7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2006-07  
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Dairying is predominantly located along the coastal fringes of the state; however, the highest concentration of milk cattle is found in the Murray Statistical Division (SD). At 30 June 2007, the NSW milk cattle herd stood at 326,000.


MILK CATTLE(a), NSW, at 30 June(b)
'000
1964
1971
1981
1991
2001

2003
1 086
754
425
339
428

398
2004
400
2005
399
2006(c)
349
2007(c)
326
(a) Excluding house cows.
(b) Prior to 2001, at 31 March.
(c) 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.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


At 30 June 2007, 25% of milk cattle in NSW were found in the Murray SD (81,600). This was followed by the Mid-North Coast SD with 54,600.

MILK CATTLE(a), at 30 June 2007
Statistical divisions
'000
Sydney
*4.7
Hunter
40.0
Illawarra
^37.9
Richmond-Tweed
^34.7
Mid-North Coast
54.6
Northern
*3.3
North Western
^7.4
Central West
^13.6
South Eastern
^42.2
Murrumbidgee
^5.5
Murray
^81.6
Far West
-
New South Wales
325.7
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
(a) Excluding house cows.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).



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