National Regional Profile: Hobsons Bay (C) - Williamstown (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205103112   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
188
109
101
149
66
Total dwelling unitsno.
329
206
268
292
169
Value of total residential building$m
71.3
54.2
74.9
70.4
55.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.9
10.0
14.6
14.4
17.3
Value of total building$m
82.2
64.2
89.5
84.8
72.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
556
545
549
579
588
Other vehiclesno.
293
353
380
398
379
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
849
898
928
977
966
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
14 601
14 874
15 210
15 460
15 797
Campervansno.
37
38
40
32
31
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 767
1 817
1 881
1 882
1 954
Light rigid trucksno.
70
85
88
90
90
Heavy rigid trucksno.
335
336
328
270
286
Articulated trucksno.
161
176
163
102
111
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
12
14
12
7
Busesno.
48
52
43
36
39
Motorcyclesno.
564
566
634
643
653
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 596
17 954
18 400
18 527
18 967
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
496
501
509
512
514
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
60
61
63
62
64
Light rigid trucksno.
2
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
11
11
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
5
6
5
3
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
19
19
21
21
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
598
604
616
613
617
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 575
3 045
2 572
2 169
1 783
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 390
13 221
14 092
14 721
15 474
Dieselno.
907
981
1 043
976
1 051
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
724
707
692
661
659
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0