National Regional Profile: Mersey-Lyell (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 620   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
284
318
544
470
427
Total dwelling unitsno.
298
338
646
555
527
Value of total residential building$m
42.5
51.8
104.0
109.6
113.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
34.0
46.2
29.9
60.9
55.2
Value of total building$m
76.5
98.0
133.8
170.6
168.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 590
1 636
1 772
2 025
1 915
Other vehiclesno.
1 162
1 353
1 616
1 948
1 798
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 751
2 989
3 386
3 975
3 712
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
52 412
52 629
54 367
56 066
57 631
Campervansno.
749
792
825
843
874
Light commercial vehiclesno.
15 843
16 503
17 132
17 868
18 635
Light rigid trucksno.
443
462
484
519
547
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 976
2 023
2 047
2 036
2 049
Articulated trucksno.
485
451
479
553
543
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
79
74
72
68
76
Busesno.
515
485
429
432
445
Motorcyclesno.
2 422
2 332
2 463
2 616
2 874
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
74 926
75 752
78 302
81 001
83 673
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
492
489
501
515
526
Campervansno.
7
7
8
8
8
Light commercial vehiclesno.
149
153
158
164
170
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
19
19
19
19
Articulated trucksno.
5
4
4
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
23
22
23
24
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
703
704
722
743
764
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
19 968
17 171
15 091
12 860
11 087
Petrol - Unleadedno.
44 175
47 192
51 107
55 137
58 761
Dieselno.
10 007
10 590
11 284
12 148
12 971
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
773
798
821
855
853
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
290 277.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 427.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
8 456.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
355.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
370.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 124.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
100 129
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
127 468
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
207 720
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 085
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0