Agriculture - Statistics - Western District (SD)
Western District (SD)
Introduction
Western District Statistical Division is in the south-western corner of the state and covers an area of approximately 24,065 sq km. The Division is littered with volcanic craters and cones and the coastline is rugged, with amazing rock formations like The Twelve Apostles, a series of huge stone pillars jutting out of the ocean.
This Division is known for its sheep and dairy country, vegetable farms, cereal crops and belts of commercial timber. The only deep water port between Melbourne and Adelaide is Portland in the south-west. It is an industrial and commercial centre for the area. To the east of Portland is Port Fairy, a former whaling port, now home for a large fishing fleet and a holiday resort. Warrnambool is located approximately 265 km south-west of Melbourne. During the 1880s a gun emplacement was built at Flagstaff Hill to repel a feared Russian invasion.
Hamilton, in the centre of the Division, is the service town for the surrounding beef cattle and sheep properties. It was settled in 1834 and is one of the few rural towns to boast an art gallery.
To the south of Hamilton are the Byaduk Caves, and to the south-west is the Mt Eccles National Park, only 400 ha in size.
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): 2,335,883.72
Area
Agroforestry
- Area of Seedlings Sown (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 660 )
- Area of Seed Sown (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 4,461 )
Apples
- Number of Apples Trees under 6 years (Value in 1996/1997 = 120 )
- Number of Apples Trees 6 years and over (Value in 1996/1997 = 6,702 )
- Kilograms of Apples produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 121,430 )
Berry Fruit
- Area of Strawberries bearing (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 2.2 )
- Kilograms of Strawberries produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 26,500 )
Cattle and Calves
- Number of Milk Cows (in Milk and Dry) at 31 March (Value in 1996/1997 = 262,782 )
- Number of Meat Cattle at 31 March (Value in 1996/1997 = 590,263 )
Cereals excluding Rice
- Area of Wheat produced for grain (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 3,634 )
- Tonnes of Wheat produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 10,041 )
- Area of Oats produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 15,218 )
- Tonnes of Oats produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 36,579 )
- Area of Barley produced for grain (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 8,936 )
- Tonnes of Barley produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 19,819 )
- Area of Grain Sorghum produced for grain (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 20 )
- Tonnes of Grain Sorghum produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 40 )
- Area of Maize produced for grain (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 2.0 )
- Tonnes of Maize produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 5.0 )
- Area of Triticale produced for grain (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 4,809 )
- Tonnes of Triticale produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 11,274 )
- Area of Cereal crops cut for hay (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 5,221 )
- Tonnes of Cereal crops cut for hay (Value in 1996/1997 = 22,765 )
Grapes
- Area of Grapes (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 98 )
- Tonnes of Grapes - total produced (fresh weight) (Value in 1996/1997 = 364 )
Legumes
- Area of Soybeans (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 22 )
- Area of Lupins produced for grain (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 1,191 )
- Tonnes of Lupins produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 1,785 )
- Area of Field Peas produced for grain (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 233 )
- Tonnes of Field Peas produced for grain (Value in 1996/1997 = 455 )
- Area of Chick Peas (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 66 )
- Tonnes of Chick Peas produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 140 )
- Area of Vetches for Seed (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 3.0 )
- Kilograms of Vetches for Seed produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 2,000 )
- Area of Faba Beans (including Tick and Horse) (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 48 )
- Tonnes of Faba Beans (including Tick and Horse) produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 92 )
Nuts
- Number of Almond Trees 6 years and over (Value in 1996/1997 = 40 )
- Kilograms of Almonds produced (kernel weight) (Value in 1996/1997 = 208 )
Oilseeds
- Area of Canola (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 2,177 )
- Tonnes of Canola produced (clean seed) (Value in 1996/1997 = 3,182 )
- Area of Safflower (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 459 )
- Tonnes of Safflower produced (clean Seed) (Value in 1996/1997 = 289 )
- Area of Sunflower (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 317 )
- Tonnes of Sunflower produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 455 )
Other Livestock
- Number of Deer (Value in 1996/1997 = 4,322 )
- Number of Horses Stud (Value in 1996/1997 = 1,071 )
- Number of Livestock not elsewhere considered (short form) (Value in 1996/1997 = 3,347 )
Other Non-Cereal Crops
Other Vegetables
- Area of Broccoli (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 56 )
- Kilograms of Broccoli produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 206,054 )
- Area of Carrots (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 60 )
- Tonnes of Carrots produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 2,774 )
- Area of Zucchini (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 0.4 )
- Kilograms of Zucchini produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 7,000 )
- Area of White and Brown Onions (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 64 )
- Tonnes of White and Brown Onions produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 1,560 )
- Area of Green Peas (for processing) (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 0.2 )
- Kilograms of Green Peas (for processing) produced - (shelled weight) (Value in 1996/1997 = 60 )
Pastures
- Area of Lucerne (pure), year ending 31 March (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 3,988 )
- Area of Pasture Legumes (excluding Lucerne), year ending 31 March (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 16,974 )
- Area of Sown Grasses, year ending 31 March (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 154,253 )
- Area of Native or Naturalised Pasture, year ending 31 March (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 210,069 )
- Area of Mixed Perennial Grasses and Legumes, year ending 31 March (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 590,665 )
- Area of Mixed Annual Grasses and Legumes, year ending 31 March (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 152,648 )
- Area of Sown Pasture (excluding Pure Lucerne) , year ending 31 March (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 1,136,273 )
- Area of Pastures (excluding Lucerne) cut for hay (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 117,013 )
- Tonnes of Pasture (excluding Lucerne) cut for hay (Value in 1996/1997 = 470,212 )
Pears
- Number of Pear Trees (excluding Nashi) 6 years and over (Value in 1996/1997 = 150 )
- Kilograms of Pears (excluding Nashi) Total produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 6,200 )
- Number of Nashi Trees 6 years and over (Value in 1996/1997 = 150 )
- Kilograms of Nashi produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 400 )
Pigs
Potatoes
- Area of Potatoes (ha) (Value in 1996/1997 = 616 )
- Tonnes of Potatoes produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 16,582 )
Poultry
Sales of Livestock
- Number of Sales of Sheep (Value in 1996/1997 = 1,294,147 )
- Number of Sales of Lambs (Value in 1996/1997 = 932,948 )
- Number of Sales of Cattle and Calves (except Bulls sold for breeding) (Value in 1996/1997 = 339,660 )
- Number of Sales of Pigs (Value in 1996/1997 = 33,073 )
- Number of Sales of Other Livestock not elsewhere considered (short form) (Value in 1996/1997 = 1,416 )
Sheep and Lambs
- Number of Breeding Ewes 1 year and over at 31 March (Value in 1996/1997 = 2,938,343 )
- Number of Lambs and Hoggets under 1 year at 31 March (Value in 1996/1997 = 1,490,434 )
- Number of Sheep and Lambs at 31 March (Value in 1996/1997 = 6,539,219 )
- Number of All Other Sheep (excluding Breeding Ewes) (Value in 1996/1997 = 2,110,442 )
Stone Fruit
- Number of Cherry Trees 6 years and over (Value in 1996/1997 = 150 )
- Kilograms of Cherries produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 3,000 )
- Number of Nectarine Trees 6 years and over (Value in 1996/1997 = 100 )
- Kilograms of Nectarines produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 2,480 )
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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