National Regional Profile: Greater Hume Shire (A) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 155053371   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
24
49
51
40
14
Total dwelling unitsno.
24
49
53
44
14
Value of total residential building$m
4.7
8.7
12.2
10.5
3.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.9
1.1
1.0
0.2
1.4
Value of total building$m
5.6
9.8
13.2
10.8
5.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
47
34
48
42
36
Other vehiclesno.
52
52
48
72
62
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
99
86
96
114
99
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 394
1 401
1 427
1 496
1 496
Campervansno.
4
4
5
5
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
601
614
653
696
724
Light rigid trucksno.
10
14
15
17
18
Heavy rigid trucksno.
130
132
136
134
140
Articulated trucksno.
27
25
27
32
33
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
3
0
0
Busesno.
9
8
12
12
11
Motorcyclesno.
47
51
63
72
77
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 223
2 251
2 337
2 464
2 506
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
364
372
383
410
414
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
157
163
175
191
201
Light rigid trucksno.
3
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
34
35
36
37
39
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
9
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
1
0
0
Busesno.
2
2
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
12
14
17
20
21
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
580
598
627
675
694
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
464
395
359
325
282
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 177
1 242
1 330
1 451
1 485
Dieselno.
501
533
574
623
665
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
81
81
74
65
74
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
125 544.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
28 401.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
8 410.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
224 101
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
432
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
42 893
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
12 332
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0