National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26170   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
256
275
297
244
239
Total dwelling unitsno.
260
283
309
261
265
Value of total residential building$m
34.8
43.6
53.2
54.8
55.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
9.2
7.3
15.0
11.1
15.0
Value of total building$m
44.0
50.9
68.2
65.9
70.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
461
430
487
517
509
Other vehiclesno.
395
409
429
497
481
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
856
839
916
1 014
990
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
15 711
15 947
16 205
16 516
16 674
Campervansno.
70
76
91
87
89
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 864
5 016
5 185
5 290
5 439
Light rigid trucksno.
153
147
129
152
161
Heavy rigid trucksno.
855
859
847
829
804
Articulated trucksno.
236
247
240
248
230
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
34
32
36
40
38
Busesno.
199
198
197
188
193
Motorcyclesno.
1 161
880
940
1 014
1 111
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 281
23 401
23 868
24 361
24 736
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
601
606
615
622
625
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
186
191
197
199
204
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
33
33
32
31
30
Articulated trucksno.
9
9
9
9
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
1
Busesno.
8
8
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
44
33
36
38
42
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
891
890
905
917
927
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 746
4 965
4 259
3 704
3 065
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 880
13 546
14 480
15 355
16 137
Dieselno.
3 030
3 274
3 525
3 769
3 988
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 625
1 615
1 604
1 532
1 547
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
218 476.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
110.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 215.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
51.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
55.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
510.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
85 686
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
157 432
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
185 472
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
251
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0