National Regional Profile: Southern Grampians (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26260   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
48
71
67
79
96
Total dwelling unitsno.
49
75
69
86
96
Value of total residential building$m
11.6
18.3
16.6
20.5
25.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.0
6.2
6.7
12.6
6.1
Value of total building$m
19.5
24.5
23.3
33.1
31.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
401
372
381
343
348
Other vehiclesno.
328
363
381
418
409
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
728
737
762
761
757
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 462
9 600
9 893
9 985
10 111
Campervansno.
44
48
41
43
45
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 568
3 650
3 748
3 896
3 958
Light rigid trucksno.
76
71
74
74
77
Heavy rigid trucksno.
796
798
799
790
799
Articulated trucksno.
104
111
118
133
130
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
70
62
61
56
57
Busesno.
118
120
114
108
106
Motorcyclesno.
648
432
446
436
475
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
14 886
14 894
15 294
15 521
15 758
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
554
562
579
582
588
Campervansno.
3
3
2
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
209
214
219
227
230
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
47
47
47
46
46
Articulated trucksno.
6
7
7
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
4
3
3
Busesno.
7
7
7
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
38
25
26
25
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
871
873
896
905
917
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 069
3 570
3 178
2 767
2 380
Petrol - Unleadedno.
8 063
8 327
8 918
9 341
9 788
Dieselno.
2 089
2 330
2 541
2 781
2 975
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
665
668
657
632
614
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
466 538.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
19 887.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
28.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
5 614.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 583 813
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 750
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
120 615
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
204
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0