National Regional Profile: Ballarat (C) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220050574   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
213
226
264
317
275
Total dwelling unitsno.
217
243
282
450
282
Value of total residential building$m
28.3
34.4
45.5
67.4
50.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.3
14.8
12.3
8.7
13.5
Value of total building$m
38.6
49.2
57.8
76.1
64.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
516
474
518
584
564
Other vehiclesno.
294
292
334
380
382
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
810
766
852
964
946
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
12 780
13 083
13 478
13 934
14 362
Campervansno.
44
51
47
51
55
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 518
2 611
2 766
2 833
2 942
Light rigid trucksno.
71
80
90
101
120
Heavy rigid trucksno.
287
294
282
289
305
Articulated trucksno.
68
68
66
72
81
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
56
53
54
51
46
Busesno.
119
133
132
136
138
Motorcyclesno.
543
563
599
636
624
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
16 485
16 935
17 514
18 104
18 672
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
591
598
613
618
619
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
116
119
126
126
127
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
13
13
13
13
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
25
26
27
28
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
762
773
797
803
805
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 317
3 753
3 222
2 687
2 255
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 076
10 987
12 038
13 016
13 832
Dieselno.
985
1 099
1 195
1 345
1 517
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 108
1 096
1 059
1 055
1 068
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 945.4
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.
-
-
-
-
2 942
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
630
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
883
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0