National Regional Profile: Port Phillip (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205055902   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
33
29
31
55
23
Total dwelling unitsno.
387
1 222
713
104
385
Value of total residential building$m
120.3
402.5
316.9
67.1
156.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
190.2
91.3
156.7
104.2
219.9
Value of total building$m
310.5
493.8
473.6
171.3
376.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
14 882
13 645
14 236
12 926
7 468
Other vehiclesno.
2 852
3 175
2 448
2 243
2 212
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
17 733
16 821
16 683
15 168
9 680
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
41 979
40 835
37 868
36 622
40 734
Campervansno.
26
31
34
33
34
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 740
5 484
4 352
3 867
4 224
Light rigid trucksno.
238
216
233
263
269
Heavy rigid trucksno.
795
733
655
499
521
Articulated trucksno.
169
172
219
234
239
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
144
229
202
182
82
Busesno.
131
115
96
96
100
Motorcyclesno.
2 534
2 231
2 214
685
725
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
51 757
50 045
45 873
42 482
46 928
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 261
1 183
1 064
997
1 081
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
172
159
122
105
112
Light rigid trucksno.
7
6
7
7
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
21
18
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
7
6
5
2
Busesno.
4
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
76
65
62
19
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 555
1 449
1 289
1 157
1 245
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 331
2 865
2 356
1 946
1 632
Petrol - Unleadedno.
44 581
43 199
39 638
37 279
41 727
Dieselno.
2 868
2 927
2 917
2 379
2 613
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
977
1 054
962
877
956
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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