7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2001-02

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Meat cattle are raised throughout NSW; the highest concentrations are in the Northern and North Western Statistical Divisions.

At 30 June 2002, the NSW meat cattle herd stood at 5.6 million.

MEAT CATTLE, NSW, at 30 June


	'000

1997(a)	6,118
2001	5,786
2002	5,593

(a) At 31 March.
Sources: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0); Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

In 2001-02, most meat cattle in NSW were found in the Northern Statistical Division (1.7 million). This was followed by the North Western Statistical Division with 737,000.

MEAT CATTLE, at 30 June 2002


Statistical divisions	'000

Sydney	^21.6
Hunter	457.5
Illawarra	^65.4
Richmond-Tweed	199.5
Mid-North Coast	262.1
Northern	1,734.7
North Western	736.6
Central West	638.1
South Eastern	416.4
Murrumbidgee	526.1
Murray	465.4
Far West	^69.1

New South Wales	5,592.6

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%

Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2002 Agricultural Survey.