1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2005  
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The following extended table shows that the Mersey-Lyell Region had the largest area of rateable land used for quarrying and mining in Tasmania (19,965 hectares), largely due to the large area of land used for mining and quarrying in the West Coast local government area (12,477 hectares).

The West Coast local government area had the smallest area of land used for primary production in the Mersey-Lyell Region (3,720 hectares).


RATEABLE LAND USE AREAS, Mersey-Lyell local government areas - as at May 2003(a)(b)(c)


Commercial
Industrial
Primary production
Public service/ local gov.

Local government area
ha
ha
ha
ha

Burnie
65
607
43,125
743
Central Coast
118
53
41,405
446
Circular Head
388
179
135,863
4,061
Devonport
105
299
5,859
386
Kentish
332
286
45,445
125
King Island
17
73
91,895
244
Latrobe
61
251
29,241
679
Waratah/Wynyard
65
76
97,597
710
West Coast
95
45
3,720
1,229
Total
1,245
8,068
494,149
8,622

Tasmania
5,634
8,068
2,420,950
32,831


For footnotes see end of table.

RATEABLE LAND USE AREAS, Mersey-Lyell local government areas - as at May 2003(a)(b)(c) - continued


Quarrying and mining
Residential
Sporting facility/ recreation
Vacant land
Total land(c)

Local government area
ha
ha
ha
ha
ha

Burnie
325
3,676
320
918
49,779
Central Coast
269
6,824
446
2,195
51,755
Circular Head
112
2,480
562
834
144,480
Devonport
30
1,937
276
801
9,693
Kentish
256
5,207
762
1,913
54,326
King Island
25
950
206
1,015
94,424
Latrobe
4
2,920
931
1,210
35,296
Waratah/Wynyard
6,467
5,264
450
1,371
111,999
West Coast
12,477
872
278
919
19,634
Total
19,965
30,130
4,230
11,175
571,387

Tasmania
23,055
172,702
120,095
104,086
2,887,420

(a) Areas given in hectares and relate to rateable properties only.
(b) Estimates have been rounded and minor discrepancies may occur between sums of component items and totals.
(c) Total land includes data from the entire table.

Source: Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.



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