National Regional Profile: Carrara-Merrimac (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307153525   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
68
51
83
61
41
Total dwelling unitsno.
163
219
266
218
143
Value of total residential building$m
31.8
31.3
49.6
44.9
44.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.7
1.4
11.2
25.1
10.5
Value of total building$m
33.5
32.7
60.9
70.0
55.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
295
362
395
421
435
Other vehiclesno.
207
266
318
336
329
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
501
628
713
757
763
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 627
9 298
9 594
9 998
10 323
Campervansno.
24
28
29
38
41
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 568
1 683
1 693
1 821
1 911
Light rigid trucksno.
81
88
83
90
99
Heavy rigid trucksno.
223
229
178
191
190
Articulated trucksno.
22
23
18
20
22
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
13
13
9
10
9
Busesno.
47
45
40
41
49
Motorcyclesno.
338
364
410
462
521
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
10 943
11 772
12 053
12 671
13 165
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
559
583
580
584
586
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
102
106
102
106
108
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
11
11
11
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
2
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
22
23
25
27
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
709
738
729
740
747
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 100
1 833
1 509
1 237
989
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 789
8 817
9 449
10 238
10 895
Dieselno.
844
903
886
977
1 046
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
210
219
209
219
234
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
347.2
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.
-
-
-
-
352
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0