National Regional Profile: West Ovens-Murray (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 24510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
131
163
166
195
171
Total dwelling unitsno.
155
184
175
227
186
Value of total residential building$m
29.2
34.3
36.7
46.8
43.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
19.1
13.9
20.8
12.9
16.6
Value of total building$m
48.4
48.2
57.5
59.7
60.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
565
603
614
594
594
Other vehiclesno.
395
435
510
555
511
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
961
1 037
1 124
1 148
1 105
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
17 494
17 778
18 026
18 410
18 760
Campervansno.
97
101
111
123
126
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 110
5 265
5 468
5 669
5 890
Light rigid trucksno.
131
121
123
132
135
Heavy rigid trucksno.
857
865
867
883
897
Articulated trucksno.
252
256
265
263
277
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
53
47
52
46
41
Busesno.
181
188
186
180
159
Motorcyclesno.
1 011
839
856
923
1 033
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
25 185
25 462
25 955
26 630
27 319
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
579
586
592
600
603
Campervansno.
3
3
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
169
173
180
185
189
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
28
28
28
29
29
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
9
9
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
5
Motorcyclesno.
33
28
28
30
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
833
839
853
867
879
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 121
6 259
5 517
4 834
4 143
Petrol - Unleadedno.
13 568
14 543
15 518
16 611
17 657
Dieselno.
3 199
3 428
3 697
4 005
4 342
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 299
1 234
1 224
1 180
1 177
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
210 088.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
13 957.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
49.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
469.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
528.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 256.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
197 870
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
14 986
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
120 940
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
956
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0