7123.5.55.001 - Agricultural State Profile, Western Australia, 2003-04  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 26/10/2005   
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Meat cattle are raised throughout Western Australia, from the large pastoral areas in the north, through to the south-western corner. At 30 June 2004, the Western Australian meat cattle herd stood at 2.0 million.


MEAT CATTLE, Western Australia, at 30 June
'000
1997(a)
1,787
2001
2,001
2002
1,980
2003
1,815
2004
1,962
(a) At 31 March.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).

At 30 June 2004, most meat cattle in Western Australia were found in the South West, Kimberley and Pilbara Statistical Divisions.
MEAT CATTLE, at 30 June 2004
Statistical Division
'000
Perth
^31.0
South West
^451.5
Lower Great Southern
192.5
Upper Great Southern
*76.3
Midlands
^194.6
South Eastern
^141.9
Central
^194.3
Pilbara
^307.4
Kimberley
372.6
Western Australia
1,962.2
^ data subject to sampling variability between 10% and 25%
* data subject to sampling variability between 25% and 50%
Source: Unpublished ABS data available on request, 2004 Agricultural Survey.



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