National Regional Profile: Brimbank (C) - Sunshine (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205101182   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
863
644
722
554
595
Total dwelling unitsno.
957
707
808
664
648
Value of total residential building$m
146.9
121.9
149.6
124.2
125.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
130.2
82.7
90.7
97.0
124.3
Value of total building$m
277.2
204.6
240.4
221.2
250.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 431
1 510
1 565
1 712
1 850
Other vehiclesno.
593
712
759
905
945
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 025
2 222
2 324
2 617
2 796
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
43 801
45 998
47 468
49 032
51 269
Campervansno.
52
56
58
63
61
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 409
4 645
4 838
5 168
5 513
Light rigid trucksno.
188
206
216
240
256
Heavy rigid trucksno.
804
869
885
889
952
Articulated trucksno.
177
171
185
202
206
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
30
29
35
69
71
Busesno.
152
166
153
157
208
Motorcyclesno.
872
960
981
1 078
1 147
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
50 483
53 100
54 819
56 898
59 684
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
547
568
580
593
610
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
55
57
59
62
66
Light rigid trucksno.
2
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
11
11
11
11
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
11
12
12
13
14
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
631
656
670
688
710
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
11 695
10 042
8 272
6 684
5 378
Petrol - Unleadedno.
33 379
37 480
40 927
44 429
48 150
Dieselno.
2 014
2 206
2 387
2 613
2 950
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 395
3 372
3 234
3 172
3 205
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.9
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0