National Regional Profile: Colac-Otway (S) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210151755   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
126
125
80
80
57
Total dwelling unitsno.
147
149
90
119
71
Value of total residential building$m
19.3
27.0
19.2
30.4
19.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
1.9
3.0
2.5
3.3
5.3
Value of total building$m
21.1
30.0
21.7
33.7
25.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
54
45
54
51
43
Other vehiclesno.
54
50
67
59
52
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
107
95
121
110
95
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
1 969
2 000
2 045
2 104
2 104
Campervansno.
11
14
14
16
12
Light commercial vehiclesno.
657
671
695
707
732
Light rigid trucksno.
17
18
17
18
19
Heavy rigid trucksno.
115
122
117
122
121
Articulated trucksno.
17
18
19
23
18
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
3
6
8
6
5
Busesno.
25
27
24
23
25
Motorcyclesno.
135
116
125
123
130
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
2 950
2 991
3 063
3 142
3 167
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
565
561
572
585
595
Campervansno.
3
4
4
4
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
189
188
194
196
207
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
33
34
33
34
34
Articulated trucksno.
5
5
5
6
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
2
2
2
1
Busesno.
7
8
7
6
7
Motorcyclesno.
39
33
35
34
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
847
839
857
873
896
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
789
683
600
525
441
Petrol - Unleadedno.
1 604
1 709
1 847
1 960
2 039
Dieselno.
383
435
456
492
523
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
174
164
161
164
165
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
22 939.3
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
7.5
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
2.1
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
16.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
21.0
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
71.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
11 262
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
10 288
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
9 556
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
1 756
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0