National Regional Profile: Hobsons Bay (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA23110   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
436
320
246
308
176
Total dwelling unitsno.
664
481
570
565
334
Value of total residential building$m
118.7
103.0
127.8
114.8
87.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
82.0
38.1
67.1
85.2
94.3
Value of total building$m
200.7
141.1
194.9
200.0
181.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 595
3 868
4 661
4 890
6 491
Other vehiclesno.
833
1 192
1 427
1 535
1 899
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 427
5 060
6 087
6 424
8 389
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
43 441
45 485
45 787
45 852
47 614
Campervansno.
78
75
82
75
73
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 209
5 315
5 278
5 380
5 555
Light rigid trucksno.
210
243
260
263
271
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 022
1 052
997
968
1 052
Articulated trucksno.
577
703
672
679
735
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
96
71
72
66
59
Busesno.
153
158
150
140
267
Motorcyclesno.
1 427
1 390
1 422
1 464
1 528
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
52 211
54 490
54 718
54 886
57 151
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
517
540
546
544
561
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
62
63
63
64
65
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
11
12
Articulated trucksno.
7
8
8
8
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
2
2
2
2
3
Motorcyclesno.
17
16
17
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
622
647
653
651
674
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 532
8 881
7 254
5 849
4 696
Petrol - Unleadedno.
35 933
39 662
41 665
43 307
46 206
Dieselno.
2 878
3 179
3 231
3 356
3 820
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 867
2 767
2 567
2 374
2 430
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.1
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.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0