Australian Farm Family Income by Statistical Division, 1996-1999 Average

1996-1997 to 1998-1999 average annual family income for owner-managed broadacre and dairy farms in Australia. The dataset reports income, relative standard error, and agricultural land area at the Statistical Division level. It was collected by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences via annual farm surveys and farm account data.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional disparities in average annual farm family income (Faminc) across Statistical Divisions (Sd name).
• Assess the reliability of income estimates by incorporating the relative standard error (RSE) column into statistical models.
• Model the relationship between agricultural land area (Ag_land_ha) and average family income (Faminc) for broadacre and dairy farms.
• Filter and visualize data for non-metropolitan areas by handling special codes (-99999, -88888) in the Ag_land_ha column.

Strengths

• Data represents a three-year average (1996-1997 to 1998-1999), reducing single-year volatility.
• Includes a measure of estimate reliability via the relative standard error (RSE) column.
• Provides geospatial context with data reported at the Statistical Division (SD) level for Australia.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to a late-1990s three-year period, making the data historical.
• Special value codes (-99999, -88888) in Ag_land_ha indicate missing data for metropolitan and other areas.
• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.

Provenance

Source

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry.

Collection Method

Collected via annual farm survey interviews of owner-managers, supplemented by farm account information.

Time Range

1996-1997 to 1998-1999 (three-year average).

Freshness

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Geography

Australia, at the Statistical Division (SD) level.