National Regional Profile: Baw Baw (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA20830   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
329
317
426
440
378
Total dwelling unitsno.
344
327
435
462
398
Value of total residential building$m
55.6
64.5
85.1
95.6
83.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.1
17.9
23.8
26.3
20.3
Value of total building$m
72.8
82.4
108.9
121.9
103.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
650
677
705
682
721
Other vehiclesno.
437
528
616
648
577
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 087
1 205
1 321
1 330
1 298
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
20 676
21 208
21 728
22 239
22 878
Campervansno.
102
105
115
118
109
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 174
5 459
5 729
5 881
6 042
Light rigid trucksno.
166
170
187
200
244
Heavy rigid trucksno.
930
921
944
944
955
Articulated trucksno.
264
263
272
267
267
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
38
30
42
42
41
Busesno.
219
199
246
193
189
Motorcyclesno.
1 165
1 041
1 125
1 223
1 339
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
28 732
29 393
30 387
31 107
32 063
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
567
578
586
591
594
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
142
149
155
156
157
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
25
25
25
25
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
5
7
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
32
28
30
33
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
788
802
819
827
833
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 079
6 215
5 444
4 640
3 993
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 747
17 117
18 587
19 918
21 187
Dieselno.
3 226
3 505
3 904
4 153
4 524
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 679
2 557
2 452
2 394
2 360
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
122 187.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
71.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 004.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
112.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
127.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
474.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
35 676
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
111 643
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
70 310
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
13 966
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0