7123.3.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Queensland, 2001-02  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/09/2003   
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An estimated 141.4 million hectares or 82% of Queensland's land area was used for agricultural activity in 2001-02. Just under 2% of Queensland's agricultural land was used for cropping.

LAND USE, Area, Queensland, at 30 June
1997(a)
'000 ha
2001
'000 ha
2002
'000 ha
Crops(b)
Pastures and grasses
2,685
3,219
2,955
5,691
2,683
^ 5,046
Agricultural land(c)
149,560
145,955
141,388
Non-agricultural land(d)
23,505
27,110
31,677
Total land
173,065
173,065
173,065
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
(a) At 31 March.
(b) Excludes crops harvested for hay and seed.
(c) Total area of establishments with an estimated value of agricultural operations of $5,000 or more.
(d) 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 etc., as well as establishments not in the scope of the Agricultural Survey.

Sources: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).



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