7123.2.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Victoria, 2006-07  
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Pigs are raised throughout Victoria; the highest numbers are in the Loddon and Wimmera Statistical Divisions (SDs). At 30 June 2007, the Victorian pig herd stood at 463,000.

PIGS, Victoria, at 30 June(a)
'000
1885
234
1901
350
1951
237
2001
557
2003
555
2004
^547
2005
524
2006(b)
668
2007(b)
463
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
(a) Prior to 2001, at 31 March
(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.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


At 30 June 2007, most pigs in Victoria were found in the Loddon SD (135,000). This was followed by the Goulburn SD with 117,000.

PIGS, at 30 June 2007
Statistical Division
'000
Melbourne
7.9
Barwon
39.0
Western District
*15.0
Central Highlands
27.4
Wimmera
*55.8
Mallee
^45.6
Loddon
135.3
Goulburn
^117.1
Ovens-Murray
**-
East Gippsland
*0.7
Gippsland
*19.1
Victoria
462.9
- nil or rounded to zero (includes 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
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).



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