National Regional Profile: Latrobe (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA23810   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
276
316
412
436
380
Total dwelling unitsno.
285
318
435
467
461
Value of total residential building$m
47.0
59.0
82.7
94.3
88.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
34.0
49.8
36.5
90.1
29.8
Value of total building$m
80.9
108.7
119.2
184.4
118.5
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 049
2 017
2 026
1 997
1 863
Other vehiclesno.
836
1 021
1 186
1 233
1 207
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 885
3 039
3 212
3 228
3 070
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
39 697
40 577
41 273
41 815
42 343
Campervansno.
150
154
161
168
170
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 094
8 325
8 665
9 029
9 232
Light rigid trucksno.
227
243
244
262
275
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 043
1 049
1 050
1 062
1 008
Articulated trucksno.
261
262
261
281
276
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
95
79
86
90
80
Busesno.
276
293
280
280
282
Motorcyclesno.
2 282
2 215
2 338
2 502
2 667
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
52 126
53 197
54 361
55 489
56 332
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
563
576
583
587
587
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
115
118
122
127
128
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
3
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
15
15
15
14
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
4
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
32
31
33
35
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
739
755
768
780
782
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
12 289
10 669
9 130
7 744
6 452
Petrol - Unleadedno.
30 780
33 195
35 602
37 790
39 501
Dieselno.
4 748
5 147
5 572
6 079
6 420
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 308
4 184
4 057
3 874
3 960
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
46 586.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
23.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
14.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
45.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
26 972
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
20 566
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
38 653
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
3 021
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0