At 30 June 2007, the Victorian meat cattle herd stood at 2.6 million, with the highest numbers in the Western District and Goulburn Statistical Divisions.

	'000
1964	1 403
1971	3 032
1981	2 696
1991	2 143
2001	2 435
2003	2 491
2004	2 390
2005	2 540
2006(b)	2 646
2007(b)	2 575

(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.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).


At 30 June 2007, most meat cattle in Victoria were found in the Western District Statistical Division (661,000). This was followed by the Ovens-Murray Statistical Division with 396,000 and Goulburn Statistical Division with 360,000.

Statistical Division	'000
Melbourne	^126.9
Barwon	^158.5
Western District	660.8
Central Highlands	^136.0
Wimmera	*72.6
Mallee	^40.8
Loddon	^58.7
Goulburn	360.4
Ovens-Murray	395.9
East Gippsland	266.9
Gippsland	^297.9
Victoria	2 575.2

^ 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
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).

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