7123.2.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Victoria, 2006-07  
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The agriculture industry in Victoria is quite diverse. There were an estimated 37,000 businesses with agricultural activity in Victoria, according to the 2006-07 Agricultural Survey, ranging from small establishments engaged in horticulture to large properties mainly devoted to sheep, cattle or cereal production.

In the main, the dairying, fruit growing and vegetable industries are located in the higher rainfall districts of the state in Gippsland and the Western District, together with the irrigated areas north of the Great Dividing Range with access to water from the Murray River. Cropping and extensive grazing are located mainly in the Wimmera and Mallee and to a lesser extent in the non-irrigated areas in the north and north-east of the state and the drier parts of the Western District and East Gippsland.

BUSINESSES WITH AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY(a), Victoria, at 30 June
Number
2006(b)
37 112
2007(b)
37 410
(a) Refers to agricultural businesses with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more. For more information, please see explanatory notes in the source publication.
(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).


The Goulburn Statistical Division (SD) recorded the highest number of businesses with agricultural activity in Victoria at 30 June 2007 (6,776). This was followed by the Western District SD with 4,706 and the Gippsland SD with 3,709.

BUSINESSES WITH AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY(a), at 30 June 2007
Statistical Division
Number
Melbourne
3 638
Barwon
2 216
Western District
4 706
Central Highlands
2 132
Wimmera
2 957
Mallee
3 628
Loddon
2 383
Goulburn
6 776
Ovens-Murray
2 811
East Gippsland
2 454
Gippsland
3 709
Victoria
37 410
(a) Refers to agricultural businesses with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more. For more information, please see explanatory notes in the source publication.
Source: Agricultural Commodities, Small Area Data, Australia (cat. no. 7125.0).




This section contains the following subsection :
      Agricultural Industry
      Land Use

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