Grape Industry Analysis for Investment and Redevelopment

Number of properties
4.7 Change in property numbers and size 1997 to 2014
Figure 8 provides estimates of property numbers and average property size (grapevine area)
across the Murray Valley study area from 1997 to 2014.
The study area has approximately 1,277 properties growing grapevines for wine, dried and/or table
grape production. Average property size (grapevine area) is 24.3 hectares.
The average property size (grapevine area) more than doubled; from 11.1 hectares in 1997 to 24.3
hectares in 2014.
There were 1,168 fewer grape growing properties in 2014 than in 1997; a 48% decline in property
numbers.
The number of properties below 20 hectares decreased by 1,245 properties, while the number of
properties over 20 hectares increased by 77.
Figure 8: Change in the number and size of grape growing properties 1997 to 2014
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2,000
1,500
1,000
500
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Property size
(grapevine area)
1997 2003 2006 2009 2014
640
629
887 792
688 667 626 498
1997 2003 2006 2009 2014
% of 2014
total
Change
1997-2014
1 to 5 ha 688 667 626 498 322 25% -366
5 to 10 ha 887 792 705 510 366 29% -521
10 to 20 ha 640 629 551 379 282 22% -358
20 to 40 ha 182 229 214 186 188 15% +6
40 to 100 ha 38 59 65 62 75 6% +37
100 to 500 ha 10 39 42 42 38 3% +28
> 500 ha 1 5 6 6 0% +6
Total properties 2,445 2,416 2,208 1,683 1,277 100% -1,168
Average size (ha) 11.1 14.7 16.8 19.5 24.3
551
705
379
510
282
366
322
> 500 ha
100 to 500 ha
50 to 100 ha
20 to 50 ha
10 to 20 ha
5 to 10 ha
1 to 5 ha
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