NSW has the highest number of sheep and lambs of any state. At 30 June 2007, the number of sheep and lambs in New South Wales was 28.6 million.

	'000
1885	31 660
1901	40 021
1951	54 111
2001	40 887
2003	33 706
2004	35 227
2005	34 341
2006(b)	32 146
2007(b)	28 607

(a) Prior to 1912, ACT data were included in NSW. Prior to 2000, the reference period is at 31 March; from 2000, the reference period is at 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).



At 30 June 2007, most sheep and lambs in NSW were found in the Central West SD (5.4 million) followed by the North Western SD with 4.7 million.

Statistical divisions	'000
Sydney	*5.5
Hunter	^280.6
Illawarra	*19.2
Richmond-Tweed	**1.0
Mid-North Coast	**1.8
Northern	4 431.5
North Western	4 742.9
Central West	^5 431.3
South Eastern	4 261.1
Murrumbidgee	4 501.1
Murray	3 567.9
Far West	^1 363.1
New South Wales	28 606.9

^ 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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