National Regional Profile: Latrobe (M) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 620053811   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
55
67
100
90
72
Total dwelling unitsno.
55
69
110
94
83
Value of total residential building$m
6.8
10.0
16.5
18.5
16.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.9
1.0
3.1
4.0
1.9
Value of total building$m
8.7
10.9
19.6
22.5
18.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
88
115
124
120
116
Other vehiclesno.
75
99
124
122
128
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
163
214
248
242
245
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 133
4 087
4 317
4 470
4 663
Campervansno.
63
72
77
82
80
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 335
1 420
1 527
1 571
1 618
Light rigid trucksno.
31
32
30
36
40
Heavy rigid trucksno.
177
182
197
203
206
Articulated trucksno.
26
24
25
25
29
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
5
4
5
Busesno.
32
34
32
31
25
Motorcyclesno.
253
252
265
310
331
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 054
6 108
6 474
6 732
6 997
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
544
529
549
561
573
Campervansno.
8
9
10
10
10
Light commercial vehiclesno.
176
184
194
197
199
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
23
24
25
25
25
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
33
33
34
39
41
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
797
791
824
845
860
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 698
1 460
1 296
1 155
990
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 499
3 710
4 170
4 496
4 838
Dieselno.
774
857
931
1 002
1 090
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
83
80
76
80
79
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
10 213.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
252.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 618.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
104.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
105.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
730.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
13 014
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 645
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 262
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
46
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0