National Regional Profile: Yarra (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA27350   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
92
85
78
91
73
Total dwelling unitsno.
544
534
697
410
316
Value of total residential building$m
122.2
143.2
200.7
148.7
133.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
46.4
72.4
64.5
163.0
100.0
Value of total building$m
168.6
215.6
265.2
311.7
233.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 789
2 786
2 717
2 903
2 966
Other vehiclesno.
946
951
1 293
1 421
1 390
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 735
3 737
4 010
4 324
4 356
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
36 624
37 122
38 248
42 911
40 472
Campervansno.
69
66
63
54
54
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 837
3 723
4 181
5 136
4 499
Light rigid trucksno.
270
246
341
351
345
Heavy rigid trucksno.
358
322
394
375
328
Articulated trucksno.
22
22
30
38
31
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
41
35
36
40
35
Busesno.
453
416
446
487
497
Motorcyclesno.
1 091
1 158
1 192
1 197
1 353
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
42 766
43 111
44 931
50 590
47 614
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
524
526
536
594
551
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
55
53
59
71
61
Light rigid trucksno.
4
3
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5
5
6
5
4
Articulated trucksno.
0
0
0
1
0
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
1
1
0
Busesno.
6
6
6
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
16
16
17
17
18
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
612
611
630
700
648
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 313
6 996
5 924
5 000
4 078
Petrol - Unleadedno.
31 507
33 128
35 623
41 657
39 843
Dieselno.
1 561
1 626
2 011
2 434
2 408
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 385
1 362
1 373
1 498
1 285
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
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.
-
-
-
-
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