7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2006-07  
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At 30 June 2007, almost half the pigs in NSW were in the Murray Statistical Division (SD). The number of pigs in NSW was 741,000.

PIGS, NSW, at 30 June(a)
'000
1885
1901
1951
2001

2003
212
257
317
845

729
2004
624
2005
^732
2006(b)
655
2007(b)
741
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
(a) Prior to 2001, at 31 March.
(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.
Sources: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0) and Historical Selected Agricultural Commodities, by State, 1861 to Present (cat. no. 7124.0).


At 30 June 2007, 49% of pigs in NSW were found in the Murray SD (362,000).

PIGS, at 30 June 2007
Statistical divisions
'000
Sydney
^7.8
Hunter
**0.6
Illawarra
3.5
Richmond-Tweed
^56.5
Mid-North Coast
**0.8
Northern
^75.0
North Western
^25.7
Central West
^54.9
South Eastern
79.0
Murrumbidgee
^75.1
Murray
361.9
Far West
-
New South Wales
740.7
- nil or rounded to zero (including 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 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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