7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2002-03

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Most of Queensland's pig production is based in the Darling Downs and the Wide Bay-Burnett Statistical Divisions. At 30 June 2003, the Queensland pig herd stood at 663,000.

PIGS, Queensland, at 30 June


	'000

1997(a)	600
2001	597
2002	643
2003	663

(a) At 31 March.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

At 30 June 2003, most pigs in Queensland were found in the Darling Downs Statistical Division (381,200) and the Wide Bay-Burnett Statistical Division (186,700).

PIGS, at 30 June 2003


Statistical Division					'000

Brisbane					**
Moreton					^22.3
Wide Bay-Burnett					^186.7
Darling Downs					381.2
South West					**
Fitzroy					39.1
Central West					-
Mackay					15.2
Northern					-
Far North					**
North West					-

Queensland					662.9

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
** data subject to sampling variability greater than 50%, estimate is not published
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2003 Agricultural Survey.