National Regional Profile: South East (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 425   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
381
414
407
482
352
Total dwelling unitsno.
398
468
427
504
379
Value of total residential building$m
60.5
65.0
71.2
88.9
79.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
27.9
28.8
27.3
26.1
31.1
Value of total building$m
88.4
93.8
98.4
115.0
110.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 138
1 057
1 193
1 175
1 210
Other vehiclesno.
1 409
1 428
1 477
1 533
1 309
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 548
2 485
2 670
2 707
2 519
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
33 799
33 974
34 349
34 799
35 411
Campervansno.
171
198
193
193
185
Light commercial vehiclesno.
12 835
13 064
13 339
13 543
13 684
Light rigid trucksno.
169
202
226
239
267
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 939
1 945
1 919
1 913
1 970
Articulated trucksno.
1 330
1 369
1 316
1 273
1 280
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
86
66
64
89
67
Busesno.
212
203
193
207
221
Motorcyclesno.
1 838
1 841
1 889
1 935
2 038
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
52 378
52 867
53 486
54 190
55 127
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
537
537
541
542
548
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
204
207
210
211
212
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
31
31
30
30
30
Articulated trucksno.
21
22
21
20
20
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
29
29
30
30
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
833
836
843
844
853
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
12 745
11 055
9 434
7 831
6 610
Petrol - Unleadedno.
31 471
32 931
34 609
36 178
37 712
Dieselno.
7 925
8 602
9 132
9 853
10 428
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
235
278
308
325
377
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 744 601.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
97 079.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 735.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
995.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
996.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
62 756.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 344 648
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
62 324
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
607 253
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
25 605
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0