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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An estimated 101.2 million hectares or 40% of Western Australia's land area was used for agricultural activity in 2003-04. Around 8% of Western Australia's agricultural land was used for cropping.

LAND USE, Area, Western Australia, at 30 June
1997(a)
'000 ha
2001
'000 ha
2002
'000 ha
2003
'000 ha
2004
'000 ha
Crops(b)
6,950
7,731
7,525
7,556
8,079
Agricultural land(c)
112,482
109,215
108,955
102,728
101,184
Non-agricultural land(d)
140,506
143,773
144,033
150,260
151,804
Total land
252,988
252,988
252,988
252,988
252,988
(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) Non-agricultural land is the difference between agricultural land as reported in the Agricultural Survey and total area of the state or territory. It 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 and mangrove swamps, as well as establishments not included in the scope of the Agricultural Survey/Census.
Note: Agricultural land is generally divided into cropped land, land sown to pastures and grasses and a broad balance comprising grazing land, land lying idle or under fallow, etc.
Source: Agriculture, Australia (cat. no. 7113.0) and Agricultural Commodities, Australia (cat. no. 7121.0).



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