National Regional Profile: Wellington (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135058150   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
15
26
17
12
10
Total dwelling unitsno.
15
26
17
12
10
Value of total residential building$m
2.8
4.2
3.7
3.3
2.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.9
1.3
2.1
84.2
0.0
Value of total building$m
3.7
5.5
5.8
87.4
2.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
131
151
140
132
106
Other vehiclesno.
162
118
163
151
137
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
293
270
303
283
244
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 535
3 598
3 589
3 628
3 600
Campervansno.
16
17
15
11
14
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 428
1 476
1 524
1 544
1 577
Light rigid trucksno.
40
46
52
56
54
Heavy rigid trucksno.
259
267
262
254
256
Articulated trucksno.
38
34
34
38
38
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
7
7
6
5
Busesno.
29
25
27
31
32
Motorcyclesno.
122
125
139
159
149
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 475
5 595
5 650
5 727
5 725
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
406
418
421
430
428
Campervansno.
2
2
2
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
164
171
179
183
188
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
7
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
30
31
31
30
30
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
14
15
16
19
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
629
649
663
678
681
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 245
1 079
930
803
693
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 028
3 276
3 432
3 581
3 652
Dieselno.
1 146
1 194
1 234
1 292
1 328
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
56
46
53
52
52
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
395 038.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
41 471.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
72.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
34.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
34.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 608.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
661 092
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
103
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
57 171
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4 602
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0