National Regional Profile: Monash (C) - South-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205504971   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
204
145
133
150
97
Total dwelling unitsno.
329
319
271
283
205
Value of total residential building$m
50.2
56.0
49.9
59.6
46.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
58.0
39.7
121.7
77.0
102.4
Value of total building$m
108.2
95.7
171.6
136.6
149.1
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 060
2 124
2 128
2 204
2 320
Other vehiclesno.
774
945
1 274
1 295
1 062
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 834
3 069
3 403
3 499
3 382
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
26 896
26 894
26 630
26 539
26 617
Campervansno.
38
27
31
28
26
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 467
3 605
3 668
3 703
3 819
Light rigid trucksno.
319
441
384
362
382
Heavy rigid trucksno.
803
1 038
866
838
804
Articulated trucksno.
211
206
257
307
270
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
27
46
52
49
47
Busesno.
289
336
320
308
296
Motorcyclesno.
569
531
523
492
537
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
32 620
33 123
32 730
32 627
32 797
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
630
621
608
595
586
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
81
83
84
83
84
Light rigid trucksno.
7
10
9
8
8
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
24
20
19
18
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
6
7
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
8
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
13
12
12
11
12
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
765
765
747
732
722
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
6 134
5 094
4 191
3 404
2 686
Petrol - Unleadedno.
22 772
23 919
24 613
25 251
26 070
Dieselno.
2 112
2 608
2 555
2 628
2 731
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 602
1 502
1 371
1 343
1 310
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