National Regional Profile: Victoria   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 2   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
36 613
33 286
34 404
31 079
28 470
Total dwelling unitsno.
49 539
48 212
46 415
42 547
36 529
Value of total residential building$m
9 009.7
9 890.8
10 140.4
9 706.6
8 928.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
4 525.5
5 037.6
4 871.9
5 044.0
6 979.7
Value of total building$m
13 535.2
14 928.4
15 012.3
14 750.6
15 908.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
154 852
160 635
165 042
165 434
162 239
Other vehiclesno.
66 330
74 116
81 743
90 945
88 008
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
221 182
234 751
246 785
256 379
250 247
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
2 746 770
2 813 080
2 866 643
2 926 009
2 992 391
Campervansno.
7 770
8 451
8 712
9 061
9 277
Light commercial vehiclesno.
422 596
436 151
450 636
465 991
481 305
Light rigid trucksno.
15 633
16 541
17 293
18 509
20 170
Heavy rigid trucksno.
68 513
69 155
68 560
69 258
71 037
Articulated trucksno.
17 735
18 264
18 874
19 839
20 180
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5 418
4 978
5 822
5 862
5 837
Busesno.
15 887
15 824
15 608
15 739
16 389
Motorcyclesno.
102 319
98 687
102 056
107 140
114 002
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
3 402 623
3 481 110
3 554 212
3 637 413
3 730 598
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
565
571
575
579
584
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
87
89
90
92
94
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
14
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
21
20
20
21
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
700
707
713
720
727
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
n.a.
624 785
530 743
445 699
370 898
Petrol - Unleadedno.
n.a.
2 438 150
2 593 191
2 745 723
2 886 695
Dieselno.
n.a.
232 098
251 132
272 648
298 149
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
n.a.
186 077
179 139
173 355
174 860
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
12 313 994.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 485 441.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
32 199.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
39 643.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
40 859.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
562 912.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
17 908 435
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 757 521
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 645 710
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
668 421
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0