National Regional Profile: Ovens-Murray (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 245   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
693
717
675
597
525
Total dwelling unitsno.
754
779
743
679
603
Value of total residential building$m
125.8
141.3
152.2
151.0
150.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
48.3
50.6
82.7
131.6
77.1
Value of total building$m
174.1
191.9
234.9
282.6
227.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 786
1 925
1 997
1 856
1 876
Other vehiclesno.
1 389
1 550
1 746
1 949
1 804
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 179
3 479
3 746
3 803
3 682
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
53 873
55 274
56 322
57 350
58 203
Campervansno.
312
353
379
379
386
Light commercial vehiclesno.
15 531
16 085
16 669
17 265
17 774
Light rigid trucksno.
391
379
401
428
472
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 419
2 452
2 516
2 507
2 638
Articulated trucksno.
930
970
971
949
926
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
132
109
118
111
106
Busesno.
546
551
542
534
513
Motorcyclesno.
3 598
3 197
3 340
3 537
3 766
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
77 737
79 377
81 260
83 060
84 783
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
575
586
591
599
604
Campervansno.
3
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
166
171
175
180
184
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
26
26
26
27
Articulated trucksno.
10
10
10
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
5
Motorcyclesno.
38
34
35
37
39
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
829
842
853
868
879
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
21 160
18 588
16 289
14 142
12 068
Petrol - Unleadedno.
42 890
46 409
49 850
53 084
55 926
Dieselno.
10 126
10 974
11 840
12 727
13 716
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 562
3 405
3 280
3 110
3 070
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
547 737.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
16 458.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
78.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 766.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 854.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
4 575.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
322 465
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
63 522
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
338 341
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
6 326
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0