National Regional Profile: East Gippsland Shire (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 25005   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
341
396
494
387
372
Total dwelling unitsno.
377
503
512
439
434
Value of total residential building$m
56.3
80.5
94.3
84.7
90.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
16.8
30.5
26.4
36.8
27.6
Value of total building$m
73.1
111.0
120.7
121.5
118.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
693
728
831
829
839
Other vehiclesno.
597
794
867
879
851
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 290
1 522
1 698
1 708
1 689
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
21 821
22 502
23 318
23 908
24 471
Campervansno.
163
176
196
208
207
Light commercial vehiclesno.
6 876
7 189
7 417
7 619
7 792
Light rigid trucksno.
178
168
173
178
182
Heavy rigid trucksno.
926
930
938
943
962
Articulated trucksno.
322
312
298
317
339
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
34
34
39
40
47
Busesno.
272
255
252
253
272
Motorcyclesno.
1 395
1 155
1 250
1 399
1 560
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
31 987
32 719
33 880
34 864
35 832
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
552
566
578
585
592
Campervansno.
4
4
5
5
5
Light commercial vehiclesno.
174
181
184
187
188
Light rigid trucksno.
5
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
23
23
23
23
23
Articulated trucksno.
8
8
7
8
8
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
7
6
6
6
7
Motorcyclesno.
35
29
31
34
38
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
809
824
840
854
866
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 434
7 368
6 496
5 637
4 899
Petrol - Unleadedno.
16 694
18 087
19 837
21 290
22 578
Dieselno.
4 663
5 065
5 447
5 837
6 253
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
2 196
2 198
2 102
2 099
2 102
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
439 528.9
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
1 752.7
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2 299.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
123.2
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
137.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
451.1
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
349 925
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
22 380
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
144 852
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 230
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0