7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2001-02  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/09/2003   
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Meat cattle are raised throughout Queensland. At 30 June 2002, the Queensland meat cattle herd stood at 11.3 million.

MEAT CATTLE, Queensland, at 30 June

'000

1997(a)
10,123
2001
11,088
2002
11,284

(a) At 31 March.

Sources: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

At 30 June 2002, most meat cattle in Queensland were in the Fitzroy Statistical Division (2.0 million).

MEAT CATTLE, at 30 June 2002

Statistical Division
'000

Brisbane
^ 18
Moreton
*369
Wide Bay-Burnett
777
Darling Downs
1,292
South West
1,157
Fitzroy
2,018
Central West
^ 941
Mackay
^ 1,153
Northern
741
Far North
^ 868
North West
^ 1,950
Queensland
11,284

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%

Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2001-02 Agricultural Survey.



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