4609.0.55.003 - Land Account: Queensland, Experimental Estimates, 2011 - 2016 Quality Declaration 
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS


The Queensland Land Account provides statistics to measure changes in land attributes over time, both from an economic and an environmental perspective. This forms part of a suite of environmental-economic accounts being developed for Australia. These estimates have been prepared for land based policy analysis. Tables are presented using formats recommended in the United Nations' System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) Central Framework 2012. Some additional outputs have been produced at the Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) to demonstrate alternative methods to present land data. This publication is experimental as the methodology is being refined and the estimates should be used with caution.

The land use data in this publication is representative as at 30 June 2011 and 30 June 2016, while land cover is based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data from January 2010 to December 2011 and January 2014 to December 2015. Users should note the discrepancy between the land use and land cover data.

Please refer to the Explanatory Notes for more information.


QUEENSLAND'S LAND AT A GLANCE

  • The State of Queensland covers approximately 173 million hectares.
  • Total unimproved land value in Queensland increased by around $100 billion from $621.4 billion to $721.5 billion between 2011 and 2016.
  • 'Residential' was the highest valued land use in Queensland with an unimproved land value of $415.0 billion and $518.7 billion in 2011 and 2016.
  • 'Livestock Grazing' was the most dominant land use type by area in Queensland with 144.2 million and 143.8 million hectares in 2011 and 2016.
  • 'Grasslands' was the most dominant broad land cover type by area in Queensland with 84.6 million and 82.3 million hectares in 2010-2011 and 2014-2015.
  • 'Woodland' was the most dominant detailed land cover type by area in Queensland in 2010-2011 with 35.6 million hectares, while 'Spare Vegetation' was the most dominant in 2014-2015 with 53.3 million hectares.

Summary of land use by area - 30 June 2011 to 30 June 2016

Land use description
Opening stock
30 June 2011
Closing stock
30 June 2016
Total net change
Percent change
Hectares
Hectares
Hectares
%

Residential
199 250
235 452
36 202
18.2
Commercial
191 911
192 880
969
0.5
Industrial
75 561
78 388
2 827
3.7
Extractive Industries
1 100 386
1 086 517
-13 869
-1.3
Infrastructure, Utilities and Community Services
4 118
4 536
418
10.2
Agriculture Cropping - Sugar Cane
706 781
679 414
-27 367
-3.9
Agriculture Cropping - Other
3 231 472
3 728 083
496 611
15.4
Livestock Grazing
144 227 578
143 837 449
-390 129
-0.3
Livestock - Special Purpose Structures
129 989
123 851
-6 138
-4.7
Horticulture - Orchards
104 879
103 982
-897
-0.9
Horticulture - Other
46 448
46 605
157
0.3
Horticulture - Special Purpose Structural Improvements
17 670
15 034
-2 636
-14.9
Forestry - Commercial Timber Production
121 359
80 325
-41 034
-33.8
Vacant Residential
1 864 997
1 798 961
-66 036
-3.5
Unallocated (a)
549 117
560 041
10 924
2.0
Not Classified (b)
20 445 615
20 445 615
-
-
Queensland Total
173 017 132
173 017 132
-
-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells).
Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components in this publication are due to rounding.
(a) This includes land uses that could not be allocated to AVPCC.
(b) No land use information available.

Summary of land use by land value - 30 June 2011 to 30 June 2016

Land use description
Opening stock
30 June 2011
Closing stock
30 June 2016
Total net change
Percent change
$'000
$'000
$'000
%

Residential
414 969 470
518 717 453
103 747 983
25.0
Commercial
27 297 919
29 475 872
2 177 952
8.0
Industrial
19 356 280
22 587 802
3 231 522
16.7
Extractive Industries
539 898
550 208
10 309
1.9
Infrastructure, Utilities and Community Services
1 805 902
2 086 118
280 216
15.5
Agriculture Cropping - Sugar Cane
1 581 097
1 738 147
157 050
9.9
Agriculture Cropping - Other
3 935 664
3 908 004
-27 660
-0.7
Livestock Grazing
17 376 227
15 007 853
-2 368 373
-13.6
Livestock - Special Purpose Structures
377 537
411 573
34 036
9.0
Horticulture - Orchards
333 825
396 746
62 920
18.8
Horticulture - Other
215 005
195 170
-19 836
-9.2
Horticulture - Special Purpose Structural Improvements
69 450
57 172
-12 278
-17.7
Forestry - Commercial Timber Production
111 195
85 336
-25 859
-23.3
Vacant Residential
130 030 530
122 882 547
-7 147 983
-5.5
Unallocated (a)
3 403 505
3 388 548
-14 958
-0.4
Not Classified (b)
-
-
-
-
Queensland Total
621 403 505
721 488 548
100 085 042
16.1

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells).
Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components in this publication are due to rounding.
(a) This includes land uses that could not be allocated to AVPCC.
(b) No land use information available.

Summary of broad land cover by area - 2010-2011 to 2014-2015

Land cover description
Opening stock
2010-2011
Closing stock
2014-2015
Total net change
Percent change
Hectares
Hectares
Hectares
%

Urban Areas & Extraction Sites (a)
299 863
299 863
-
-
Waterbodies
1 079 856
888 625
-191 231
-17.7
Wetlands
1 075 625
563 281
-512 344
-47.6
Irrigated Lands
581 744
542 675
-39 069
-6.7
Rainfed Lands
5 625 731
5 354 413
-271 319
-4.8
Grasslands
84 574 275
82 349 544
-2 224 731
-2.6
Woody Shrubs
7 273 100
18 316 800
11 043 700
151.8
Trees
72 135 444
64 330 438
-7 805 006
-10.8
No Data
344 656
344 656
-
-
Queensland Total
172 990 294
172 990 294
-
-

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells).
Any discrepancies between totals and sums of components in this publication are due to rounding.
(a) Urban Areas & Extraction Sites is a static land cover type. These classes show no changes over time.