National Regional Profile: Central Metropolitan (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 50505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
600
586
524
478
509
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 341
1 526
1 347
1 679
1 581
Value of total residential building$m
355.2
425.1
366.0
496.8
586.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
216.8
565.8
279.5
372.5
581.4
Value of total building$m
572.0
990.9
645.5
869.4
1 168.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
6 013
6 543
6 057
6 968
7 650
Other vehiclesno.
2 712
3 085
3 575
3 841
4 354
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
8 727
9 626
9 634
10 810
12 004
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
86 840
88 968
89 970
94 770
98 266
Campervansno.
409
386
326
415
453
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 671
12 110
12 393
13 033
13 754
Light rigid trucksno.
395
444
482
551
617
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 526
1 495
1 517
1 579
1 616
Articulated trucksno.
158
160
147
235
267
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
436
490
516
164
188
Busesno.
1 807
1 835
1 869
2 124
2 240
Motorcyclesno.
2 012
2 122
2 482
2 804
3 204
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
105 255
108 005
109 696
115 676
120 601
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
700
706
702
724
737
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
94
96
97
100
103
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
4
1
1
Busesno.
15
15
15
16
17
Motorcyclesno.
16
17
19
21
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
849
857
856
884
905
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
15 624
13 478
11 276
9 898
8 278
Petrol - Unleadedno.
77 344
81 111
83 921
90 193
95 197
Dieselno.
10 534
11 392
12 296
13 150
14 771
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 752
2 031
2 201
2 435
2 355
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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