National Regional Profile: Melbourne (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
22 536
20 106
18 585
19 042
21 931
Total dwelling units no.
33 373
30 225
25 368
27 289
32 397

Value of private sector houses $m
4 359.8
4 138.8
4 024.2
4 360.9
5 341.5
Value of new residential building $m
6 324.5
5 789.9
5 176.2
6 079.4
7 539.3
Value of total residential building $m
7 626.4
7 109.4
6 461.7
7 407.5
9 023.6
Value of total non-residential building $m
3 996.5
3 885.4
5 827.1
6 334.3
8 523.8
Value of total building $m
11 622.9
10 994.9
12 288.8
13 741.8
17 547.4

Average value of private sector houses $'000
193.5
205.8
216.5
229.0
243.6

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
577
580
585
585
589
Campervans no.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehicles no.
65
66
68
69
70
Light rigid trucks no.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucks no.
10
10
10
10
10
Articulated trucks no.
2
2
2
2
3
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Buses no.
2
2
3
3
3
Motorcycles no.
18
18
19
20
22
Total registered motor vehicles no.
679
685
693
695
703

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
694 283
715 656
732 246
755 204
784 311
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
653 350
684 157
731 044
747 458
764 745
10 years or older no.
1 112 323
1 119 641
1 129 311
1 152 074
1 187 319

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
651.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
275.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
90.5
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
1 016.9
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
229 708.3
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
9 858.1
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
11 500.9
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
2 405.6
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
3 063.2
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
1 686.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
135 286
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
38 922
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
125 272
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
8 676
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0