This document was added or updated on 15/09/2015.
KEY FIGURES
LAND USE, year ended 30 June 2014
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| Aust.
'000 ha | NSW
'000 ha | Vic.
'000 ha | Qld
'000 ha | SA
'000 ha | WA
'000 ha | Tas.
'000 ha | NT
'000 ha | ACT
'000 ha | |
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Area of farms | 406 269 | 58 303 | 12 290 | 139 933 | 52 823 | 89 313 | 1 701 | 51 871 | 34 | |
Area of crops (a) | r25 652 | r6 374 | r4 445 | r2 302 | r3 792 | r8 579 | r145 | r15 | 1 | |
Area of vegetables | 126 | 17 | 37 | 33 | np | 10 | 13 | np | np | |
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(a) Includes broadacre crops, hay and silage, nurseries, cut flowers and cultivated turf, fruit and nuts, and vegetables.
np not published
r revised
KEY LAND USE POINTS
In 2013-14, the area of land:
- used for agriculture in Australia increased by 2% from 2012-13, to 406 million hectares. This was driven by increases in Queensland and South Australia and partially offset by decreases in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
- planted to crops fell by 4%.
- planted to vegetables remained fairly steady, accounting for less than 1% of total agricultural land in Australia.
FARM MANAGEMENT, year ended 30 June 2014
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| Aust. | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | |
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Average age of respondent (yrs) | 57 | 57 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 52 | 61 | |
Average time respondent involved in farming (yrs) | 33 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 24 | 33 | |
Male respondents (%) | 77 | 77 | 79 | 71 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 65 | 84 | |
Female respondents (%) | 23 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 16 | |
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SOURCES OF FARM INCOME (%) |
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Agricultural production on holding | 70 | 67 | 74 | 67 | 75 | 76 | 67 | 75 | 56 | |
Grants, government transfers, relief funding | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Off-farm employment/business activities | 23 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 35 | |
Other sources | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | np | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
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np not published
KEY FARM MANAGEMENT POINTS
In 2013-14, key attributes of Australian farm management were:
- Of all survey respondents, 92% reported that they were the owner or operator of the business for which they were reporting.
- The number of male respondents greatly outweighed the number of female respondents, with 77% of respondents being male.
- The average number of years respondents were involved in farming was 33.4. Of the states/territories, Tasmania had the highest average at 34.6 years and Northern Territory the lowest at 24.4 years.
- The main source of income for reporting businesses was from agricultural production on the holding. At the national level, an average of 70% of income was generated on-farm.