National Regional Profile: East Gippsland (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
553
633
838
701
675
Total dwelling unitsno.
592
747
877
791
742
Value of total residential building$m
85.5
118.5
151.0
143.9
151.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
34.2
63.2
36.3
55.2
51.7
Value of total building$m
119.8
181.8
187.3
199.1
203.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 574
1 660
1 726
1 658
1 663
Other vehiclesno.
1 237
1 473
1 614
1 761
1 655
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 812
3 133
3 341
3 419
3 317
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
44 326
45 643
46 862
47 823
48 733
Campervansno.
301
324
345
358
366
Light commercial vehiclesno.
13 571
14 119
14 624
15 048
15 440
Light rigid trucksno.
361
368
387
389
413
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 974
1 963
1 983
1 965
2 012
Articulated trucksno.
577
570
554
581
605
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
98
98
113
113
120
Busesno.
517
507
503
504
541
Motorcyclesno.
3 062
2 537
2 739
2 952
3 165
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
64 788
66 126
68 111
69 730
71 395
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
550
566
576
583
587
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
168
175
180
183
186
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
24
24
24
24
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
7
Motorcyclesno.
38
31
34
36
38
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
803
820
837
850
861
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
16 581
14 451
12 742
10 932
9 350
Petrol - Unleadedno.
35 066
37 771
40 861
43 621
46 006
Dieselno.
8 829
9 643
10 410
11 150
11 956
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 313
4 262
4 100
4 027
4 082
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
782 050.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
4 716.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
5 229.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
180.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
196.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 536.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
689 831
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
192 453
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
278 938
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 895
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0