National Regional Profile: Colac-Otway (S) - Colac (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210151751   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
30
54
68
47
42
Total dwelling unitsno.
32
55
75
47
45
Value of total residential building$m
6.0
10.6
13.5
10.3
10.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
10.9
3.8
11.0
13.8
9.1
Value of total building$m
16.9
14.4
24.5
24.1
19.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
256
280
247
245
243
Other vehiclesno.
139
179
200
243
248
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
395
459
447
488
491
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 295
6 589
6 736
6 888
7 141
Campervansno.
14
18
24
29
31
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 627
1 749
1 804
1 850
1 893
Light rigid trucksno.
44
48
48
54
64
Heavy rigid trucksno.
288
289
282
280
288
Articulated trucksno.
184
212
215
230
256
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
16
10
15
14
15
Busesno.
74
69
67
68
72
Motorcyclesno.
278
252
264
284
281
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 820
9 236
9 455
9 698
10 041
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
563
589
603
615
636
Campervansno.
1
2
2
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
145
156
161
165
169
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
26
26
25
25
26
Articulated trucksno.
16
19
19
21
23
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
25
23
24
25
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
789
825
846
866
894
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 427
2 140
1 847
1 560
1 303
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 057
5 592
6 032
6 485
6 957
Dieselno.
874
1 037
1 116
1 191
1 314
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
461
466
460
462
468
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
822.2
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
348
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
888
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0