National Regional Profile: Mornington Peninsula (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA25340   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 912
1 508
1 461
1 305
1 140
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 290
1 682
1 603
1 527
1 292
Value of total residential building$m
415.5
395.8
415.4
447.1
433.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
93.0
79.0
75.2
77.8
121.0
Value of total building$m
508.5
474.8
490.6
524.9
554.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 827
3 015
2 933
3 119
3 272
Other vehiclesno.
1 670
1 944
2 207
2 479
2 226
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 497
4 959
5 140
5 598
5 499
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
79 488
81 866
83 426
85 152
86 584
Campervansno.
291
309
327
336
335
Light commercial vehiclesno.
12 040
12 632
13 035
13 412
13 834
Light rigid trucksno.
425
438
471
495
523
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 509
1 495
1 485
1 485
1 537
Articulated trucksno.
179
171
171
180
179
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
78
76
97
116
103
Busesno.
422
395
397
400
387
Motorcyclesno.
3 100
3 264
3 486
3 579
3 849
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
97 530
100 646
102 894
105 155
107 332
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
588
598
605
612
615
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
89
92
95
96
98
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
11
11
11
11
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
23
24
25
26
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
722
735
746
755
762
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
20 493
17 470
14 601
12 265
10 088
Petrol - Unleadedno.
63 999
69 931
74 759
79 054
82 664
Dieselno.
5 230
5 766
6 463
7 117
7 867
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
7 810
7 480
7 071
6 721
6 713
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
27 577.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 960.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
439.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
445.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
4 409
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
36
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
16 474
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
16
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0