National Regional Profile: Mallee (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 230   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
541
464
537
549
538
Total dwelling unitsno.
573
592
599
616
636
Value of total residential building$m
95.6
91.4
116.3
125.1
131.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
58.2
49.1
47.3
85.0
72.7
Value of total building$m
153.7
140.4
163.6
210.1
203.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 737
1 516
1 671
1 601
1 684
Other vehiclesno.
1 581
1 478
1 716
1 827
1 794
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 318
2 994
3 387
3 427
3 479
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
45 728
46 365
46 636
47 380
48 175
Campervansno.
243
266
258
254
276
Light commercial vehiclesno.
19 060
19 357
19 646
19 976
20 467
Light rigid trucksno.
335
348
361
384
408
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 402
3 349
3 275
3 241
3 194
Articulated trucksno.
1 528
1 522
1 610
1 682
1 721
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
88
54
66
60
54
Busesno.
541
480
466
482
504
Motorcyclesno.
2 581
2 080
2 072
2 200
2 376
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
73 504
73 822
74 387
75 659
77 178
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
505
513
515
521
524
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
210
214
217
219
223
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
38
37
36
36
35
Articulated trucksno.
17
17
18
18
19
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
28
23
23
24
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
812
817
822
831
840
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
20 117
17 718
15 574
13 636
11 744
Petrol - Unleadedno.
39 608
41 673
43 712
46 230
48 676
Dieselno.
11 343
12 010
12 727
13 496
14 457
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 436
2 419
2 372
2 297
2 303
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
2 486 613.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 083 250.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 624.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
14 997.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
14 999.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
98 110.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
923 307
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
100 677
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
64 349
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
99 628
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0