National Regional Profile: Macedon Ranges (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA24130   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
424
380
491
342
305
Total dwelling unitsno.
435
393
529
364
325
Value of total residential building$m
81.4
78.7
107.0
86.5
82.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
21.3
18.2
21.4
13.8
21.1
Value of total building$m
102.7
97.0
128.4
100.4
103.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
725
709
809
800
757
Other vehiclesno.
491
596
661
699
676
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 216
1 305
1 470
1 499
1 434
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
21 543
21 980
22 596
23 050
23 710
Campervansno.
90
110
109
111
112
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 526
5 768
6 004
6 158
6 300
Light rigid trucksno.
164
176
184
203
211
Heavy rigid trucksno.
782
851
880
882
886
Articulated trucksno.
164
176
182
197
206
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
57
51
59
49
49
Busesno.
170
161
161
162
149
Motorcyclesno.
1 188
1 126
1 162
1 253
1 323
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
29 685
30 398
31 338
32 065
32 945
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
568
575
580
584
593
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
146
151
154
156
158
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
21
22
23
22
22
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
2
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
31
29
30
32
33
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
783
795
805
812
824
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
7 160
6 386
5 606
4 803
4 162
Petrol - Unleadedno.
17 553
18 905
20 484
21 847
23 025
Dieselno.
2 374
2 672
2 935
3 174
3 495
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 597
2 435
2 313
2 241
2 264
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
88 087.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 745.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
71.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
92.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
93.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
726.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
165 774
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
461
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
34 825
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
16 199
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0