National Regional Profile: Central (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 535   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
295
263
306
401
462
Total dwelling unitsno.
350
323
355
485
548
Value of total residential building$m
50.1
55.3
63.7
91.0
117.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
27.3
39.3
72.4
46.8
62.9
Value of total building$m
77.4
94.6
136.1
137.8
180.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
735
785
813
896
933
Other vehiclesno.
936
1 098
1 160
1 201
1 350
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 676
1 884
1 975
2 100
2 283
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
26 078
26 298
26 700
27 532
28 723
Campervansno.
302
340
352
359
374
Light commercial vehiclesno.
12 018
12 256
12 366
12 528
13 022
Light rigid trucksno.
292
335
351
384
412
Heavy rigid trucksno.
2 492
2 552
2 577
2 581
2 635
Articulated trucksno.
575
536
540
570
617
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
147
151
161
158
182
Busesno.
485
470
450
479
507
Motorcyclesno.
1 655
1 577
1 620
1 752
1 978
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
44 037
44 513
45 120
46 345
48 456
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
429
434
444
454
468
Campervansno.
5
6
6
6
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
198
202
206
207
212
Light rigid trucksno.
5
6
6
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
41
42
43
43
43
Articulated trucksno.
9
9
9
9
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
3
3
3
Busesno.
8
8
7
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
27
26
27
29
32
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
725
734
751
764
790
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 640
8 467
7 406
6 487
5 697
Petrol - Unleadedno.
21 825
22 816
24 049
25 608
27 562
Dieselno.
11 838
12 468
12 901
13 479
14 379
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
734
759
770
776
817
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
35 289 224.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 032 327.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 003.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
483.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
749.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
309 212.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
2 345 980
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
1 000
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
255 591
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
7 135
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0