National Regional Profile: Gippsland (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 539
1 484
1 758
1 624
1 371
Total dwelling unitsno.
1 628
1 577
1 869
1 782
1 692
Value of total residential building$m
232.9
265.4
347.7
354.0
342.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
75.0
83.0
95.7
168.7
119.9
Value of total building$m
307.8
348.4
443.4
522.7
462.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
3 601
3 547
3 639
3 634
3 583
Other vehiclesno.
1 916
2 273
2 578
2 744
2 619
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
5 517
5 821
6 217
6 379
6 202
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
91 404
93 562
95 447
97 150
98 811
Campervansno.
417
440
482
483
482
Light commercial vehiclesno.
21 422
22 312
23 220
23 984
24 697
Light rigid trucksno.
650
675
668
720
790
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 272
3 284
3 296
3 300
3 248
Articulated trucksno.
825
831
830
857
834
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
198
159
189
197
185
Busesno.
828
816
844
785
790
Motorcyclesno.
5 411
4 921
5 218
5 617
6 046
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
124 422
126 994
130 197
133 092
135 885
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
572
582
590
595
597
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
134
139
144
147
149
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
20
20
20
20
20
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
34
31
32
34
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
778
790
805
814
821
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
30 282
26 269
22 634
19 295
16 265
Petrol - Unleadedno.
71 337
77 012
82 867
88 300
92 915
Dieselno.
12 449
13 581
14 821
15 983
17 103
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
10 354
10 130
9 871
9 509
9 604
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
452 393.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
246.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 949.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
194.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
225.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 199.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
160 376
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
326 359
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
355 647
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
17 238
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0