National Regional Profile: West Gippsland (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 25510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
316
291
401
410
312
Total dwelling unitsno.
329
301
410
425
327
Value of total residential building$m
53.0
59.7
80.0
88.8
69.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.3
17.3
17.6
25.7
19.4
Value of total building$m
70.3
77.1
97.6
114.5
89.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
600
635
651
632
668
Other vehiclesno.
405
484
572
583
535
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 005
1 119
1 223
1 215
1 203
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
18 832
19 318
19 799
20 315
20 878
Campervansno.
94
97
106
105
97
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 689
4 962
5 206
5 348
5 483
Light rigid trucksno.
154
157
171
182
227
Heavy rigid trucksno.
821
821
842
842
854
Articulated trucksno.
229
231
240
236
230
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
38
27
39
39
38
Busesno.
208
188
238
186
183
Motorcyclesno.
1 039
940
1 010
1 103
1 205
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
26 102
26 741
27 655
28 362
29 197
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
575
586
592
597
599
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
143
150
156
157
157
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
25
25
25
25
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
7
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
32
28
30
32
35
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
797
811
827
834
838
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 485
5 697
4 981
4 251
3 659
Petrol - Unleadedno.
14 314
15 564
16 914
18 183
19 294
Dieselno.
2 887
3 147
3 517
3 741
4 092
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 418
2 333
2 239
2 186
2 151
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
106 388.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
70.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 972.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
116.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
128.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
454.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
32 589
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
101 299
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
60 258
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
7 936
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0