Grape Industry Analysis for Investment and Redevelopment

Number of properties
7.8 Table grape property numbers and size 1997 to 2014
Figure 55 provides an estimate of the number of table grape growers and their average property
size. Property size is the total hectares of grapevines, including dried and wine grape plantings.
Figure 55: Change in property numbers and size for table grape growers from 1997 to 2014
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Property size
(table grape area)
1997 2003 2006 2009 2014
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205
205
94
210
227 204
94 111 118 111 86
1997 2003 2006 2009 2014
% of 2014
total
Change
1997-2014
1 to 5 ha 94 111 118 111 86 19% -8
5 to 10 ha 205 227 204 151 103 23% -102
10 to 20 ha 205 210 174 146 120 27% -85
20 to 40 ha 75 94 86 69 94 21% +19
40 to 100 ha 8 12 18 20 28 6% +20
100 to 500 ha 3 13 13 14 10 2% +9
Total properties 590 667 615 513 443 100% -147
Average size (ha) 13.6 17.1 18.3 19.6 23.2
86
174
69
146
151
94
120
103
100 to 500 ha
50 to 100 ha
20 to 50 ha
10 to 20 ha
5 to 10 ha
1 to 5 ha
110 of the 443 table grape properties also produced wine and/or dried grapes in 2014.
Production across the 10,275 hectares of grapevines comprised 220 hectares dried, 1,300
hectares wine grapes and 8,755 hectares table grapes.
30% of table grape properties are over 20 hectares and grow 73% of grape plantings (Figure 56).
Figure 56: Table grape properties in 2014
Property size 2014 % of total 2014 % of total
(grape area) Properties properties Hectares hectares
1 to 5 ha 86 19% 240 2%
5 to 10 ha 103 23% 775 8%
10 to 20 ha 120 27% 1,725 17%
20 to 40 ha 94 21% 2,935 29%
40 to 100 ha 28 6% 1,925 19%
100 to 500 ha 12 3% 2,675 26%
2014 total 443 100% 10,275 100%
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