National Regional Profile: Wangaratta (RC) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 245106701   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
53
79
72
105
82
Total dwelling unitsno.
77
99
78
122
87
Value of total residential building$m
15.5
18.1
16.8
24.3
19.5
Value of total non-residential building$m
17.5
5.8
18.5
11.9
14.7
Value of total building$m
32.9
23.9
35.3
36.1
34.3
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
400
417
441
423
386
Other vehiclesno.
227
239
284
318
291
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
627
656
725
741
677
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
9 729
9 926
10 073
10 094
10 307
Campervansno.
46
44
45
52
58
Light commercial vehiclesno.
2 079
2 150
2 264
2 300
2 432
Light rigid trucksno.
59
58
50
61
68
Heavy rigid trucksno.
251
279
264
277
283
Articulated trucksno.
100
115
118
114
113
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
30
28
30
28
25
Busesno.
109
119
116
108
91
Motorcyclesno.
371
360
367
418
473
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
12 774
13 079
13 327
13 452
13 850
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
594
603
613
613
619
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
127
131
138
140
146
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
17
16
17
17
Articulated trucksno.
6
7
7
7
7
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
7
7
7
7
5
Motorcyclesno.
23
22
22
25
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
780
795
811
817
832
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
3 451
3 018
2 671
2 311
1 966
Petrol - Unleadedno.
7 530
8 176
8 665
9 097
9 723
Dieselno.
1 156
1 282
1 374
1 470
1 608
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
637
603
617
574
553
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 238.7
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
66.9
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.
-
-
-
-
822
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
555
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0