National Regional Profile: Huon Valley (M) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 610053010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
86
84
132
135
120
Total dwelling unitsno.
87
84
133
137
133
Value of total residential building$m
7.8
10.6
16.3
20.1
20.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
6.0
3.0
3.3
5.0
6.6
Value of total building$m
13.8
13.7
19.7
25.1
27.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
130
106
151
193
153
Other vehiclesno.
110
105
161
181
150
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
240
211
312
374
303
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 467
6 519
6 854
7 128
7 383
Campervansno.
118
159
165
184
168
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 382
2 524
2 662
2 768
2 901
Light rigid trucksno.
93
84
90
90
96
Heavy rigid trucksno.
268
266
272
279
292
Articulated trucksno.
38
37
42
42
43
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
8
8
7
5
Busesno.
97
83
79
85
83
Motorcyclesno.
215
212
225
235
256
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 685
9 892
10 396
10 819
11 227
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
465
467
483
497
511
Campervansno.
8
11
12
13
12
Light commercial vehiclesno.
171
181
188
193
201
Light rigid trucksno.
7
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
19
19
19
20
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
0
0
Busesno.
7
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
15
15
16
16
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
696
708
733
755
777
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 644
3 314
3 004
2 647
2 328
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 719
5 149
5 816
6 450
7 009
Dieselno.
1 233
1 333
1 472
1 614
1 773
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
89
97
103
108
117
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
27 901.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
11.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
1 463.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
1 512.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
7.4
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 561
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
63
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 917
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
16
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0