National Regional Profile: Wangaratta (RC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26700   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
106
141
139
168
135
Total dwelling unitsno.
130
162
145
200
150
Value of total residential building$m
25.1
29.5
30.3
40.8
35.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
18.5
6.8
20.2
12.2
16.3
Value of total building$m
43.6
36.3
50.5
53.1
51.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
493
522
544
541
521
Other vehiclesno.
346
380
449
502
462
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
840
901
993
1 042
983
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
15 325
15 552
15 774
16 091
16 460
Campervansno.
83
85
93
100
102
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 378
4 512
4 707
4 880
5 068
Light rigid trucksno.
110
106
108
113
120
Heavy rigid trucksno.
718
731
725
744
763
Articulated trucksno.
195
205
205
202
212
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
50
43
47
41
36
Busesno.
158
166
162
151
130
Motorcyclesno.
860
717
733
796
890
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
21 877
22 119
22 555
23 119
23 782
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
575
581
589
596
603
Campervansno.
3
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
164
169
176
181
186
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
27
27
27
28
28
Articulated trucksno.
7
8
8
7
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
5
Motorcyclesno.
32
27
27
29
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
820
827
842
856
871
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 098
5 339
4 717
4 130
3 563
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 871
12 725
13 554
14 511
15 445
Dieselno.
2 765
2 962
3 179
3 421
3 714
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 145
1 095
1 106
1 057
1 060
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
168 077.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
6 176.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
49.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
441.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
500.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 265.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
130 569
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
14 773
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
107 365
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
35
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0