National Regional Profile: Ballarat (C) - Inner North (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220050572   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
420
419
365
249
268
Total dwelling unitsno.
466
430
378
255
281
Value of total residential building$m
72.2
81.0
78.3
59.9
63.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
15.2
21.2
14.6
14.9
13.8
Value of total building$m
87.5
102.2
92.9
74.9
77.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
557
528
663
715
683
Other vehiclesno.
334
383
430
510
474
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
891
911
1 093
1 225
1 157
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
14 602
15 348
16 269
17 020
17 330
Campervansno.
47
51
63
70
73
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 023
3 262
3 466
3 674
3 910
Light rigid trucksno.
89
98
105
121
136
Heavy rigid trucksno.
465
487
484
546
596
Articulated trucksno.
124
134
148
157
165
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
68
72
102
97
96
Busesno.
95
82
85
109
115
Motorcyclesno.
594
583
581
649
705
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
19 108
20 117
21 303
22 443
23 127
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
543
553
567
579
579
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
112
117
121
125
131
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
18
17
19
20
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
5
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
3
4
3
3
Busesno.
4
3
3
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
22
21
20
22
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
710
724
743
763
773
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 006
4 399
3 885
3 403
2 932
Petrol - Unleadedno.
11 550
12 920
14 427
15 785
16 654
Dieselno.
1 369
1 578
1 789
2 048
2 308
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 183
1 221
1 202
1 207
1 233
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
12 825.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 474.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
197.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
35 125
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 196
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
5 555
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4 914
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0