National Regional Profile: Inner Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
275
242
207
248
199
Total dwelling unitsno.
5 608
7 879
4 408
4 262
1 569
Value of total residential building$m
1 393.4
2 127.1
1 277.2
1 146.5
674.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
1 446.3
2 095.3
1 442.9
1 191.3
2 353.6
Value of total building$m
2 839.8
4 222.4
2 720.1
2 337.8
3 028.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
31 919
32 282
32 355
31 454
25 513
Other vehiclesno.
7 595
8 231
8 070
8 380
8 973
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
39 511
40 514
40 424
39 833
34 484
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
174 224
174 167
177 943
182 420
187 501
Campervansno.
214
225
220
218
209
Light commercial vehiclesno.
18 078
17 421
18 456
19 068
19 164
Light rigid trucksno.
941
918
1 050
1 116
1 176
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 565
2 551
2 599
2 454
2 455
Articulated trucksno.
471
503
582
608
602
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
572
633
617
630
500
Busesno.
1 179
1 238
1 151
1 211
1 294
Motorcyclesno.
6 219
6 475
6 515
4 632
5 026
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
204 464
204 128
209 136
212 361
217 927
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
686
661
654
649
649
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
71
66
68
68
66
Light rigid trucksno.
4
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
10
9
8
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
5
5
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
24
25
24
16
17
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
805
775
769
756
754
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
25 956
22 030
18 571
15 626
12 899
Petrol - Unleadedno.
164 099
167 062
174 059
179 763
186 747
Dieselno.
9 695
10 180
11 194
11 433
12 364
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 714
4 857
5 310
5 538
5 918
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
235.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
80.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
62
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0