National Regional Profile: Glenelg (S) - Portland (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 215102413   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
43
63
69
69
56
Total dwelling unitsno.
43
72
81
69
57
Value of total residential building$m
9.3
14.9
18.2
16.1
13.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.0
4.4
1.6
3.9
15.8
Value of total building$m
19.3
19.3
19.8
20.1
29.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
205
199
179
208
187
Other vehiclesno.
168
147
153
179
182
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
373
346
332
387
370
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 579
5 766
5 892
6 105
6 213
Campervansno.
45
56
54
61
54
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 625
1 693
1 741
1 787
1 856
Light rigid trucksno.
41
37
37
40
38
Heavy rigid trucksno.
197
199
205
185
193
Articulated trucksno.
80
82
93
113
115
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
11
11
11
13
Busesno.
51
52
50
46
45
Motorcyclesno.
374
357
372
374
398
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 003
8 252
8 455
8 722
8 924
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
522
543
551
568
573
Campervansno.
4
5
5
6
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
152
159
163
166
171
Light rigid trucksno.
4
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
19
19
17
18
Articulated trucksno.
7
8
9
11
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
5
5
5
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
35
34
35
35
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
749
777
790
811
823
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 836
1 591
1 330
1 120
932
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 877
5 267
5 630
6 013
6 292
Dieselno.
859
953
1 073
1 164
1 261
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
432
442
423
426
438
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
3 768.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
22.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
68.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
79.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 801
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 088
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
2 014
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0