7123.7.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Northern Territory, 2003-04

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/10/2005

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Land use

An estimated 63.1 million hectares or 47% of the Northern Territory's land area was used for agricultural activity in 2003-04. Most agricultural land was used for large-scale cattle grazing on unimproved range lands.

LAND USE, Area, Northern Territory, at 30 June


	1997(a) '000 ha	2001 '000 ha	2002 '000 ha	2003 '000 ha	2004 '000 ha

Crops(b)	5	6	6	7	7
Agricultural land(c)	68,319	67,072	65,166	63,263	63,124
Non-agricultural land(d)	66,594	67,841	69,747	71,650	71,789

Total land	134,913	134,913	134,913	134,913	134,913

(a) At 31 March.
(b) Excludes crops harvested for hay and seed.
(c) Total area of establishments with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more.
(d) Non-agricultural land is the difference between agricultural land as reported in the Agricultural Survey and total area of the state or territory. It comprises conserved land, forestry, urban and unused land such as vacant Crown land, commercially unused land on Aboriginal and other Crown reserves and waste land, ephemeral lakes, mangrove swamps, as well as establishments not included in the scope of the Agricultural Survey/Census.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).