National Regional Profile: Sorell (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA64810   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
77
79
140
126
109
Total dwelling unitsno.
77
83
148
135
118
Value of total residential building$m
7.4
9.6
19.8
22.9
25.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.7
7.2
1.0
0.6
2.1
Value of total building$m
8.1
16.8
20.8
23.6
27.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
112
84
134
147
146
Other vehiclesno.
68
58
137
107
109
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
179
141
271
254
255
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 582
5 754
6 089
6 433
6 672
Campervansno.
95
113
121
121
129
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 600
1 693
1 808
1 865
1 959
Light rigid trucksno.
62
64
64
56
61
Heavy rigid trucksno.
145
159
168
187
192
Articulated trucksno.
20
17
19
25
17
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
7
6
8
7
Busesno.
38
35
33
40
50
Motorcyclesno.
199
190
211
230
248
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 749
8 034
8 520
8 964
9 339
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
502
510
529
545
550
Campervansno.
9
10
11
10
11
Light commercial vehiclesno.
144
150
157
158
161
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
6
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
14
15
16
16
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
4
Motorcyclesno.
18
17
18
19
20
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
696
712
740
760
770
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 731
2 467
2 251
1 912
1 687
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 192
4 673
5 247
5 912
6 426
Dieselno.
745
796
910
1 016
1 110
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
80
96
113
124
116
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
33 161.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
406.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
25.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
61.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
65.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
61.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
64 462
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
600
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
3 602
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
641
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0