National Regional Profile: Latrobe (C) - Traralgon (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255053815   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
192
212
258
294
269
Total dwelling unitsno.
201
213
264
309
281
Value of total residential building$m
30.8
37.9
50.7
61.0
58.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
8.5
7.9
11.3
44.4
16.8
Value of total building$m
39.4
45.7
61.9
105.4
75.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 201
1 120
1 036
915
830
Other vehiclesno.
432
542
648
627
637
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 633
1 662
1 684
1 541
1 466
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
14 891
15 392
15 955
16 215
16 545
Campervansno.
63
65
63
64
64
Light commercial vehiclesno.
3 295
3 386
3 580
3 709
3 913
Light rigid trucksno.
100
114
110
122
133
Heavy rigid trucksno.
407
410
421
437
427
Articulated trucksno.
122
120
113
120
118
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
23
22
23
23
22
Busesno.
84
91
88
81
85
Motorcyclesno.
911
904
980
1 088
1 154
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
19 896
20 504
21 334
21 858
22 461
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
566
580
592
589
585
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
125
128
133
135
138
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
15
15
16
16
15
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
35
34
36
40
41
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
756
773
792
794
795
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 157
3 620
3 126
2 635
2 210
Petrol - Unleadedno.
12 365
13 411
14 521
15 330
16 086
Dieselno.
1 929
2 096
2 323
2 585
2 767
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 445
1 376
1 364
1 307
1 398
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
18 351.5
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
3.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
9.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
23 286
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
6 229
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
15 357
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0