National Regional Profile: Baw Baw (S) - Pt B West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255100835   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
286
266
372
384
291
Total dwelling unitsno.
299
276
379
399
306
Value of total residential building$m
48.7
56.2
74.8
83.6
65.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.4
16.9
16.8
23.9
18.5
Value of total building$m
65.1
73.1
91.6
107.5
83.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
549
581
591
571
611
Other vehiclesno.
361
426
503
515
473
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
910
1 007
1 094
1 086
1 084
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
16 285
16 740
17 219
17 724
18 262
Campervansno.
87
90
92
94
88
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 968
4 221
4 439
4 562
4 687
Light rigid trucksno.
135
139
156
167
205
Heavy rigid trucksno.
684
689
714
711
722
Articulated trucksno.
185
188
196
195
190
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
31
24
36
36
35
Busesno.
190
170
222
172
171
Motorcyclesno.
872
798
846
927
1 013
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
22 437
23 059
23 920
24 588
25 373
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
578
589
596
602
604
Campervansno.
3
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
141
148
154
155
155
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
6
7
Heavy rigid trucksno.
24
24
25
24
24
Articulated trucksno.
7
7
7
7
6
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
6
8
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
31
28
29
31
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
796
811
828
835
839
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
5 503
4 826
4 237
3 617
3 128
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 434
13 559
14 761
15 892
16 873
Dieselno.
2 432
2 663
2 989
3 181
3 505
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 068
2 011
1 933
1 898
1 867
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
68 713.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
14.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
163.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
101.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
110.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
198.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
8 530
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
74 493
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
39 829
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
2 436
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0