Estimated Value of Agricultural Operations (EVAO), 1996-1997

Median farm income data for Australian Statistical Local Areas (SLAs) for the 1996-1997 period. The dataset includes the median Estimated Value of Agricultural Operations (EVAO) for all farm establishments with an EVAO greater than $5,000, along with hectares of agricultural land per SLA. It was published by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences under the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry.

Use Cases

• Map regional agricultural economic activity based on median farm EVAO values.
• Analyze the relationship between agricultural land area and farm income based on the Ag_land_ha attribute.
• Identify metropolitan and non-reporting areas based on the -99999 and -88888 placeholder values.

Strengths

• Provides a specific geographic unit of analysis: Australian Statistical Local Area (SLA).
• Includes a defined temporal coverage for the 1996-1997 period.
• Explicitly states a data threshold, including only farms with an EVAO greater than $5,000.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au, being over 25 years old.

Provenance

Source

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

Time Range

1996-1997

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 20:54:50.122278; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Statistical Local Area (SLA)