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CENTRAL COAST
REGIONAL SNAPSHOT
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Sustainable Communities and Population Growth
VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 2010-11
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Livestock slaughterings
Eggs
Milk
Wool
Nuts
Other Fruit
Grapes (wine and table)
Citrus Fruit
Vegetables
Crops for hay
Nurseries & cut flowers
Broadacre crops
Millions
Agriculture
In 2010/11, the total value of agricultural output in Central Coast
NSW was $157m, which increased from $127m in 2005/06. The
largest commodity produced was Livestock slaughtering, which
accounted for 69.0% of Central Coast NSW’s total agricultural
output in value terms.
The Agriculture sector on the Central Coast is highly
specialised with the 91% of the regional value add in two
industry sectors: livestock slaughtering, primarily poultry, and
nurseries and cut flower.
In value terms the Central Coast provides $107m or 16% of the
poultry livestock slaughtering in NSW and $34.5m or 11% of the
nurseries and cut flower industry sector in NSW.
PERCENTAGE OF VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BY INDUSTRY SECTOR
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Grapes (wine and table)
Cereal crops
Nuts
Broadacre crops
Crops for hay
Milk
Wool
Eggs
Other Fruit
Citrus Fruit
Vegetables
Nurseries & cut flowers
Livestock slaughterings
NSW
Central Coast
SOURCE:
NIEIR (ABS 2011)
SOURCE:
NIEIR (ABS 2011)