At 30 June 2007, the Victorian sheep and lamb flock stood at 17.2 million. The highest numbers were found in the Western District, Wimmera and Central Highlands Statistical Divisions (SDs).

	'000
1885	10 637
1901	10 842
1951	20 012
2001	22 272
2003	20 388
2004	19 978
2005	20 575
2006(b)	17 908
2007(b)	17 174

(a) Prior to 2000, the reference period is at 31 March; from 2000, the reference period is at 30 June.
(b) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication 7121.0.
Sources: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0) and Historical Selected Agricultural Commodities, by State, 1861 to Present (cat. no. 7124.0).


At 30 June 2007, most sheep and lambs in Victoria were found in the Western District SD (5.6 million). This was followed by the Wimmera SD with 2.9 million and Central Highlands SD with 2.2 million.

Statistical Division	'000
Melbourne	^116.1
Barwon	^900.5
Western District	5 583.4
Central Highlands	2 210.7
Wimmera	2 902.6
Mallee	824.7
Loddon	^1 760.0
Goulburn	1 745.3
Ovens-Murray	^357.8
East Gippsland	609.5
Gippsland	^162.9
Victoria	17 173.6

^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).

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