National Regional Profile: S. Grampians (S) - Hamilton (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 215106261   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
23
45
48
56
63
Total dwelling unitsno.
24
47
50
63
63
Value of total residential building$m
5.6
11.7
12.0
14.5
15.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.6
4.0
5.8
10.8
3.6
Value of total building$m
8.2
15.7
17.8
25.3
19.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
233
233
222
215
217
Other vehiclesno.
129
167
184
212
216
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
362
401
406
427
433
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 798
4 877
5 015
5 094
5 152
Campervansno.
20
22
19
18
17
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 308
1 356
1 410
1 482
1 486
Light rigid trucksno.
29
28
28
29
31
Heavy rigid trucksno.
234
264
258
265
260
Articulated trucksno.
36
40
51
58
52
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
15
15
15
16
Busesno.
59
60
56
55
55
Motorcyclesno.
253
222
231
223
249
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 753
6 885
7 082
7 240
7 318
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
511
520
533
540
547
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
139
145
150
157
158
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
28
27
28
28
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
5
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
27
24
25
24
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
719
734
753
767
777
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 737
1 556
1 375
1 217
1 017
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 969
4 161
4 462
4 690
4 925
Dieselno.
700
814
899
1 010
1 058
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
347
354
346
323
318
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
573.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
98.0
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
-
-
-
-
66.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 579
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
56
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0