National Regional Profile: Eastern Middle Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20550   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 272
1 147
1 322
1 259
1 143
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 042
2 120
2 078
2 032
1 807
Value of total residential building$m
467.3
486.0
518.1
514.7
490.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
315.4
275.1
441.1
434.3
369.5
Value of total building$m
782.7
761.1
959.3
949.0
860.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
16 259
16 979
17 595
18 141
18 005
Other vehiclesno.
5 487
6 311
7 188
7 922
7 523
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
21 745
23 290
24 784
26 064
25 530
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
258 390
260 450
261 481
264 179
267 004
Campervansno.
347
367
358
344
319
Light commercial vehiclesno.
21 014
21 527
21 751
22 212
23 266
Light rigid trucksno.
1 034
1 191
1 185
1 268
1 492
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 277
3 568
2 995
3 017
3 097
Articulated trucksno.
506
469
539
613
566
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1 394
1 382
1 801
1 797
1 864
Busesno.
1 005
1 070
1 106
1 121
1 150
Motorcyclesno.
5 711
5 689
5 624
5 621
5 850
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
292 677
295 714
296 837
300 174
304 610
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
607
610
610
612
611
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
49
50
51
51
53
Light rigid trucksno.
2
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
8
8
7
7
7
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Busesno.
2
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
13
13
13
13
13
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
687
693
693
695
697
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
50 844
42 598
35 220
29 083
23 611
Petrol - Unleadedno.
219 647
230 222
238 629
247 494
255 891
Dieselno.
10 661
11 843
12 511
13 607
14 989
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
11 525
11 050
10 478
9 991
10 118
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
415.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
24.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
25.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
6
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
235
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0