National Regional Profile: Wimmera (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/04/2010 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 225   
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Industry INDUSTRY

2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June

Private sector houses no.
233
261
219
206
141
Total dwelling units no.
241
268
223
253
142

Value of private sector houses $m
37.6
47.1
43.2
41.0
29.4
Value of new residential building $m
38.3
48.0
43.7
49.5
29.6
Value of total residential building $m
44.7
54.2
50.9
59.4
39.3
Value of total non-residential building $m
36.3
29.8
19.1
44.4
35.6
Value of total building $m
81.1
84.0
70.0
103.8
74.9

Average value of private sector houses $'000
161.4
180.4
197.5
199.2
208.3

MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March

Rate per 1,000 population

Passenger vehicles no.
555
565
565
562
586
Campervans no.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehicles no.
231
235
238
235
241
Light rigid trucks no.
4
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucks no.
57
56
55
53
53
Articulated trucks no.
21
21
22
22
23
Non-freight carrying trucks no.
2
2
2
2
2
Buses no.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcycles no.
27
28
28
28
32
Total registered motor vehicles no.
905
920
923
916
951

Age of vehicle

Less than 5 years old no.
8 650
9 151
8 768
8 579
9 626
5 years to less than 10 years old no.
10 354
10 475
10 947
11 067
11 317
10 years or older no.
26 448
26 512
26 544
26 459
26 961

GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION * - year ended 30 June

Gross value of crops $m
-
-
590.0
-
-
Gross value of livestock slaughterings $m
-
-
208.2
-
-
Gross value of livestock products $m
-
-
72.0
-
-
Total gross value of agricultural production $m
-
-
870.2
-
-

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June

Total area

Area of holding ha
-
-
2 484 975.1
-
-
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
756 956.0
-
-
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
1 240.3
-
-
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
942.1
-
-
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
943.2
-
-
Non-cereal broadacre crops ha
-
-
310 311.6
-
-

Total number

Sheep and lambs no.
-
-
2 998 420
-
-
Milk cattle (excluding house cows) no.
-
-
1 925
-
-
Meat cattle no.
-
-
63 512
-
-
Pigs no.
-
-
95 312
-
-

* Agricultural commodities and value of production data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0