National Regional Profile: North Wimmera (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 22510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
24
18
18
21
19
Total dwelling unitsno.
24
18
18
21
19
Value of total residential building$m
5.0
3.7
3.9
4.8
6.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
5.4
9.9
12.5
4.2
6.1
Value of total building$m
10.4
13.6
16.3
9.0
12.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
239
230
309
395
410
Other vehiclesno.
261
166
259
229
257
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
499
396
568
624
666
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
8 210
8 133
8 183
8 317
8 098
Campervansno.
33
34
39
42
40
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 755
3 720
3 742
3 773
3 761
Light rigid trucksno.
51
59
60
60
63
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 282
1 246
1 229
1 192
1 154
Articulated trucksno.
529
515
556
555
558
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
25
19
23
21
23
Busesno.
113
104
99
105
97
Motorcyclesno.
657
393
392
385
394
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
14 655
14 222
14 324
14 450
14 190
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
558
561
573
590
579
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
255
257
262
268
269
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
87
86
86
85
83
Articulated trucksno.
36
36
39
39
40
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
2
1
2
Busesno.
8
7
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
45
27
27
27
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
996
982
1 004
1 025
1 015
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 764
4 125
3 673
3 294
2 946
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 691
6 793
7 151
7 553
7 538
Dieselno.
2 658
2 758
2 949
3 071
3 155
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
542
548
551
533
550
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 064 779.8
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
479 033.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
159.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
186 767.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
474 803
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
5
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 710
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
13 521
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0