National Regional Profile: East Central Highlands (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 22010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
353
352
419
375
291
Total dwelling unitsno.
375
362
472
407
379
Value of total residential building$m
54.2
65.6
83.9
83.6
75.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.0
10.5
25.0
10.6
12.3
Value of total building$m
70.2
76.1
108.9
94.2
87.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
646
649
708
640
719
Other vehiclesno.
524
580
621
656
641
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 171
1 227
1 329
1 297
1 360
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
22 036
22 673
23 496
23 256
23 642
Campervansno.
77
88
104
102
114
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 706
6 982
7 091
7 289
7 475
Light rigid trucksno.
200
198
212
217
224
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 047
1 043
1 049
1 064
1 091
Articulated trucksno.
383
398
401
411
404
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
67
47
60
58
64
Busesno.
183
181
183
149
145
Motorcyclesno.
1 262
1 149
1 172
1 246
1 310
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
31 957
32 757
33 766
33 791
34 470
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
557
571
587
577
581
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
170
176
177
181
184
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
26
26
26
27
Articulated trucksno.
10
10
10
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
1
1
2
Busesno.
5
5
5
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
32
29
29
31
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
808
825
844
838
847
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 890
7 852
6 828
5 882
5 034
Petrol - Unleadedno.
17 237
18 870
20 674
21 517
22 658
Dieselno.
3 079
3 334
3 689
3 942
4 321
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 753
2 703
2 575
2 446
2 458
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
174 488.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
15 477.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 452.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
397.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
404.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
2 442.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
420 184
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
3 552
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
59 400
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4 800
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0