National Regional Profile: Ballarat (C) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220050571   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
101
122
142
120
174
Total dwelling unitsno.
122
171
204
166
202
Value of total residential building$m
22.8
35.6
40.4
35.1
40.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.9
25.5
30.0
37.2
40.4
Value of total building$m
39.7
61.1
70.4
72.2
81.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 034
962
1 064
1 101
1 002
Other vehiclesno.
384
475
520
583
577
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 418
1 438
1 585
1 684
1 580
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
20 287
20 541
20 524
20 731
20 899
Campervansno.
63
65
66
72
74
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 421
3 510
3 536
3 611
3 713
Light rigid trucksno.
111
111
117
134
173
Heavy rigid trucksno.
356
358
328
316
339
Articulated trucksno.
60
49
51
56
53
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
171
172
174
157
138
Busesno.
182
183
184
192
197
Motorcyclesno.
713
759
765
781
814
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
25 364
25 749
25 743
26 048
26 398
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
586
598
601
608
609
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
99
102
104
106
108
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
10
9
10
Articulated trucksno.
2
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
5
5
5
4
Busesno.
5
5
5
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
21
22
22
23
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
733
749
754
764
770
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 288
5 412
4 556
3 732
3 122
Petrol - Unleadedno.
16 458
17 649
18 494
19 530
20 295
Dieselno.
1 270
1 409
1 507
1 641
1 842
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 347
1 279
1 186
1 145
1 140
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
108.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
29.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
8.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
355
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