National Regional Profile: Victoria   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 2   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
34 404
31 079
28 470
28 645
31 268
Total dwelling units no.
46 415
42 547
36 529
37 942
42 908

Value of private sector houses $m
6 402.2
6 182.8
5 999.9
6 368.6
7 400.4
Value of new residential building $m
8 517.6
8 038.1
7 356.9
8 283.2
9 838.8
Value of total residential building $m
10 140.4
9 706.7
8 978.6
9 959.7
11 703.0
Value of total non-residential building $m
4 871.9
5 044.0
6 980.5
7 870.3
9 793.8
Value of total building $m
15 012.3
14 750.8
15 959.0
17 830.0
21 496.8

Average value of private sector houses $'000
186.1
198.9
210.7
222.3
236.7

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
576
580
585
585
589
Campervans no.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
91
93
94
95
97
Light rigid trucks no.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucks no.
14
14
14
14
14
Articulated trucks no.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcycles no.
20
21
22
24
26
Total registered motor vehicles no.
715
722
730
732
741

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
926 717
958 314
980 346
1 006 224
1 046 106
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
916 140
959 343
1 025 341
1 050 250
1 073 365
10 years or older no.
1 715 816
1 724 715
1 736 059
1 764 710
1 815 340

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
3 969.1
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
2 532.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
2 725.5
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
9 226.6
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
12 313 994.3
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
2 485 441.1
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
32 199.6
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
39 643.5
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
40 859.0
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
562 912.6
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
17 908 435
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
1 757 521
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
2 645 710
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
668 421
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0