National Regional Profile: Wellington (S) - Sale (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250156815   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
53
54
95
80
90
Total dwelling unitsno.
56
59
107
82
92
Value of total residential building$m
8.5
10.8
19.3
15.7
20.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
7.8
26.3
4.7
5.8
16.1
Value of total building$m
16.3
37.1
24.1
21.4
36.8
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
370
403
422
349
327
Other vehiclesno.
203
210
246
280
267
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
573
613
668
630
593
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
6 359
6 576
6 663
6 762
6 816
Campervansno.
30
29
28
27
31
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 313
1 394
1 426
1 461
1 490
Light rigid trucksno.
45
49
47
44
49
Heavy rigid trucksno.
164
161
165
164
168
Articulated trucksno.
54
61
63
68
70
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
18
19
26
17
17
Busesno.
58
73
75
74
67
Motorcyclesno.
260
267
285
296
290
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
8 302
8 630
8 777
8 912
8 998
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
472
488
492
496
492
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
97
103
105
107
107
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
3
3
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
12
12
12
12
12
Articulated trucksno.
4
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
2
1
1
Busesno.
4
5
6
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
19
20
21
22
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
616
641
649
654
649
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 774
1 521
1 312
1 102
882
Petrol - Unleadedno.
5 307
5 803
6 099
6 450
6 698
Dieselno.
737
847
927
968
1 020
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
484
459
439
392
398
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
694.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
34
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
381
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
559
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0