7123.2.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Victoria, 2006-07  
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At 30 June 2007, the Victorian milk cattle herd stood at 1.7 million, with the highest numbers in the Western District and Goulburn Statistical Divisions (SDs).

MILK CATTLE(a), Victoria, at 30 June(b)
'000
1964
1 792
1971
1 905
1981
1 493
1991
1 404
2001
1 971
2003
1 896
2004
1 890
2005
1 969
2006(c)
1 758
2007(c)
1 668
(a) Excluding house cows.
(b) Prior to 2001, at 31 March.
(c) The ABS has moved to a new frame from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census onwards. This means that data are not directly comparable with historical time series. For more information, please see the technical notes at the back of the 2005-06 edition of the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


At 30 June 2007, most milk cattle in Victoria were found in the Western District SD (465,000), followed by the Goulburn SD with 436,000 and the Gippsland Statistical Division with 292,000.

MILK CATTLE(a), at 30 June 2007
Statistical Division
'000
Melbourne
*64.8
Barwon
87.2
Western District
464.6
Central Highlands
*2.9
Wimmera
*1.7
Mallee
*59.6
Loddon
**14.3
Goulburn
435.7
Ovens-Murray
^61.1
East Gippsland
^183.9
Gippsland
^292.0
Victoria
1 667.7
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
(a) Excluding house cows.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).



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