Australian Agricultural Environments Regional Classification for Land Management Survey

18 Australian Agricultural Environments (AAEs) stratify survey collection and analysis for the Australian Bureau of Statistics Land Management Practices Survey. The regionalisation was developed by ABARES, combining statistical units with agro-ecological regions to differentiate environmental and land use patterns. The dataset was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze land management patterns across the 18 distinct agricultural environment regions.
• Stratify survey sampling and analysis based on combined agro-ecological and statistical unit boundaries.
• Support Common Practices Assessments for the Carbon Farming Initiative using the regional classification framework.
• Map broad environmental and land use characteristics across Australia's agricultural landscapes.

Strengths

• Classification comprises 18 distinct regional environments for stratification.
• Geospatial data provided in multiple formats including Shapefile, GeoJSON, WFS, and WMS.

Limitations

• Underlying information has limitations and may not be current, as noted by the author.
• Specific row counts, sample sizes, and temporal coverage of the source data are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).

Collection Method

Developed by combining ABS statistical units with published agro-ecological regions.

Time Range

Primary reference year is 2012.

Freshness

Metadata indicates a last update in April 2026.

Geography

Australia's agricultural landscapes.