National Regional Profile: Yarra (C) - Richmond (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205057352   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
32
27
32
26
30
Total dwelling unitsno.
152
199
422
172
203
Value of total residential building$m
36.4
53.8
102.5
56.7
75.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.4
40.8
29.9
113.0
34.1
Value of total building$m
52.8
94.6
132.4
169.7
109.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 079
1 052
1 271
1 479
1 526
Other vehiclesno.
429
413
667
807
862
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 508
1 465
1 938
2 286
2 388
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
13 441
13 194
14 678
19 838
16 967
Campervansno.
16
20
22
16
17
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 583
1 331
1 736
2 886
2 227
Light rigid trucksno.
153
133
228
244
227
Heavy rigid trucksno.
185
155
224
215
185
Articulated trucksno.
9
11
11
18
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
13
12
12
8
Busesno.
91
53
76
90
88
Motorcyclesno.
404
406
401
407
487
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
15 898
15 316
17 388
23 726
20 217
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
541
525
577
772
647
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
64
53
68
112
85
Light rigid trucksno.
6
5
9
9
9
Heavy rigid trucksno.
7
6
9
8
7
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
1
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
2
3
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
16
16
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
640
610
684
924
771
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 761
2 227
1 820
1 580
1 297
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 927
11 998
14 127
20 115
17 203
Dieselno.
664
626
919
1 256
1 135
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
546
465
522
775
582
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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