1 835
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 868
8 649
9 276
9 935
10 453
Dieselno.
1 071
1 230
1 345
1 448
1 554
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 155
1 172
1 164
1 148
1 160
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
57 157.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
40.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
727.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
17.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
17.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
149.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
6 081
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
35 848
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
54 594
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0