National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 25520   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
931
848
915
744
613
Total dwelling unitsno.
996
929
994
849
833
Value of total residential building$m
129.9
141.5
179.0
163.5
170.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
23.7
15.2
34.8
52.3
69.8
Value of total building$m
153.6
156.7
213.8
215.8
240.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
897
847
903
948
993
Other vehiclesno.
638
719
769
858
829
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 535
1 566
1 672
1 809
1 822
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
30 725
31 461
32 129
32 763
33 257
Campervansno.
165
181
203
197
203
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 078
8 451
8 745
8 989
9 339
Light rigid trucksno.
254
259
237
258
268
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 293
1 308
1 296
1 288
1 279
Articulated trucksno.
297
303
294
306
291
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
62
50
61
65
64
Busesno.
328
319
314
308
315
Motorcyclesno.
1 947
1 647
1 738
1 873
2 019
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
43 146
43 975
45 014
46 040
47 036
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
587
594
603
607
613
Campervansno.
3
3
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
154
160
164
166
172
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
4
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
25
25
24
24
24
Articulated trucksno.
6
6
6
6
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
6
6
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
37
31
33
35
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
824
831
844
852
866
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
10 770
9 261
7 951
6 815
5 740
Petrol - Unleadedno.
24 612
26 477
28 441
30 322
31 947
Dieselno.
4 442
4 893
5 304
5 706
6 111
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 321
3 344
3 318
3 196
3 239
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
283 026.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
151.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
1 944.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
73.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
78.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
679.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
97 652
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
194 151
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
246 462
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
251
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0