7123.2.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Victoria, 2003-04  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 10/08/2005   
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An estimated 13.6 million hectares or 60% of Victoria's land area was used for agricultural activity in 2003-04. Just over 25% of Victoria's agricultural land was used for cropping.

LAND USE, Victoria, at 30 June
1997(a)
'000 ha
2001
'000 ha
2002
'000 ha
2003
'000 ha
2004
'000 ha
Crops(b)
2,552
3,044
2,958
3,283
3,479
Agricultural land(c)
12,745
13,248
12,780
13,413
13,619
Non-agricultural land(d)
9,997
9,494
9,962
9,329
9,123
Total land
22,742
22,742
22,742
22,742
22,742
(a) At 31 March.
(b) Excludes crops harvested for hay and seed, and pastures and grasses.
(c) Total area of establishments with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more.
(d) Non-agricultural land is the difference between agricultural land as reported in the Agricultural Survey and total area of the state or territory. It comprises conserved land, forestry, urban and unused land such as vacant Crown land, commercially unused land on Aboriginal and other Crown reserves and waste land, ephemeral lakes, mangrove swamps, as well as establishments not included in the scope of the Agricultural Survey/Census.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).



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