National Regional Profile: Eastern Outer Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20555   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
1 528
967
863
820
727
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 166
1 295
1 104
1 126
993
Value of total residential building$m
338.5
241.3
241.3
235.7
207.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
128.3
124.8
152.9
147.7
184.5
Value of total building$m
466.8
366.1
394.2
383.4
391.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
6 356
6 471
6 495
6 529
6 605
Other vehiclesno.
3 183
3 754
4 017
4 168
3 943
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
9 537
10 225
10 511
10 700
10 550
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
146 626
150 064
151 743
153 133
155 949
Campervansno.
275
294
291
313
317
Light commercial vehiclesno.
17 073
17 959
18 542
19 095
19 537
Light rigid trucksno.
766
821
870
906
961
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 413
2 514
2 499
2 444
2 451
Articulated trucksno.
292
332
344
373
372
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
135
124
129
115
123
Busesno.
403
376
345
330
331
Motorcyclesno.
5 410
5 557
5 607
5 805
6 003
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
173 393
178 045
180 373
182 514
186 043
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
586
596
601
605
612
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
68
71
73
75
77
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
10
10
10
Articulated trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
0
0
Busesno.
2
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
22
22
22
23
24
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
693
707
715
721
730
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
33 699
28 528
23 765
19 560
15 810
Petrol - Unleadedno.
122 071
131 185
138 236
144 437
150 951
Dieselno.
6 772
7 675
8 354
9 023
9 857
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
10 852
10 655
10 017
9 496
9 425
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
614.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
17.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
12.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
12.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
600
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
186
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0