7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2004-05

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Queensland has Australia's second largest pig herd after New South Wales. At 30 June 2005, the Queensland pig herd stood at 666,000.

PIGS, Queensland, at 30 June


	'000

2001	597
2002	643
2003	663
2004	691
2005	666

Source:Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

At 30 June 2005, most pigs in Queensland were found in the Darling Downs Statistical Division (406,000) and the Wide Bay-Burnett Statistical Division (179,000).

PIGS, at 30 June 2005


Statistical Division					'000

Brisbane					* 6.8
Moreton					^ 18.1
Wide Bay-Burnett					^ 179.3
Darling Downs					406.1
South West					** 1.7
Fitzroy					32.6
Central West					** -
Mackay					17.0
Northern					** -
Far North					** 4.5
North West					-

Queensland					666.0

- nil or rounded to zero (includes null cells)
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%
** data subject to sampling variability greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2005 Agricultural Survey.