7123.2.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Victoria, 2006-07  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 22/08/2008   
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An estimated 13.3 million hectares or 58% of Victoria's land area (22.7 million hectares) was used for agricultural activity in 2006-07. Just over one quarter of Victoria's agricultural land was used for cropping.

LAND USE, Victoria, Year ended 30 June
Crops(a)
'000 ha
Agricultural
land(b)
'000 ha
Non-agricultural
land(c)
'000 ha
2002-03
3 283
13 413
9 329
2003-04
3 479
13 619
9 123
2004-05
3 570
13 920
8 822
2005-06
3 252
12 314
10 428
2006-07
3 428
13 250
9 492
(a) Excludes crops harvested for hay and seed, and pastures and grasses.
(b) Total area of businesses with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more.
(c) Comprises conserved land, forestry, urban and unused land such as vacant Crown land, commercially unused land on Aboriginal and other Crown reserves and waste land, ephemeral lakes, mangrove swamps, as well as businesses not included in the scope of the Agricultural Census/Survey.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).



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