National Regional Profile: Geelong (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210052753   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
35
80
62
43
21
Total dwelling unitsno.
166
103
88
80
49
Value of total residential building$m
24.9
26.0
24.3
24.4
18.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.4
23.1
53.3
26.1
64.2
Value of total building$m
41.3
49.1
77.6
50.5
82.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
705
694
726
595
617
Other vehiclesno.
289
277
316
368
360
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
994
970
1 042
963
977
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
7 250
7 389
7 484
7 491
7 559
Campervansno.
21
21
22
23
26
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 153
1 207
1 230
1 243
1 285
Light rigid trucksno.
52
65
65
68
68
Heavy rigid trucksno.
153
160
154
153
154
Articulated trucksno.
73
83
92
92
94
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
10
7
9
10
9
Busesno.
71
73
80
88
90
Motorcyclesno.
220
222
245
250
262
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 002
9 229
9 381
9 419
9 546
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
617
628
630
629
635
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
98
103
104
104
108
Light rigid trucksno.
4
6
5
6
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
14
13
13
13
Articulated trucksno.
6
7
8
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
7
7
8
Motorcyclesno.
19
19
21
21
22
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
766
784
790
790
802
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 003
1 699
1 429
1 174
946
Petrol - Unleadedno.
6 020
6 476
6 872
7 160
7 489
Dieselno.
528
602
647
688
730
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
450
451
432
397
381
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
104.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
667
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0