National Regional Profile: Mornington P'sula (S) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205905345   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
730
560
628
424
369
Total dwelling unitsno.
815
611
696
528
415
Value of total residential building$m
152.7
135.4
167.1
150.5
136.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
43.9
32.0
49.6
25.8
47.8
Value of total building$m
196.6
167.4
216.7
176.3
184.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 365
1 496
1 407
1 545
1 660
Other vehiclesno.
747
842
1 010
1 117
1 103
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 112
2 338
2 417
2 662
2 763
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
30 484
31 771
32 843
33 773
34 570
Campervansno.
85
87
94
100
94
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 671
3 845
4 063
4 228
4 401
Light rigid trucksno.
96
115
129
147
164
Heavy rigid trucksno.
444
434
403
424
446
Articulated trucksno.
29
29
31
31
33
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
24
24
30
29
29
Busesno.
91
85
81
91
92
Motorcyclesno.
1 032
1 081
1 191
1 187
1 274
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
35 956
37 471
38 865
40 010
41 103
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
605
616
624
628
633
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
73
75
77
79
81
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
8
8
8
8
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
20
21
23
22
23
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
713
726
738
744
753
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 470
5 516
4 672
3 933
3 209
Petrol - Unleadedno.
25 714
28 068
30 195
31 936
33 450
Dieselno.
1 513
1 683
1 903
2 163
2 473
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 259
2 204
2 095
1 978
1 971
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 665.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
7.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
7.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
148
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
1 144
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0