National Regional Profile: Melville (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 505205320   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
460
480
405
368
313
Total dwelling unitsno.
568
593
568
442
396
Value of total residential building$m
123.2
132.7
185.6
137.6
142.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
30.0
26.7
67.0
42.5
21.7
Value of total building$m
153.2
159.4
252.5
180.1
164.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 460
2 693
2 756
2 973
3 038
Other vehiclesno.
1 180
1 257
1 308
1 466
1 672
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 639
3 950
4 065
4 439
4 709
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
57 301
58 471
59 497
60 067
61 236
Campervansno.
241
253
249
218
202
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 197
6 344
6 465
6 482
6 754
Light rigid trucksno.
193
182
186
195
222
Heavy rigid trucksno.
610
609
609
591
631
Articulated trucksno.
90
90
103
130
123
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
39
50
53
110
109
Busesno.
226
226
226
234
246
Motorcyclesno.
1 600
1 570
1 639
1 736
1 982
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
66 498
67 795
69 027
69 762
71 505
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
587
596
606
609
618
Campervansno.
2
3
3
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
63
65
66
66
68
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Heavy rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
6
6
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
18
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
681
692
703
707
721
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
11 687
10 054
8 481
7 091
5 904
Petrol - Unleadedno.
49 681
52 297
54 796
56 724
59 310
Dieselno.
3 909
4 135
4 415
4 677
5 013
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 220
1 309
1 334
1 270
1 277
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.5
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