AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY STATISTICS

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Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, Jun 2007 to Jun 2009
Experimental Estimates of the Gross Value of Irrigated Agricultural Production, 2000-01 - 2008-09
Information Paper: Changes to the Motor Vehicle Census date, 31 Mar 2010
Information Paper: Changes to the Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, 12 months ended Oct 2010
Principal Agricultural Commodities, Australia, Preliminary, 2009-10
Research and Experimental Development, All Sector Summary, Australia, 2008-09
Vineyards Estimates, Australia, 2009-10


Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, Jun 2007 to Jun 2009 (cat. no. 8165.0) – released 21/10/10

Data available at the following geographic levels: National; State/Territory; Statistical Local Area

This publication presents business counts, including data measuring levels and rates of business entries to and exits from the Australian economy, and business survival. Detailed counts are presented by industry, main state and territory, type of legal organisation, institutional sector, employment size ranges and annual turnover size ranges.

In June 2009, Australia had more than 2 million businesses. The highest proportion of Australian businesses were in the construction industry (17%), followed by professional, scientific and technical services (11%). Rental, hiring and real estate services accounted for 10% of all Australian businesses.

At June 2009, the proportion of businesses by state (as defined by the main state of operation) was broadly aligned with the proportion of Australia's population by State. New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia were the only states which contained a higher proportion of businesses than people.

To find out more, including information about institutional sector, employment size ranges, and type of legal organisation, please visit the publication.


Experimental Estimates of the Gross Value of Irrigated Agricultural Production, 2000-01 – 2008-09 (cat. no. 4610.0.55.008) – released 29/11/10

Data available at the following geographic levels: National; State/Territory; Natural Resource Management Region

Gross Value of Irrigated Agricultural Production (GVIAP) estimates have been a core component of the ABS Water Account Australia (cat. no. 4610.0) which is produced every four years. Growing demand from policy-makers and other users has led to increasing pressure on the ABS to produce more accurate and frequent estimates of GVIAP at a sub-state geographic level. This product presents the ABS response to these information needs.

In 2008–09, irrigated agricultural land comprised less than 0.5% of all agricultural land in Australia. The gross value of production from irrigation was $11,953 million, which represented 28.6% of the total gross value of agricultural production. The gross value of production from irrigation was only slightly down from 2007–08, when GVIAP was $12,311 million and represented 28.5% of the total gross value of agricultural production.

The states which contributed the most to the value of irrigated production during 2008–09 were Victoria, $3,266 million (27% of Australia's total GVIAP), and Queensland $3,255 million (also 27% of the Australian total).

The Natural Resource Management (NRM) region producing the most GVIAP in 2008–09 was Goulburn-Broken, in the Murray-Darling Basin in central Victoria. The GVIAP for this region was $810 million, a decrease of 22% from 2007–08. The NRM with the next highest GVIAP in 2008–09 was South Australia Murray-Darling Basin ($756 million, down 16% from 2007–08).

To find out more, including information about commodity groups, and volume of water used for irrigation, please visit the publication.

Information Paper: Changes to the Motor Vehicle Census date, 31 Mar 2010 (cat. no. 9309.0.55.002) – released 02/11/10

This information paper describes the changes to the date for the Motor Vehicle Census. The Motor Vehicle Census utilises data from motor vehicle registration authorities within Australia for vehicles registered at a point in time.

With the change of reference period for the Survey of Motor Vehicle Use (see Information Paper: Changes to the Survey of Motor Vehicle Use (cat. no. 9208.0.55.006) for further information), the date for the Motor Vehicle Census, Australia (cat. no. 9309.0) will also change; from 31 March to 31 January.

The next census date will be brought forward to 31 January 2011 and the output for this census date will be released in September 2011.

To find out more, including a summary of time line changes, please visit the publication.


Information Paper: Changes to the Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, 12 months ended 31 Oct 2010 (cat. no. 9208.0.55.006) – released 02/11/10

This information paper describes changes to the Survey of Motor Vehicle Use from the October 2007 reference period onwards. The Survey of Motor Vehicle Use is a sample survey conducted by the ABS to provide statistics on passenger vehicle, motor cycle, truck and bus use, for characteristics such as distance travelled, tonne-kilometres and fuel consumption. The survey includes all vehicles that were registered with a motor vehicle authority for road use at some stage during the 12 month reference period.

The survey will now be conducted biennially (every two years). In order to improve relevance to users, the time period covered by the survey will be changed from the 12 month period ending 31 October and will now cover the 12 month period ending 30 June, aligning the period to a financial year.

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Principal Agricultural Commodities, Australia, Preliminary, 2009-10 (cat. no. 7111.0) – released 11/11/10

Data available at the following geographic levels: National; State/Territory

This publication contains preliminary estimates of principal agricultural commodities and livestock numbers for 2009-10, presented for states/territories and Australia. National comparative data for the previous two years are also available. Additional state/territory and national data for wheat grain storage and use and grain storage capacity are available for download with this publication.

Production of barley for grain in 2009-10 fell by 1% to 7.9 million tonnes. The majority of production was in Western Australia (2.6 million tonnes), South Australia (2.1 million tonnes) and Victoria (1.9 million tonnes).

Total production of oats for grain in 2009-10 rose by 2% to 1.2 million tonnes, despite drought conditions impacting on yields in New South Wales. In Western Australia, production was 506,000 tonnes, in Victoria 297,000 tonnes and in New South Wales 219,000 tonnes.

To find out more, including information about other crops and livestock, please visit the publication.
Research and Experimental Development, All Sector Summary, Australia, 2008-09 (cat. no. 8112.0) – released 11/10/10

Data available at the following geographic levels: National; State/Territory

This release presents summary statistics on Research and Experimental Development (R&D) undertaken by Australian organisations within the Business, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit sectors for the 2008-09 reference period.

Gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) and Gross human resources devoted to R&D represent the total expenditure and human resources devoted to R&D by the Business, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit sectors. In 2008-09, Australian GERD was $27.7 billion, an increase of $6.0 billion (or 27%) since 2006-07.

New South Wales and Victoria accounted for over half (55%) of GERD in 2008-09, at $8.3 billion and $7.1 billion, respectively.

To find out more, including information about GERD and gross domestic product, sector, industry, type of expenditure, and source of funds, please visit the publication.


Vineyards Estimates, Australia, 2009-10 (cat. no. 1329.0.55.002) – released 13/10/10

Data available at the following geographic levels: National; State/Territory; Geographical Indication Zone

This publication presents estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 2010 Vineyards collection. Included are statistics on the area and production of wine grapes and summary information by wine grape variety. The publication presents data for Australia and states and territories, with sub-state data based on Geographical Indication (GI) Zones provided in an attached data cube.

Total wine grape production in 2010 was 1.5 million tonnes, a decrease from 1.7 million tonnes the previous year. South Australia remained the largest producing state with 731 thousand tonnes. New South Wales was the next largest producing state with 443 thousand tonnes, followed by Victoria with 284 thousand tonnes.

To find out more, including information about area of vines and grape production, please visit the publication.

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