National Regional Profile: Hobart (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA62810   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
114
138
139
90
78
Total dwelling unitsno.
158
161
318
114
119
Value of total residential building$m
35.2
40.4
99.2
43.0
46.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
38.8
32.1
41.2
34.9
62.1
Value of total building$m
74.0
72.5
140.4
77.9
108.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 437
2 337
2 483
2 519
2 999
Other vehiclesno.
1 036
1 199
1 344
1 622
1 661
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 473
3 536
3 827
4 140
4 660
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
31 539
31 472
32 770
33 360
33 894
Campervansno.
186
192
213
194
196
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 270
5 198
5 469
5 691
5 679
Light rigid trucksno.
190
217
229
222
222
Heavy rigid trucksno.
452
453
447
434
439
Articulated trucksno.
23
33
38
40
46
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
672
682
661
659
195
Busesno.
261
265
261
296
287
Motorcyclesno.
819
611
626
637
742
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
39 409
39 120
40 715
41 530
41 700
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
660
651
670
676
684
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
110
108
112
115
115
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
5
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
0
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
14
14
13
4
Busesno.
5
5
5
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
17
13
13
13
15
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
825
810
832
842
841
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 301
8 017
6 945
5 893
4 918
Petrol - Unleadedno.
26 967
27 848
30 223
31 884
33 130
Dieselno.
2 891
3 011
3 297
3 532
3 426
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
251
244
250
222
227
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
104.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
123.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
123.6
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
0
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0