National Regional Profile: Ballarat (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA20570   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
738
770
779
690
719
Total dwelling unitsno.
809
847
872
875
767
Value of total residential building$m
124.0
152.0
165.8
163.6
155.8
Value of total non-residential building$m
43.0
61.5
57.1
60.8
67.9
Value of total building$m
167.0
213.5
222.9
224.4
223.7
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 119
1 975
2 258
2 412
2 264
Other vehiclesno.
1 026
1 165
1 299
1 494
1 449
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 145
3 141
3 558
3 905
3 714
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
48 183
49 492
50 801
52 223
53 128
Campervansno.
154
170
179
196
205
Light commercial vehiclesno.
9 147
9 572
9 962
10 316
10 769
Light rigid trucksno.
277
294
317
362
436
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 146
1 176
1 131
1 193
1 284
Articulated trucksno.
264
264
278
298
312
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
298
300
333
308
283
Busesno.
399
398
404
440
450
Motorcyclesno.
1 883
1 931
1 972
2 094
2 173
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
61 752
63 598
65 373
67 427
69 039
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
572
582
592
600
601
Campervansno.
2
2
2
2
2
Light commercial vehiclesno.
109
113
116
118
122
Light rigid trucksno.
3
3
4
4
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
14
14
13
14
15
Articulated trucksno.
3
3
3
3
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
4
4
3
Busesno.
5
5
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
22
23
23
24
25
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
734
748
762
774
781
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
15 829
13 751
11 826
9 965
8 430
Petrol - Unleadedno.
38 501
42 000
45 434
48 835
51 305
Dieselno.
3 728
4 198
4 614
5 168
5 812
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 694
3 650
3 498
3 459
3 493
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
38 023.4
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
4 242.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
237.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
3.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4.1
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
971.2
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
113 476
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
4 269
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
11 773
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
22 132
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0