National Regional Profile: Central Highlands (M) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 610051010   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
28
18
29
22
26
Total dwelling unitsno.
28
18
29
24
28
Value of total residential building$m
1.6
1.4
2.2
2.4
2.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.1
0.8
0.8
0.1
0.8
Value of total building$m
1.7
2.1
2.9
2.5
3.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
15
16
19
22
24
Other vehiclesno.
15
17
22
26
22
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
30
33
41
48
46
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 034
1 017
1 057
1 086
1 115
Campervansno.
12
14
14
15
16
Light commercial vehiclesno.
369
386
409
433
450
Light rigid trucksno.
10
11
13
13
13
Heavy rigid trucksno.
42
40
42
43
43
Articulated trucksno.
11
9
8
11
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
3
3
3
3
Busesno.
7
7
6
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
27
28
30
31
36
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 514
1 514
1 582
1 641
1 694
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
448
432
458
462
481
Campervansno.
5
6
6
6
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
160
164
177
184
194
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
6
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
18
17
18
18
19
Articulated trucksno.
5
4
3
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
12
12
13
13
16
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
656
643
686
699
731
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
554
497
447
388
344
Petrol - Unleadedno.
739
788
885
974
1 052
Dieselno.
208
215
233
259
278
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
12
14
17
19
21
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
209 560.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 110.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
14.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
20.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
42.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 350.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
454 244
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 408
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
18 879
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0