National Regional Profile: Mount Alexander (S) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 235105434   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
73
72
60
90
74
Total dwelling unitsno.
74
74
60
93
74
Value of total residential building$m
11.3
12.9
10.8
19.0
18.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
2.7
0.5
0.8
1.9
0.9
Value of total building$m
14.0
13.5
11.7
20.9
19.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
129
135
125
142
134
Other vehiclesno.
100
120
150
158
151
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
228
255
275
300
285
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 300
6 409
6 597
6 748
6 851
Campervansno.
61
67
64
74
72
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 120
2 187
2 250
2 303
2 391
Light rigid trucksno.
51
52
56
52
56
Heavy rigid trucksno.
295
300
299
299
301
Articulated trucksno.
66
88
123
60
62
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
17
21
22
25
26
Busesno.
46
41
41
43
40
Motorcyclesno.
406
389
402
413
438
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 361
9 553
9 854
10 018
10 236
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
638
643
659
664
668
Campervansno.
6
7
6
7
7
Light commercial vehiclesno.
215
219
225
226
233
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
30
30
30
29
29
Articulated trucksno.
7
9
12
6
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
3
Busesno.
5
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
41
39
40
41
43
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
948
958
984
985
998
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 377
3 070
2 726
2 399
2 123
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 506
4 909
5 447
5 949
6 321
Dieselno.
840
937
1 038
1 017
1 121
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
638
638
643
652
671
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
80 211.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
5 627.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
504.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
504.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 343.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
254 733
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
560
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 343
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 598
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0