National Regional Profile: Northern Middle Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20530   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
705
639
744
845
710
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 449
1 189
1 503
1 486
1 229
Value of total residential building$m
277.7
249.4
348.6
345.0
321.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
372.3
139.1
86.8
83.0
137.6
Value of total building$m
650.1
388.6
435.4
428.0
458.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
6 268
5 891
6 076
5 775
5 933
Other vehiclesno.
2 331
2 526
2 814
2 946
2 715
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
8 599
8 416
8 890
8 721
8 647
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
141 556
144 853
144 653
146 808
149 324
Campervansno.
172
180
186
184
186
Light commercial vehiclesno.
14 071
14 603
15 250
15 881
16 549
Light rigid trucksno.
609
641
673
726
710
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 671
1 651
1 619
1 632
1 630
Articulated trucksno.
170
164
172
178
176
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
101
74
78
78
77
Busesno.
638
658
672
695
740
Motorcyclesno.
3 677
3 675
3 731
3 855
4 170
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
162 664
166 498
167 035
170 037
173 560
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
573
585
583
587
590
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
57
59
61
63
65
Light rigid trucksno.
2
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
7
7
7
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
15
15
15
15
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
659
673
674
680
686
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
34 325
29 217
24 447
20 134
16 581
Petrol - Unleadedno.
116 102
124 623
129 506
136 474
143 126
Dieselno.
4 955
5 349
5 899
6 494
7 023
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
7 282
7 308
7 183
6 935
6 832
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3.5
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