National Regional Profile: Wellington (S) - Maffra (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250156813   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
47
57
79
74
62
Total dwelling unitsno.
47
57
83
85
62
Value of total residential building$m
7.1
9.3
13.5
14.8
13.3
Value of total non-residential building$m
4.1
2.6
2.8
5.7
3.7
Value of total building$m
11.2
11.9
16.3
20.5
17.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
165
162
138
136
162
Other vehiclesno.
156
181
161
238
190
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
321
343
299
374
352
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 667
5 842
5 960
6 133
6 309
Campervansno.
44
51
49
48
45
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 928
1 999
2 083
2 159
2 238
Light rigid trucksno.
38
41
48
46
56
Heavy rigid trucksno.
303
302
303
280
294
Articulated trucksno.
109
105
107
104
102
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
12
13
25
28
Busesno.
78
72
75
79
94
Motorcyclesno.
586
428
474
477
509
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 765
8 852
9 112
9 351
9 675
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
550
572
580
591
604
Campervansno.
4
5
5
5
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
187
196
203
208
214
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
29
30
29
27
28
Articulated trucksno.
11
10
10
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
2
3
Busesno.
8
7
7
8
9
Motorcyclesno.
57
42
46
46
49
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
851
866
886
901
926
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 213
1 963
1 758
1 531
1 291
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 711
4 946
5 310
5 654
6 058
Dieselno.
1 320
1 422
1 542
1 662
1 811
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
521
521
502
504
515
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
80 228.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
294.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
687.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
6.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
7.4
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
86.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
22 375
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
50 891
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
26 320
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
13
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0