National Regional Profile: Bass Coast (S) - Phillip Is. (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255200741   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
318
261
259
204
163
Total dwelling unitsno.
362
295
296
269
250
Value of total residential building$m
45.9
45.5
55.5
49.2
54.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.1
3.0
7.7
8.7
16.5
Value of total building$m
54.0
48.6
63.1
57.9
71.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
155
143
150
148
162
Other vehiclesno.
75
87
119
121
108
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
230
230
269
269
270
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
4 804
4 978
5 203
5 302
5 486
Campervansno.
34
38
44
45
51
Light commercial vehiclesno.
883
937
977
1 016
1 080
Light rigid trucksno.
31
33
28
28
29
Heavy rigid trucksno.
77
77
73
79
90
Articulated trucksno.
6
3
3
4
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
12
7
10
7
7
Busesno.
52
50
48
48
51
Motorcyclesno.
279
296
306
329
344
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
6 177
6 418
6 691
6 857
7 146
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
625
627
643
630
645
Campervansno.
4
5
5
5
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
115
118
121
121
127
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
3
3
3
Heavy rigid trucksno.
10
10
9
9
11
Articulated trucksno.
1
0
0
0
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
36
37
38
39
40
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
804
809
827
814
840
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 498
1 262
1 111
917
801
Petrol - Unleadedno.
3 826
4 239
4 632
4 975
5 290
Dieselno.
316
365
404
458
536
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
536
553
544
507
520
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
4 442.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1.6
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
19.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
3 422
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
870
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
4 438
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0