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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)
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| Commercial | Industrial | Primary production | Public service/ local gov. |
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Local government area | ha | ha | ha | ha |
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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 |
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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
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| Quarrying and mining | Residential | Sporting facility/ recreation | Vacant land | Total land(c) |
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Local government area | ha | ha | ha | ha | ha |
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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 |
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Tasmania | 23,055 | 172,702 | 120,095 | 104,086 | 2,887,420 |
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(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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