National Regional Profile: E. Gippsland (S) - Orbost (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250052113   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
55
60
85
64
67
Total dwelling unitsno.
58
66
85
66
75
Value of total residential building$m
7.1
9.5
14.2
11.6
13.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.8
3.4
2.4
2.8
4.3
Value of total building$m
8.9
12.9
16.6
14.4
18.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
109
110
107
112
93
Other vehiclesno.
130
160
172
140
150
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
239
270
279
252
242
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 218
4 324
4 441
4 501
4 596
Campervansno.
32
36
35
42
41
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 744
1 808
1 819
1 850
1 880
Light rigid trucksno.
47
43
41
42
41
Heavy rigid trucksno.
269
271
261
255
254
Articulated trucksno.
151
144
133
138
141
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
9
10
12
13
16
Busesno.
72
70
67
67
69
Motorcyclesno.
355
288
305
320
341
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 897
6 995
7 113
7 228
7 378
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
494
512
520
526
537
Campervansno.
4
4
4
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
204
214
213
216
220
Light rigid trucksno.
6
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
32
32
31
30
30
Articulated trucksno.
18
17
16
16
16
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Busesno.
8
8
8
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
42
34
36
37
40
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
808
828
833
845
862
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 929
1 684
1 486
1 303
1 149
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 256
3 509
3 795
4 010
4 227
Dieselno.
1 346
1 429
1 474
1 544
1 638
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
366
374
359
371
364
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
117 172.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
38.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
74.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
51.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
62.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
119.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
51 853
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
14 577
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
58 633
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
305
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0