Grape Industry Analysis for Investment and Redevelopment

4.7.1 Grape growing properties in 2014
In 2014, 24% of grape properties were over 20 ha, growing 75% of grape plantings (Figure 9).
Figure 9: Grape growing properties in 2014
Property size 2014 % of total 2014 % of total
(grape area) Properties properties Hectares hectares
1 to 5 ha 322 25% 995 3%
5 to 10 ha 366 29% 2,620 8%
10 to 20 ha 282 22% 4,005 13%
20 to 40 ha 188 15% 5,800 19%
40 to 100 ha 75 6% 5,110 16%
100 to 500 ha 38 3% 8,145 26%
> 500 ha 6 0% 4,410 14%
2014 total 1,277 100% 31,085 100%
31% of properties growing wine grapes also produce table and/or dried grapes (page 38).
43% of properties growing dried grapes also produce wine and/or table grapes (page 50).
25% of properties growing table grapes also produce wine and/or dried grapes (page 64).
4.7.2 Summary of wine, table & dried property numbers and size
Figure 10:
Summary of wine, table and dried grape property numbers and average property size
Property numbers 1997 2003 2006 2009 2014
% of 2014
total
Change
1997-2014
Wine grapes 1,414 1,509 1,362 997 667 44% -747
Table grapes 590 667 614 512 443 30% -147
Dried grapes 1,270 928 767 497 397 26% -873
Total properties* 2,445 2,416 2,208 1,683 1,277 100% -1,168
Average property size
(grape ha)
Properties with wine
grapes
Properties with table
grapes
Properties with dried
grapes
Change 1997-2014
% ha
13.2 17.7 20.8 25.2 32.9 + 150% + 19.7
13.6 17.1 18.3 19.5 23.2 + 71% + 9.6
9.9 11.1 11.6 11.7 13.6 + 38% + 3.7
Average size (grape ha) 11.1 14.7 16.8 19.5 24.3
*Note: Total property numbers across the study area are less than the sum of property numbers for
each of the wine, table and dried grape growers as many growers produce across two or more of the
three markets.
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