National Regional Profile: Mornington P'sula (S) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205905341   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
368
285
309
377
290
Total dwelling unitsno.
410
309
329
398
295
Value of total residential building$m
65.5
65.3
68.4
77.1
72.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
23.3
13.1
11.2
21.5
20.5
Value of total building$m
88.8
78.4
79.6
98.6
92.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
497
569
563
623
641
Other vehiclesno.
426
488
526
630
535
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
923
1 057
1 089
1 253
1 176
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
19 491
20 087
20 223
20 744
21 062
Campervansno.
59
74
83
93
100
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 862
4 049
4 152
4 297
4 475
Light rigid trucksno.
164
170
180
177
178
Heavy rigid trucksno.
628
626
619
613
647
Articulated trucksno.
95
86
86
93
89
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
24
30
39
40
43
Busesno.
144
131
139
140
125
Motorcyclesno.
1 078
1 160
1 229
1 282
1 361
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
25 544
26 414
26 750
27 478
28 080
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
532
546
550
557
558
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
105
110
113
115
119
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
17
16
17
Articulated trucksno.
3
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
3
Motorcyclesno.
29
32
33
34
36
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
697
718
727
738
744
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 680
4 860
4 041
3 399
2 800
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 420
17 031
18 134
19 408
20 376
Dieselno.
1 864
2 068
2 263
2 438
2 667
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 581
2 455
2 312
2 234
2 237
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
16 232.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
739.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
266.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
270.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
6.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 253
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
11
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 731
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
13
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0