National Regional Profile: East Metropolitan (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 50510   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
2 075
1 978
2 090
2 115
2 043
Total dwelling unitsno.
2 336
2 311
2 429
2 488
2 196
Value of total residential building$m
291.2
304.9
353.4
394.4
434.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
119.2
102.2
119.4
264.8
192.6
Value of total building$m
410.4
407.1
472.8
659.2
626.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
5 887
5 206
5 706
6 351
6 618
Other vehiclesno.
2 451
2 948
3 367
4 190
4 449
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
8 338
8 153
9 074
10 540
11 067
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
142 106
144 637
147 335
152 163
158 087
Campervansno.
803
846
852
845
867
Light commercial vehiclesno.
24 630
25 298
26 179
27 384
29 152
Light rigid trucksno.
1 045
1 072
1 150
1 222
1 349
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 862
4 026
4 093
4 274
4 597
Articulated trucksno.
980
939
1 009
1 098
1 215
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
217
239
226
241
261
Busesno.
780
748
763
762
827
Motorcyclesno.
6 392
6 407
6 797
7 398
8 238
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
180 815
184 211
188 406
195 388
204 592
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
584
587
591
601
611
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
101
103
105
108
113
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
16
16
16
17
18
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
26
26
27
29
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
743
748
755
772
791
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
43 030
37 555
32 361
27 600
23 464
Petrol - Unleadedno.
116 250
124 089
132 002
142 410
153 490
Dieselno.
16 806
17 649
18 973
20 379
22 419
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 731
4 916
5 070
5 000
5 219
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
37 820.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 507.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
43.4
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
748.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
767.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
90.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
26 982
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
8
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
7 459
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0