National Regional Profile: Hobart (C) - Remainder (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 605052812   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
114
136
138
78
74
Total dwelling unitsno.
158
159
307
97
114
Value of total residential building$m
35.2
39.7
91.4
36.7
44.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
36.5
22.3
40.3
26.8
43.1
Value of total building$m
71.6
62.1
131.7
63.5
87.6
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 363
2 268
2 411
2 441
2 903
Other vehiclesno.
1 004
1 163
1 306
1 572
1 608
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 367
3 431
3 717
4 013
4 511
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
31 007
30 958
32 228
32 768
33 290
Campervansno.
183
189
210
191
193
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 144
5 076
5 344
5 552
5 541
Light rigid trucksno.
185
212
223
216
216
Heavy rigid trucksno.
439
441
435
422
427
Articulated trucksno.
23
30
38
37
46
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
646
656
636
632
187
Busesno.
254
258
254
288
279
Motorcyclesno.
803
603
618
628
731
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
38 683
38 422
39 987
40 734
40 909
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
655
646
664
671
678
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
109
106
110
114
113
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
5
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
9
9
9
9
9
Articulated trucksno.
0
1
1
1
1
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
14
14
13
13
4
Busesno.
5
5
5
6
6
Motorcyclesno.
17
13
13
13
15
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
817
802
824
834
834
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
9 178
7 914
6 856
5 813
4 854
Petrol - Unleadedno.
26 447
27 339
29 674
31 269
32 497
Dieselno.
2 813
2 930
3 212
3 435
3 336
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
246
239
245
218
223
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
104.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
123.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
123.6
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