7123.7.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Northern Territory, 2004-05  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 31/10/2006   
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LAND USE

An estimated 62.5 million hectares or 46% of the Northern Territory's land area was used for agricultural activity in 2004-05. Most agricultural land was used for large-scale cattle grazing on unimproved range lands.

LAND USE, Area, Northern Territory, at 30 June

2001
'000 ha
2002
'000 ha
2003
'000 ha
2004
'000 ha
2005
'000 ha
Crops(a)
6
6
7
7
7
Agricultural land(b)
67,072
65,166
63,263
63,124
62,473
Non-agricultural land(c)
67,841
69,747
71,650
71,789
72,440
Total land
134,913
134,913
134,913
134,913
134,913
(a) Excludes pastures and grasses.
(b) Total area of establishments with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more.
(c) 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: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).



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