National Regional Profile: Western Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 304
1 692
1 630
1 616
1 381
Total dwelling unitsno.
3 519
2 756
2 757
2 799
2 088
Value of total residential building$m
617.2
570.1
608.8
572.4
496.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
336.2
231.6
352.2
421.3
512.4
Value of total building$m
953.4
801.6
961.1
993.7
1 008.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
9 238
11 318
12 159
12 617
14 221
Other vehiclesno.
4 301
5 033
5 357
6 000
6 062
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
13 538
16 353
17 516
18 615
20 283
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
221 430
227 894
230 025
233 216
238 768
Campervansno.
1 199
1 360
1 393
1 545
1 628
Light commercial vehiclesno.
23 626
24 063
24 375
24 915
25 620
Light rigid trucksno.
1 314
1 367
1 302
1 283
1 295
Heavy rigid trucksno.
4 172
4 229
4 106
4 111
4 323
Articulated trucksno.
1 468
1 535
1 477
1 481
1 563
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
238
196
208
238
235
Busesno.
1 090
1 087
1 040
1 011
1 188
Motorcyclesno.
5 710
5 749
5 862
6 086
6 329
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
260 242
267 479
269 783
273 885
280 945
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
519
531
535
538
546
Campervansno.
3
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
55
56
57
58
59
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
10
9
10
Articulated trucksno.
3
4
3
3
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
2
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
13
13
14
14
14
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
610
623
627
632
643
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
52 844
44 711
36 637
29 629
23 752
Petrol - Unleadedno.
181 101
196 144
207 207
218 152
229 617
Dieselno.
12 567
13 259
13 338
14 116
15 611
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
13 729
13 362
12 601
11 988
11 965
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
958.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
67.4
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.
-
-
-
-
16
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0