National Regional Profile: E. Gippsland (S) - Bairnsdale (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250052111   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
238
311
349
274
258
Total dwelling unitsno.
267
412
367
322
312
Value of total residential building$m
40.4
66.4
69.5
63.8
65.9
Value of total non-residential building$m
13.9
26.3
18.6
34.0
22.7
Value of total building$m
54.4
92.7
88.2
97.8
88.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
487
513
593
588
628
Other vehiclesno.
355
479
536
580
552
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
842
992
1 129
1 168
1 180
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
14 468
14 968
15 536
15 959
16 374
Campervansno.
116
124
141
141
143
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 765
3 951
4 115
4 256
4 364
Light rigid trucksno.
99
96
104
109
113
Heavy rigid trucksno.
470
463
481
485
504
Articulated trucksno.
116
115
112
120
142
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
19
18
20
21
22
Busesno.
149
136
132
133
146
Motorcyclesno.
769
688
743
849
959
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
19 971
20 559
21 385
22 073
22 768
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
583
598
611
618
625
Campervansno.
5
5
6
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
152
158
162
165
167
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
18
19
19
19
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
4
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
6
5
5
5
6
Motorcyclesno.
31
27
29
33
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
805
821
840
855
869
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 111
4 477
3 915
3 390
2 937
Petrol - Unleadedno.
10 979
11 996
13 209
14 198
15 076
Dieselno.
2 349
2 563
2 813
3 057
3 329
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 532
1 523
1 449
1 428
1 426
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
20 034.0
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
306.2
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
40.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
25.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
26.2
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
29 766
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
414
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
12 589
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
626
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0