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Murrumbidgee (SD)

Location map for SD: 150

Introduction

Murrumbidgee Statistical Division covers 8 percent of the State and contains 2.4 percent of the population.

The Murrumbidgee River traverses the Division from east to west, with the area west of Narrandera containing the Murrumbidgee and other irrigation areas. Wagga Wagga, the major centre of regional significance, is located in the eastern portion of the Division. The region is characterised by cold temperatures in winter in the hilly eastern region, and warm to hot summers and cool winters in the western region. Average rainfall (in millimetres) varies from 1,360 at Batlow and 880 at Tumut to 550 at Wagga Wagga, 620 at Cootamundra, and 330 to 450 in the Irrigation areas and more westerly parts. The railway system is widespread in the Division. The main southern line passes through the eastern section linking Cootamundra, Junee, and Wagga Wagga to Albury, and from it many branch lines serve other areas. The branch lines are of particular importance to the wheat industry. Three highways run north

The value of building jobs approved in 1995-96 was $191 million, of which 55.62 per cent were accounted for in Wagga Wagga(C).

The Division had significant agricultural activities during 1994-95. The area with the largest area sown to wheat was Carrathool(A) with 21.9 percent of the total for the Division, followed by Narrandera(A) with 15.2 percent, then Coolamon(A) with 12.8 percent. About 45.9 per cent of the State's total area grown to rice was located in the division. Of this 87.6 percent is located in three areas: Griffith(C) with 40.8 percent; Murrumbidgee(A) with 24.8 percent; and Leeton(A)with 21.4 percent. As a proportion of the Division's total, Griffith(C) had 86.5 percent of the area under grape vines; 54 percent of the value of vegetables; and 55 percent of the value of citrus fruit.

The largest number of manufacturing establishments in 1993-94 were located in Wagga Wagga(C) with 105 establishments, followed by Griffith(C) with 58 establishments. Together they represented 63 percent of manufacturing establishments, 67.1 percent of employment manufacturing, and 76 per cent of turnover from manufacturing.

The figures reported here are a subset of the Agricultural Census data from 1982/1983 to 1996/1997 published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, AgStats). The data has been analysed by the Bureau of Rural Sciences using a consistent geographic base. Further information about the data is available from the Australian Spatial Data Directory

The figures and text are reproduced with permission of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, © Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.

Statistics

Area of region (ha): 6,341,755.07

Area

Agroforestry

Apples

Berry Fruit

Cattle and Calves

Cereals excluding Rice

Citrus

Cotton

Grapes

Legumes

Nuts

Oilseeds

Other Livestock

Other Non-Cereal Crops

Other Vegetables

Pastures

Pears

Pigs

Potatoes

Poultry

Rice

Sales of Livestock

Sheep and Lambs

Stone Fruit

Further information

Please Note: Not all the selected data items are available for every year or for every statistical region.

The figures reported here are a subset of the Agricultural Census data from 1982/1983 to 1996/1997 published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, AgStats). The data have been analysed by Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia to report them using a consistent geographic base. Further information about the data is available through the Australian Spatial Data Directory.

The subset includes 436 data items for plant production and 40 data items for livestock which were commonly available in the AgStats database over the 15 year period and each year for respondents having an Estimated Value of Agricultural Operations (EVAO) above the cut-off of $22,500.

The data have been concorded by bringing data collected using different geographies to a consistent geographic base, being Version 2.6 Statistical Local Area (SLA) boundaries (ABS, 1996) and using the non-agricultural lands mask from the National Land and Water Resources Audit's National Landuse Map (1996/1997).

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