National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255206175   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
61
68
56
64
74
Total dwelling unitsno.
63
70
57
64
85
Value of total residential building$m
8.6
11.1
11.2
14.3
17.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.9
1.6
2.3
2.5
1.6
Value of total building$m
9.6
12.7
13.5
16.8
19.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
110
93
99
110
121
Other vehiclesno.
103
92
96
126
128
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
213
185
194
236
249
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 838
4 868
4 977
5 072
5 204
Campervansno.
18
20
26
25
27
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 454
1 485
1 573
1 618
1 664
Light rigid trucksno.
55
50
38
49
54
Heavy rigid trucksno.
260
270
269
278
253
Articulated trucksno.
54
60
52
58
55
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
6
6
7
6
Busesno.
51
55
59
52
52
Motorcyclesno.
347
279
297
315
315
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
7 081
7 093
7 297
7 473
7 628
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
622
619
632
637
646
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
187
189
200
203
207
Light rigid trucksno.
7
6
5
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
33
34
34
35
31
Articulated trucksno.
7
8
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
7
7
7
6
Motorcyclesno.
45
35
38
40
39
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
911
902
926
939
947
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 758
1 501
1 285
1 128
933
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 922
4 109
4 415
4 703
4 990
Dieselno.
831
905
993
1 068
1 127
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
570
578
603
573
579
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
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 cropsha
-
-
-
-
192.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 016
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
42 428
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
31 556
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
11
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0