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South Eastern (SD) (NSW)

Location map for SD: 145

Introduction

The South Eastern Statistical Division comprises the lower south coast, the Snowy Mountains, and the southern tablelands (excluding ACT). The coastal strip consists of a discontinuous coastal plain where a series of river valleys (Clyde, Moruya, Tuross, and Bega Rivers) alternate with spurs of more elevated land eastwards from the tablelands. The mountainous Snowy region lies in the south-west corner contiguous to the Victorian border and reaches elevations of over 2,200 metres, the highest in Australia. Snowfields in this area are a major tourist attraction. The tablelands are gently undulating with elevations of about 750 metres above sea level. The narrow south coast area has a humid cool-temperate climate and an average yearly rainfall of about 900 millimetres. Much cooler temperatures are experienced on the more elevated tablelands, and very cold temperatures occur on the alps. Average a

South Eastern Division covers 7 percent of the State and contains 3.12 percent of the population.

The total value of building approvals in 1995-96 was $271million. The areas with the highest value of building approvals in 1995-96 were Eurobodalla(A) with $51 million, followed by Queanbeyan(C) with $42 million and Bega Valley (A) with $35 million. Together they represented 49 percent of the value of building jobs approved.

In 1994-95 the Division contained 9 percent of the States total area under of orchard fruit, 71.4 per cent of which were in Young(A). The areas with the largest number of sheep and lambs in the Division were Crookwell(A) with 14 percent and Yass(A) with 12.74 percent.

The number of manufacturing establishments in the Division in 1993-94 amounted to 2.4 per cent of the State total. As a proportion of the Division total, the areas with the largest number of establishments were Queanbeyan(C) with 29 percent, followed by Eurobodalla (A) with 18 percent and Bega Valley (A) with 15.8 percent. Together these represent 63.59 percent of total manufacturing establishments, 52 percent of employment in manufacturing, and 55.4 per cent of turnover from manufacturing activities in the Division.

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): 5,246,587.61

Area

Agroforestry

Apples

Berry Fruit

Cattle and Calves

Cereals excluding Rice

Citrus

Grapes

Legumes

Nuts

Oilseeds

Other Livestock

Other Non-Cereal Crops

Other Vegetables

Pastures

Pears

Pigs

Plantation Fruit

Potatoes

Poultry

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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