National Regional Profile: Melbourne (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
25 348
22 502
22 536
20 106
18 585
Total dwelling unitsno.
37 372
36 449
33 373
30 225
25 368
Value of total residential building$m
7 083.9
7 790.3
7 626.4
7 109.4
6 411.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
3 850.0
4 243.6
3 996.5
3 885.4
5 826.4
Value of total building$m
10 933.9
12 033.8
11 622.9
10 994.9
12 238.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
124 159
129 692
131 608
132 380
129 995
Other vehiclesno.
46 395
52 712
57 648
63 721
61 945
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
170 546
182 406
189 258
196 103
191 946
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 000 952
2 050 378
2 089 020
2 133 478
2 186 374
Campervansno.
4 263
4 552
4 610
4 826
4 963
Light commercial vehiclesno.
218 287
225 202
233 414
242 648
251 835
Light rigid trucksno.
10 250
10 940
11 514
12 352
13 540
Heavy rigid trucksno.
34 355
34 926
34 547
35 227
36 683
Articulated trucksno.
6 896
7 274
7 613
8 341
8 524
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3 368
3 215
3 840
3 921
3 941
Busesno.
9 111
9 165
8 961
9 138
9 710
Motorcyclesno.
60 741
62 312
64 251
67 173
71 515
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 348 213
2 407 950
2 457 767
2 517 112
2 587 088
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
568
573
576
579
584
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
62
63
64
66
67
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
10
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
2
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
17
17
18
18
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
666
673
678
684
691
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
447 712
380 604
318 243
262 948
215 063
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 671 808
1 792 401
1 900 275
2 007 407
2 110 047
Dieselno.
102 417
111 527
120 857
132 500
147 027
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
126 282
123 408
118 391
114 269
114 955
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
229 708.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
9 858.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
11 500.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 405.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3 063.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 686.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
135 286
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
38 922
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
125 272
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
8 676
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0