Australian Farmer Population by Statistical Local Area, 1996

1996 data from the Australian Population and Housing Census provides the farmer population for each Statistical Local Area (SLA). The dataset includes SLA codes, names, and farmer population counts, created by the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry. It is available in geospatial formats like GeoJSON and SHP.

Use Cases

• Mapping farmer population density based on the geospatial SLA boundaries.
• Analyzing regional agricultural workforce distribution based on the farmer population attribute.
• Correlating farmer demographics with other census data based on the SLA_code identifier.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative 1996 Australian Population and Housing Census.
• Includes a unique identifier (SLA_code) and name for each Statistical Local Area.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GeoJSON, SHP, WFS, WMS).

Limitations

• Data is from 1996 and may not reflect current agricultural demographics.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

Collection Method

Reported in the 1996 Population and Housing Census.

Time Range

1996

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 14:51:53.711079; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Statistical Local Area (SLA)