National Regional Profile: Macedon Ranges (S) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 235204135   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
199
177
233
146
138
Total dwelling unitsno.
199
190
254
154
149
Value of total residential building$m
44.3
42.2
56.0
41.3
41.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
3.3
12.7
15.1
6.4
13.3
Value of total building$m
47.5
54.9
71.2
47.8
54.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
390
384
451
405
408
Other vehiclesno.
252
299
331
347
347
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
642
683
782
752
755
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 067
11 332
11 600
11 837
12 058
Campervansno.
45
54
56
51
48
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 396
2 467
2 567
2 632
2 672
Light rigid trucksno.
71
77
84
89
94
Heavy rigid trucksno.
316
349
373
366
364
Articulated trucksno.
73
75
77
84
86
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
23
15
20
17
19
Busesno.
59
52
51
45
44
Motorcyclesno.
637
611
595
648
680
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
14 687
15 032
15 423
15 769
16 065
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
574
585
588
594
598
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
124
127
130
132
133
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
18
19
18
18
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
33
32
30
32
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
762
776
782
791
797
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 215
2 854
2 491
2 089
1 759
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 341
9 998
10 676
11 392
11 897
Dieselno.
976
1 122
1 252
1 330
1 482
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 155
1 058
1 004
958
927
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
13 479.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
335.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
71.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
17.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
19.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
19.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
10 836
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
47
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 269
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 450
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0