7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2001-02

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Pigs are raised throughout most parts of Queensland. At 30 June 2002, the Queensland pig herd stood at 643,000.

PIGS, Queensland, at 30 June


	'000

1997(a)	600
2001	597
2002	643

(a) At 31 March.

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

At 30 June 2002, most pigs in Queensland were in the Darling Downs Statistical Division (362,200).

PIGS, at 30 June 2002


Statistical Division					'000

Brisbane					*10.5
Moreton					20.8
Wide Bay-Burnett					185.6
Darling Downs					362.2
South West					*2.5
Fitzroy					43.8
Central West					-
Mackay					12.1
Northern					0.4
Far North					**
North West					-

Queensland					643.0

* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%
** data subject to sampling variability greater than 50%, estimate is not published

Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2001-02 Agricultural Survey.