7123.1.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales, 2004-05

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 25/07/2006

Page tools: Print

Print Page Print all pages in this product

Meat cattle are raised throughout NSW; the highest concentrations are in the Northern and North Western Statistical Divisions.

At 30 June 2005, the NSW meat cattle herd stood at 5.3 million.

MEAT CATTLE, NSW, at 30 June


	'000

2001	5,786
2002	5,593
2003	5,419
2004	5,416
2005	5,335

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

At 30 June 2005, most meat cattle in NSW were found in the Northern Statistical Division (1.8 million). This was followed by the North Western Statistical Division with 616,000.

MEAT CATTLE, at 30 June 2005


Statistical divisions	'000

Sydney	^ 23.5
Hunter	491.0
Illawarra	^ 52.0
Richmond-Tweed	^ 201.9
Mid-North Coast	290.0
Northern	1,790.6
North Western	616.0
Central West	588.4
South Eastern	354.6
Murrumbidgee	457.6
Murray	^ 428.6
Far West	^ 40.9

New South Wales	5,335.1

^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2005 Agricultural Survey.