National Regional Profile: Colac-Otway (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA21750   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
189
205
192
153
129
Total dwelling unitsno.
213
230
209
192
146
Value of total residential building$m
30.9
41.7
41.1
46.5
36.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
14.3
8.0
14.8
19.2
16.7
Value of total building$m
45.2
49.7
55.8
65.6
53.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
402
381
349
367
348
Other vehiclesno.
282
300
353
394
372
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
683
682
702
760
720
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
11 518
11 684
11 761
11 937
12 153
Campervansno.
43
47
56
65
62
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 641
3 752
3 814
3 866
3 949
Light rigid trucksno.
98
94
94
98
114
Heavy rigid trucksno.
716
708
683
672
670
Articulated trucksno.
270
287
285
305
323
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
22
28
24
24
Busesno.
122
118
114
112
119
Motorcyclesno.
638
517
540
557
568
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
17 073
17 227
17 374
17 638
17 983
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
551
557
561
567
578
Campervansno.
2
2
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
174
179
182
184
188
Light rigid trucksno.
5
4
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
34
34
33
32
32
Articulated trucksno.
13
14
14
14
15
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
5
5
6
Motorcyclesno.
30
25
26
26
27
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
816
821
828
838
855
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 791
4 162
3 572
3 042
2 540
Petrol - Unleadedno.
9 403
9 976
10 606
11 231
11 857
Dieselno.
1 963
2 188
2 323
2 491
2 691
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
915
900
875
873
897
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
158 251.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
6 475.3
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
237.7
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
16.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
24.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
4 062.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
200 629
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
82 244
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
65 558
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
8 150
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0