National Regional Profile: Gr. Dandenong (C) - Dandenong (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205752671   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
71
73
112
99
77
Total dwelling unitsno.
189
118
193
154
169
Value of total residential building$m
22.4
18.4
30.7
23.6
29.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
45.0
95.5
145.3
160.0
146.7
Value of total building$m
67.4
113.9
176.0
183.6
175.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 584
2 437
2 544
2 637
2 667
Other vehiclesno.
1 521
1 640
1 854
2 083
2 475
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
4 105
4 077
4 398
4 720
5 142
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
34 620
35 241
35 628
36 219
36 387
Campervansno.
65
62
60
54
60
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 966
5 083
5 269
5 486
5 661
Light rigid trucksno.
368
433
478
526
603
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 399
1 438
1 417
1 506
1 584
Articulated trucksno.
405
455
507
619
625
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
58
55
60
65
62
Busesno.
333
330
336
332
347
Motorcyclesno.
731
730
735
747
744
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
42 945
43 828
44 490
45 554
46 074
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
606
619
626
634
635
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
87
89
93
96
99
Light rigid trucksno.
6
8
8
9
11
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
25
25
26
28
Articulated trucksno.
7
8
9
11
11
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
13
13
13
13
13
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
752
770
782
798
804
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 509
7 142
5 828
4 590
3 604
Petrol - Unleadedno.
28 262
30 390
32 143
34 084
35 179
Dieselno.
3 228
3 506
3 789
4 258
4 647
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 946
2 790
2 731
2 622
2 643
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
307.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
5.1
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
10
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
255
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0