National Regional Profile: Greater Bendigo (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA22620   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
865
855
890
849
765
Total dwelling unitsno.
956
887
976
931
838
Value of total residential building$m
137.3
142.5
179.4
174.0
172.7
Value of total non-residential building$m
40.3
70.0
45.9
65.0
160.2
Value of total building$m
177.6
212.5
225.2
239.0
333.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 675
1 692
1 826
2 053
1 994
Other vehiclesno.
848
1 098
1 109
1 328
1 378
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 525
2 792
2 939
3 380
3 369
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
51 059
52 262
53 367
54 716
55 857
Campervansno.
219
263
272
278
269
Light commercial vehiclesno.
11 875
12 283
12 702
13 126
13 495
Light rigid trucksno.
346
359
360
396
452
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 700
1 710
1 720
1 770
1 796
Articulated trucksno.
447
470
471
471
483
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
126
113
121
108
108
Busesno.
338
322
330
336
352
Motorcyclesno.
2 412
2 304
2 426
2 530
2 696
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
68 521
70 088
71 771
73 731
75 510
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
559
565
569
576
577
Campervansno.
2
3
3
3
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
130
133
135
138
139
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
19
18
18
19
19
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
1
1
1
1
Busesno.
4
3
4
4
4
Motorcyclesno.
26
25
26
27
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
750
758
765
776
781
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
19 614
17 245
15 052
12 973
11 132
Petrol - Unleadedno.
39 592
43 126
46 662
50 141
53 047
Dieselno.
4 935
5 406
5 847
6 414
6 977
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
4 380
4 313
4 212
4 204
4 354
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
159 589.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
20 426.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
39.5
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
112.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
113.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
3 542.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
310 569
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
853
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
12 648
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
79 962
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0