National Regional Profile: Greater Geelong (C) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210102757   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
631
501
525
418
362
Total dwelling unitsno.
652
518
623
469
406
Value of total residential building$m
108.7
104.1
128.6
112.2
103.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.8
9.7
28.4
30.4
5.8
Value of total building$m
113.5
113.8
156.9
142.6
109.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
618
659
631
657
695
Other vehiclesno.
274
329
423
491
394
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
891
989
1 054
1 149
1 089
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
18 990
19 508
20 084
20 589
21 152
Campervansno.
91
100
108
111
118
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 079
3 221
3 346
3 425
3 568
Light rigid trucksno.
97
98
110
112
127
Heavy rigid trucksno.
305
306
285
302
313
Articulated trucksno.
52
57
65
56
54
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
17
20
22
21
Busesno.
89
67
67
74
75
Motorcyclesno.
695
738
733
788
876
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 416
24 109
24 817
25 476
26 303
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
572
580
588
593
604
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
93
96
98
99
102
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
8
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
21
22
21
23
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
705
716
727
734
751
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 575
4 826
4 142
3 498
2 938
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 128
16 542
17 801
19 070
20 225
Dieselno.
1 102
1 179
1 332
1 478
1 669
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 610
1 563
1 542
1 430
1 472
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
12 276.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
725.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
82.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
72.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
79.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
894.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
17 608
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
154
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 940
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
648
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0