Australian Farm Drought Risk by Household Income, 2020-2021

2020-2021 data from the ABARES research report 'Measuring drought risk: The exposure and sensitivity of Australian farms to drought'. The dataset shows the percentage change in farms with household income over $50,000 between normal and drought years across Australian agricultural regions. It was created by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences and updated in 2021.

Use Cases

• Modeling farm financial resilience based on drought risk percentage change.
• Mapping regional economic sensitivity to drought based on household income thresholds.
• Analyzing the correlation between drought events and high-income farm proportions.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the ABARES farmpredict model and an official 2020 research report.
• Variables are clearly defined with a specific income threshold ($50,000) and risk metric.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and ESRI Shapefile.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the ABARES survey regions.

Provenance

Source

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)

Collection Method

Calculated from the ABARES farmpredict model and the Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industry Survey (AAGIS).

Time Range

2020-2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-26 17:50:26.304260; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia (ABARES AAGIS regions)