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The following table presents key environmental indicators for Tasmania and its three Statistical Region Sectors.

REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS(a)(b)
		Unit(c)	Greater Hobart-Southern	Northern	Mersey-Lyell	Tasmania
Total land area		km2	25,991	19,852	22,580	68,423
Population density(d)		no./km2	9.0	6.7	4.7	6.9
Total rateable land, 2003(e)		km2	11,570	11,590	5,714	28,874
	Rateable land, residential, 2003	km2	871	555	301	1,727
	Rateable land, primary production, 2003	km2	9,109	10,159	4,941	24,210
Population per rateable residential area, 2003(d)(e)		no./km2	267	241	353	274
Area of agricultural holding, 2001(f)(g)		km2	7,422	8,408	3,237	19,068
	Gross value of agricultural production per area of agricultural holding(h)	$'000/km2	21	33	97	40
National parks, May 2003		km2	7,787	1,382	5,166	14,335
State forest, May 2003(i)(j)		km2	4,072	4,436	4,640	13,148
(a) Regions referred to in this table are Statistical Region Sectors and are part of the Statistical Region Structure outlined in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (cat. no. 1216.0) (b) Due to rounding, sums of components may differ from totals. (c) One square kilometre (km2) equals 100 hectares. (d) Population as at 30 June 2002. (e) Rateable properties only as at May. (f) Year ended 30 June. (g) Includes units with an Estimated Value of Agricultural Operations (EVAO) of $5,000 or more. (h) Production data for 2000-01 financial year. (i) Excludes forest reserves. (j) Land tenure data in this table may differ from data in other tables because of the date it was accessed: the constant refinement of Geographic Information System (GIS) processes results in frequent, minor changes to land tenure data.