7123.6.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Tasmania, 2003-04  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/07/2005   
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An estimated 1.7 million hectares or 26% of Tasmania's land area was used for agricultural activity in 2003-04; just over 4% of Tasmania's agricultural land was used for cropping.

LAND USE, Area, Tasmania, at 30 June
1997(a)
'000 ha
2001
'000 ha
2002
'000 ha
2003
'000 ha
2004
'000 ha
Crops(b)
73
79
78
74
73
Agricultural land(c)
1,920
1,907
1,775
1,771
1,745
Non-agricultural land(d)
4,910
4,933
5,065
5,069
5,095
Total land
6,830
6,840
6,840
6,840
6,840
(a) At 31 March.
(b) Excludes crops harvested for hay and seed.
(c) Total area of establishments with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more.
(d) Non-agricultural land is the difference between agricultural land as reported in the Agricultural Survey and total area of the state or territory. It 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 establishments not included in the scope of the Agricultural Survey/Census.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0); Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

Agricultural industry



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