National Regional Profile: Ballarat (C) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220050571   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
142
120
174
147
163
Total dwelling units no.
204
166
202
167
178

Value of private sector houses $m
22.3
19.4
29.5
28.3
30.3
Value of new residential building $m
28.1
24.1
32.6
30.8
31.9
Value of total residential building $m
40.4
35.1
40.9
41.4
43.0
Value of total non-residential building $m
30.0
37.2
40.4
32.4
76.3
Value of total building $m
70.4
72.2
81.3
73.7
119.2

Average value of private sector houses $'000
156.8
161.4
169.3
192.8
186.0

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
564
577
581
579
575
Campervans no.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
97
101
103
105
104
Light rigid trucks no.
3
4
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucks no.
9
9
9
10
9
Articulated trucks no.
1
1
1
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
5
5
4
3
3
Buses no.
5
5
6
6
6
Motorcycles no.
21
22
23
24
25
Total registered motor vehicles no.
708
726
734
735
733

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
5 873
6 163
6 137
6 233
6 239
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
5 815
6 182
6 617
6 719
6 826
10 years or older no.
12 450
12 368
12 380
12 446
12 592

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
0.4
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
0.4
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
108.4
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
29.0
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
3.0
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
0.0
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
8.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
355
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
0
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
0
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0