National Regional Profile: Bass Coast (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA20740   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
674
573
615
500
373
Total dwelling unitsno.
735
646
682
588
567
Value of total residential building$m
94.9
97.9
125.5
108.5
114.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
14.4
7.9
19.8
41.2
54.8
Value of total building$m
109.3
105.8
145.3
149.7
169.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
436
417
416
431
484
Other vehiclesno.
243
307
340
361
345
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
679
724
756
792
829
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
14 946
15 450
15 853
16 171
16 506
Campervansno.
95
102
112
107
114
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 174
3 391
3 513
3 647
3 843
Light rigid trucksno.
98
109
105
103
107
Heavy rigid trucksno.
434
446
445
454
470
Articulated trucksno.
61
56
54
58
61
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
28
18
25
25
26
Busesno.
122
115
109
114
115
Motorcyclesno.
782
763
795
856
905
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
19 739
20 450
21 009
21 534
22 149
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
572
582
591
591
600
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
121
128
131
133
140
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
17
17
17
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
30
29
30
31
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
755
771
783
787
805
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 966
4 243
3 644
3 063
2 636
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 694
12 888
13 908
14 910
15 743
Dieselno.
1 387
1 595
1 749
1 906
2 090
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 691
1 725
1 708
1 655
1 680
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
61 600.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
40.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
729.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
17.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
17.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
169.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
9 503
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
36 719
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
59 032
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0