National Regional Profile: Whitehorse (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26980   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
347
354
353
372
355
Total dwelling unitsno.
518
704
545
585
613
Value of total residential building$m
134.4
153.2
156.3
166.3
158.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
108.7
120.9
138.2
135.1
116.5
Value of total building$m
243.1
274.1
294.5
301.4
275.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
5 123
5 281
5 304
5 296
5 203
Other vehiclesno.
1 649
1 971
2 144
2 313
2 176
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
6 772
7 252
7 447
7 609
7 379
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
86 298
86 577
86 560
87 288
87 626
Campervansno.
131
147
137
126
122
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 738
6 737
6 737
6 872
7 075
Light rigid trucksno.
258
265
315
372
415
Heavy rigid trucksno.
792
771
576
620
659
Articulated trucksno.
46
40
43
58
52
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1 017
1 013
1 208
1 194
1 180
Busesno.
359
363
417
425
428
Motorcyclesno.
2 003
1 995
1 987
1 968
2 032
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
97 642
97 910
97 978
98 922
99 589
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
585
586
584
584
579
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
46
46
45
46
47
Light rigid trucksno.
2
2
2
2
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
4
4
4
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
7
8
8
8
Busesno.
2
2
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
14
14
13
13
13
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
662
663
661
662
659
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
18 079
15 117
12 545
10 365
8 346
Petrol - Unleadedno.
72 404
75 664
78 184
81 039
83 339
Dieselno.
3 430
3 629
3 909
4 346
4 701
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 729
3 498
3 339
3 174
3 203
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
68.7
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.
-
-
-
-
43
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0