National Regional Profile: La Trobe Valley (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 25505   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
292
345
442
470
446
Total dwelling unitsno.
303
347
465
508
532
Value of total residential building$m
49.9
64.1
88.7
101.7
102.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
34.0
50.4
43.3
90.7
30.7
Value of total building$m
83.9
114.6
132.0
192.4
133.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 104
2 065
2 085
2 054
1 922
Other vehiclesno.
873
1 070
1 237
1 303
1 255
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 977
3 136
3 322
3 355
3 177
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
41 847
42 783
43 519
44 072
44 676
Campervansno.
158
162
173
181
182
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 655
8 899
9 269
9 647
9 875
Light rigid trucksno.
242
259
260
280
295
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 158
1 155
1 158
1 170
1 115
Articulated trucksno.
299
297
296
315
313
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
98
82
89
93
83
Busesno.
292
309
292
291
292
Motorcyclesno.
2 425
2 334
2 470
2 641
2 822
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
55 174
56 278
57 528
58 690
59 652
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
559
572
580
585
585
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
116
119
124
128
129
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
15
15
16
15
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
32
31
33
35
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
737
753
767
779
781
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
13 027
11 311
9 702
8 229
6 866
Petrol - Unleadedno.
32 411
34 971
37 512
39 795
41 674
Dieselno.
5 120
5 541
6 000
6 536
6 900
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 615
4 453
4 314
4 127
4 214
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
62 979.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
24.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
32.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
18.5
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
65.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
30 134
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
30 909
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
48 928
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
9 051
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0