National Regional Profile: South East Metropolitan (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 50525   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 915
2 858
2 920
2 536
2 890
Total dwelling unitsno.
3 291
3 696
3 557
3 502
3 739
Value of total residential building$m
414.4
490.2
525.5
616.9
756.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
132.4
138.8
276.0
250.6
369.5
Value of total building$m
546.7
629.0
801.5
867.5
1 125.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
8 612
9 438
10 813
11 360
12 543
Other vehiclesno.
3 981
4 977
5 785
6 468
7 635
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
12 594
14 414
16 599
17 829
20 180
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
190 918
195 040
200 126
204 202
213 396
Campervansno.
1 021
1 103
1 135
1 117
1 055
Light commercial vehiclesno.
33 557
34 075
35 193
36 596
39 071
Light rigid trucksno.
1 458
1 466
1 542
1 631
1 765
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5 613
5 633
5 730
5 940
6 516
Articulated trucksno.
1 550
1 523
1 601
1 696
1 842
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
569
647
661
717
789
Busesno.
1 391
1 271
1 274
1 301
1 439
Motorcyclesno.
8 461
8 556
8 740
9 234
10 097
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
244 537
249 314
256 002
262 435
275 971
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
589
593
599
602
617
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
104
104
105
108
113
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
17
18
19
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
26
26
26
27
29
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
754
758
766
774
798
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
54 051
47 104
39 974
33 458
27 829
Petrol - Unleadedno.
159 640
169 879
181 909
192 789
208 387
Dieselno.
24 558
25 820
27 338
29 457
32 599
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
6 288
6 512
6 781
6 731
7 155
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
25 370.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
50.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
698.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
747.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
17.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
9 501
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
2 584
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
13 915
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
10 870
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0