National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255206175   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
56
64
74
57
55
Total dwelling units no.
57
64
85
61
55

Value of private sector houses $m
9.0
12.3
14.8
12.3
11.8
Value of new residential building $m
9.2
12.3
15.9
12.8
11.8
Value of total residential building $m
11.2
14.3
17.6
16.0
14.6
Value of total non-residential building $m
2.3
2.5
1.6
1.5
1.9
Value of total building $m
13.5
16.8
19.1
17.5
16.6

Average value of private sector houses $'000
161.2
191.5
199.8
215.1
215.4

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
622
627
636
639
653
Campervans no.
3
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehicles no.
197
200
203
203
211
Light rigid trucks no.
5
6
7
6
6
Heavy rigid trucks no.
34
35
31
31
30
Articulated trucks no.
6
7
6
7
8
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
1
1
1
0
1
Buses no.
7
7
6
7
7
Motorcycles no.
37
39
39
41
48
Total registered motor vehicles no.
913
924
933
937
966

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
1 281
1 310
1 353
1 351
1 403
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
1 792
1 913
1 993
2 110
2 179
10 years or older no.
4 107
4 124
4 151
4 177
4 359

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
9.7
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
26.5
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
52.6
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
88.8
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
47 269.5
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
110.4
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
347.1
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
1.0
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
1.0
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
192.0
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
5 016
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
42 428
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
31 556
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
11
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0