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SoE2020: Change in rural land use extent
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Since 1999, the proportion of Queensland that is rural land not settled has increased by 6.9 million hectares (ha) (or 34.26%). Cape York Natural Resource Management (NRM)... -
SoE2020: Horticulture production
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Total Queensland horticulture production increased 10% from 1.07 million tonnes in 2013–14 to 1.18 million tonnes in 2017–18, with a peak in production at 1.21... -
SoE2020: Soil and land resources availability and capability
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
The majority of the Queensland’s land resource (71% or 1,234,099km2) is mainly suitable for grazing. Only 9% (or 157,696km2) is Class A land, suitable for intensive high-... -
SoE2020: Efficiency of the daily commute
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
The efficiency of the daily road network commute is marginally changing. Road network performance is unchanged when taking population growth, traffic and economic development... -
SoE2020: Change in density in residential areas
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Queenslanders are living at higher dwelling densities, including on smaller lots in new urban subdivisions. -
SoE2020: Extent of cropping
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Queensland grew an average of 3.86 million hectares of crops per year for the last 10 years. Crops can be either summer or winter-growing. Every year, the area of winter crops... -
SoE2020: Livestock and meat production
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Total Queensland beef and sheep and lamb numbers decreased by nearly 7% from 2013–14 to 2017–18, whereas pig numbers increased 11% over the same period. The total... -
SoE2020: Percentage of the network with reliable travel times
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
The Queensland public transport sector is performing better than the target benchmarks (agreed service levels), particularly in South East Queensland. Public transport patronage... -
SoE2020: Housing diversity in Queensland
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Detached dwellings dominate Queensland’s housing stock, however building approvals for high-rise (attached 4+ storeys) dwellings accounted for 19% of all approvals from 1... -
SoE2020: Use of bikeways in SEQ
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Overall use of major bikeways in South East Queensland is increasing. -
SoE2020: Change in available soil and land resources
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
In the 20 years from 1999 to 2019, <0.1% (63,411km2) of the State changed land use, with 3.6% (54,775km2) of land capable of agricultural production became unavailable for... -
SoE2020: Change in urban land use extent
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
The extent of urbanisation varies greatly between Natural Resource Management (NRM) regions across Queensland. The most urbanised regions are in the east and south — South... -
SoE2020: Increase in heavy vehicles
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Almost 10 times the number of light commercial vehicles were on-road in Queensland compared with heavy freight vehicles as at 30 June 2019. The number of registered... -
SoE2020: Broadacre agriculture production
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Broadacre agriculture production in Queensland grew 8% from 2013–14 to 2017–18, reaching 35.5 million tonnes in 2017–18, mostly due to increased sugar cane... -
SoE2020: Change in ground cover levels
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Ground cover in grazing lands across Queensland declined in 2019 compared to the long-term mean, broadly reflecting decreased average annual rainfall across the state in recent...
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