National Regional Profile: Port Phillip (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA25900   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
59
66
61
75
40
Total dwelling unitsno.
674
1 789
897
739
619
Value of total residential building$m
187.0
542.2
381.1
251.9
235.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
236.1
126.4
179.3
134.3
254.5
Value of total building$m
423.1
668.6
560.4
386.2
490.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
16 570
15 463
15 948
14 529
9 123
Other vehiclesno.
3 282
3 688
2 969
2 769
2 784
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
19 850
19 152
18 916
17 297
11 907
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
67 257
66 988
66 297
64 401
68 925
Campervansno.
78
89
84
88
76
Light commercial vehiclesno.
7 389
7 120
6 307
5 652
6 163
Light rigid trucksno.
284
265
303
332
346
Heavy rigid trucksno.
914
842
779
611
650
Articulated trucksno.
205
205
264
275
281
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
159
243
218
191
91
Busesno.
205
274
174
184
192
Motorcyclesno.
3 289
2 985
2 988
1 483
1 610
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
79 780
79 009
77 415
73 218
78 333
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
812
791
767
728
762
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
89
84
73
64
68
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
11
10
9
7
7
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
3
3
3
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
3
3
2
1
Busesno.
2
3
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
40
35
35
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
963
933
895
827
866
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 066
7 602
6 316
5 198
4 280
Petrol - Unleadedno.
65 662
66 218
65 733
63 393
68 954
Dieselno.
3 428
3 545
3 745
3 139
3 512
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 624
1 644
1 620
1 487
1 587
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
4.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0