In 2006-07, Victorian farmers produced 256,000 tonnes of potatoes, behind South Australia (364,000 tonnes) and Tasmania (302,000 tonnes).

	Production '000 t	Area '000 ha	Yield t/ha
1860-01	78.5	10.1	7.8
1900-01	125.1	15.6	8.0
1950-51	141.6	21.2	6.7
2000-01	297.0	9.6	30.9
2002-03	270.9	8.2	33.0
2003-04	^337.9	^9.1	37.0
2004-05	^271.4	*8.4	^32.3
2005-06(b)	289.3	8.5	33.9
2006-07(b)	256.5	8.1	31.7

^ 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
(a) Prior to 2000, the reference period was 31 March; from 2000, the reference period was 30 June.
(b) 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 7121.0.
Sources: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0) and Historical Selected Agricultural Commodities, by State, 1861 to Present (cat. no. 7124.0).


In 2006-07, 31% of all potatoes produced in Victoria came from the Central Highlands Statistical Division (78,000 tonnes) and 29% came from the Gippsland Statistical Division (74,000 tonnes).

Statistical Division	'000 t
Melbourne	^44.5
Barwon	^3.7
Western District	*14.9
Central Highlands	^78.3
Wimmera	32.1
Mallee	7.7
Loddon	-
Goulburn	**0.1
Ovens-Murray	0.6
East Gippsland	**0.1
Gippsland	^74.4
Victoria	256.5

- nil or rounded to zero (includes null cells)
^ 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
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).

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