National Regional Profile: Monash (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA24970   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
535
444
687
627
528
Total dwelling unitsno.
859
815
1 041
922
758
Value of total residential building$m
170.2
175.5
231.1
213.3
198.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
161.5
132.0
256.6
261.2
240.1
Value of total building$m
331.7
307.6
487.7
474.4
438.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
7 381
7 862
8 270
8 975
8 768
Other vehiclesno.
2 407
2 735
3 367
3 789
3 674
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
9 787
10 597
11 638
12 764
12 443
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
102 534
103 112
103 224
104 444
105 911
Campervansno.
127
124
127
119
107
Light commercial vehiclesno.
9 225
9 541
9 708
9 883
10 595
Light rigid trucksno.
548
682
629
629
713
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 737
1 973
1 558
1 548
1 568
Articulated trucksno.
399
372
431
484
444
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
212
245
482
476
577
Busesno.
501
553
529
529
535
Motorcyclesno.
2 078
2 048
1 954
1 949
1 982
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
117 361
118 649
118 640
120 062
122 432
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
626
627
624
624
624
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
56
58
59
59
62
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
12
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
3
3
3
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
13
12
12
12
12
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
717
722
717
717
721
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
20 267
16 898
13 817
11 351
9 233
Petrol - Unleadedno.
87 265
91 380
94 581
98 275
101 937
Dieselno.
4 941
5 648
5 800
6 176
6 853
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 888
4 723
4 442
4 260
4 408
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0