National Regional Profile: Melbourne (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA24600   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
49
47
23
33
34
Total dwelling unitsno.
3 883
5 192
2 605
2 947
356
Value of total residential building$m
897.7
1 277.2
574.6
623.1
165.4
Value of total non-residential building$m
1 135.4
1 856.9
1 174.7
812.1
1 924.5
Value of total building$m
2 033.2
3 134.1
1 749.3
1 435.2
2 089.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
10 712
12 243
11 816
12 181
11 393
Other vehiclesno.
2 818
3 018
3 224
3 553
4 193
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
13 530
15 261
15 040
15 734
15 585
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
46 632
45 887
48 925
50 296
53 037
Campervansno.
43
45
51
50
61
Light commercial vehiclesno.
5 631
5 340
6 732
7 013
7 215
Light rigid trucksno.
334
368
365
388
436
Heavy rigid trucksno.
1 207
1 311
1 352
1 380
1 381
Articulated trucksno.
234
269
282
289
284
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
362
349
356
393
366
Busesno.
467
503
486
491
562
Motorcyclesno.
1 297
1 787
1 795
1 388
1 451
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
56 207
55 856
60 345
61 691
64 793
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
838
743
728
693
692
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
101
87
100
97
94
Light rigid trucksno.
6
6
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
22
21
20
19
18
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
7
6
5
5
5
Busesno.
8
8
7
7
7
Motorcyclesno.
23
29
27
19
19
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
1 010
905
898
850
845
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 368
3 817
3 317
2 888
2 418
Petrol - Unleadedno.
46 304
46 088
50 230
51 396
54 026
Dieselno.
4 227
4 495
4 865
5 216
5 679
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 307
1 457
1 932
2 192
2 671
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
231.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
80.2
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
4.9
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
4.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
0.0
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
0
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
0
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
62
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0