National Regional Profile: Cardinia (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA21450   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
826
1 176
1 211
942
1 061
Total dwelling unitsno.
865
1 205
1 275
980
1 073
Value of total residential building$m
131.3
187.9
221.4
183.5
189.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
24.2
24.6
26.6
41.4
48.8
Value of total building$m
155.5
212.6
248.0
224.9
238.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
714
766
834
911
911
Other vehiclesno.
631
740
894
985
996
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 344
1 506
1 728
1 896
1 908
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
26 089
27 159
28 731
30 351
32 079
Campervansno.
99
112
111
115
136
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 047
6 331
6 729
7 106
7 495
Light rigid trucksno.
237
254
280
338
342
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 285
1 312
1 366
1 362
1 444
Articulated trucksno.
316
333
329
331
336
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
51
45
54
57
60
Busesno.
211
236
200
259
261
Motorcyclesno.
1 721
1 734
1 931
2 100
2 341
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
36 054
37 514
39 732
42 018
44 494
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
541
538
538
545
548
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
125
125
126
128
128
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
27
26
26
24
25
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
6
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
5
4
5
4
Motorcyclesno.
36
34
36
38
40
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
747
742
744
754
760
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 363
7 286
6 438
5 469
4 756
Petrol - Unleadedno.
20 478
22 604
25 357
28 159
30 745
Dieselno.
3 615
4 064
4 462
4 978
5 518
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 599
3 561
3 474
3 411
3 475
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
60 342.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
188.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
3 022.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
281.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
332.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
126.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 319
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
33 567
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
46 894
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0