National Regional Profile: Ararat (RC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA20260   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
48
36
52
58
37
Total dwelling unitsno.
54
37
57
63
45
Value of total residential building$m
7.6
6.8
9.6
11.8
10.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.1
8.6
10.3
8.4
14.3
Value of total building$m
15.8
15.4
19.9
20.2
24.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
204
215
192
181
174
Other vehiclesno.
147
136
161
175
166
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
351
351
353
357
341
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
5 813
5 869
5 932
6 041
6 101
Campervansno.
28
27
30
34
35
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 266
2 304
2 330
2 347
2 378
Light rigid trucksno.
42
46
43
42
42
Heavy rigid trucksno.
459
451
454
460
461
Articulated trucksno.
78
77
84
89
102
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
63
58
60
59
54
Busesno.
29
27
28
32
35
Motorcyclesno.
395
283
288
282
294
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
9 172
9 142
9 249
9 386
9 503
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
494
501
509
520
524
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
193
197
200
202
204
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
39
39
39
40
40
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
8
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Busesno.
2
2
2
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
34
24
25
24
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
780
781
794
808
815
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
2 698
2 334
2 029
1 804
1 534
Petrol - Unleadedno.
4 936
5 168
5 477
5 765
6 074
Dieselno.
1 129
1 232
1 342
1 419
1 516
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
409
409
401
399
379
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
320 228.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
60 004.6
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
23.1
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
27.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
23 344.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
1 185 722
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
163
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
34 679
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 918
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0