National Regional Profile: Barwon (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 793
2 459
2 629
2 343
2 063
Total dwelling unitsno.
3 085
2 720
3 018
2 775
2 299
Value of total residential building$m
510.8
534.9
623.0
661.8
591.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
119.0
183.9
244.1
282.7
297.9
Value of total building$m
629.8
718.8
867.0
944.5
888.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
6 770
6 993
7 229
6 490
6 556
Other vehiclesno.
3 108
3 402
4 070
4 971
4 435
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
9 874
10 394
11 301
11 458
10 991
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
144 869
148 663
152 137
155 464
158 303
Campervansno.
487
519
548
561
579
Light commercial vehiclesno.
26 505
27 674
28 562
29 364
30 365
Light rigid trucksno.
880
966
1 000
1 072
1 145
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 877
3 991
3 928
3 964
4 081
Articulated trucksno.
1 148
1 215
1 276
1 300
1 354
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
234
198
238
239
239
Busesno.
964
969
966
976
1 001
Motorcyclesno.
5 514
5 477
5 715
5 985
6 356
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
184 475
189 668
194 378
198 930
203 423
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
562
571
578
583
586
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
103
106
108
110
112
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
15
15
15
15
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
21
21
22
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
715
728
738
746
753
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
45 047
39 082
33 260
27 935
23 288
Petrol - Unleadedno.
116 474
126 367
136 108
145 283
152 804
Dieselno.
11 498
12 887
14 089
15 223
16 733
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
11 453
11 331
10 921
10 488
10 599
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
465 785.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
57 899.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
645.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
225.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
254.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
21 088.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 166 971
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
88 116
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
121 508
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
44 809
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0