National Regional Profile: West Central Highlands (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 22015   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
68
67
93
106
65
Total dwelling unitsno.
74
68
98
111
74
Value of total residential building$m
10.4
11.1
14.7
19.6
15.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
12.6
12.0
11.4
9.1
14.9
Value of total building$m
23.0
23.2
26.1
28.6
30.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
294
306
285
269
260
Other vehiclesno.
234
237
249
299
252
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
528
544
533
568
513
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 434
9 588
9 648
9 825
9 878
Campervansno.
54
54
60
66
69
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 743
3 834
3 890
3 931
4 009
Light rigid trucksno.
90
90
90
86
93
Heavy rigid trucksno.
742
739
721
729
725
Articulated trucksno.
172
169
176
185
198
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
87
81
87
87
81
Busesno.
74
70
70
73
79
Motorcyclesno.
640
470
481
482
499
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
15 035
15 095
15 222
15 463
15 635
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
513
523
528
537
536
Campervansno.
3
3
3
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
204
209
213
215
218
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
40
40
39
40
39
Articulated trucksno.
9
9
10
10
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
4
5
5
4
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
35
26
26
26
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
818
824
832
844
849
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 677
4 113
3 579
3 148
2 686
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 641
8 084
8 582
9 131
9 613
Dieselno.
1 929
2 097
2 262
2 407
2 570
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
788
802
798
778
766
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
556 179.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
96 286.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
275.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
85.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
89.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
33 269.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 097 510
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
166
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
60 103
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
4 115
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0