National Regional Profile: Carrara-Merrimac (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 307153525   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
81
60
39
45
33
Total dwelling units no.
263
216
141
103
92

Value of private sector houses $m
17.9
15.4
15.4
20.8
14.4
Value of new residential building $m
47.0
42.9
41.0
32.3
47.3
Value of total residential building $m
49.2
44.6
44.5
34.7
50.2
Value of total non-residential building $m
11.2
25.0
10.4
10.3
4.2
Value of total building $m
60.4
69.6
54.9
45.0
54.4

Average value of private sector houses $'000
220.7
256.7
394.3
463.2
436.7

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
581
576
577
558
575
Campervans no.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehicles no.
94
97
100
97
102
Light rigid trucks no.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
10
10
10
10
10
Articulated trucks no.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
0
1
0
0
0
Buses no.
2
2
2
3
3
Motorcycles no.
23
25
27
28
30
Total registered motor vehicles no.
717
718
725
704
728

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
2 919
3 196
3 582
3 627
3 805
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
3 353
3 478
3 594
3 590
3 768
10 years or older no.
5 576
5 588
5 562
5 339
5 552

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
0.8
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
0.1
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
0.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
0.9
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
347.2
-
-
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 crops ha
-
-
0.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
0
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
0
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
352
-
-
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