National Regional Profile: Whittlesea (C) - South-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205407076   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
347
312
166
165
69
Total dwelling unitsno.
388
340
206
192
224
Value of total residential building$m
62.2
57.0
41.0
37.3
27.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
33.4
23.9
22.7
37.4
161.6
Value of total building$m
95.7
80.8
63.7
74.6
189.2
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
910
981
985
941
951
Other vehiclesno.
530
580
643
699
610
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 440
1 561
1 628
1 640
1 561
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
33 537
33 346
32 984
33 303
33 440
Campervansno.
18
21
23
23
22
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 620
3 766
3 869
4 112
4 320
Light rigid trucksno.
239
234
255
274
280
Heavy rigid trucksno.
845
817
835
887
912
Articulated trucksno.
101
96
99
109
113
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
43
23
27
31
29
Busesno.
54
57
49
59
63
Motorcyclesno.
688
660
677
730
780
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
39 145
39 020
38 819
39 527
39 961
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
531
530
531
542
547
Campervansno.
0
0
0
0
0
Light commercial vehiclesno.
57
60
62
67
71
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
13
13
14
15
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
1
0
Busesno.
1
1
1
1
1
Motorcyclesno.
11
10
11
12
13
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
619
621
625
643
653
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 885
7 337
6 032
4 920
3 898
Petrol - Unleadedno.
26 041
27 515
28 617
30 263
31 526
Dieselno.
1 821
1 854
1 955
2 174
2 372
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 398
2 314
2 214
2 172
2 165
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
9.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.2
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