2. Food is Important!
Necessity of life
Planning for food security has not been
high on the agenda of planners or
Governments
Priority has been given to water, housing,
environmental awareness and social issues
Planning for the land that grows the food
has been mostly ignored
Food producing land has not been a high
constraint when expanding urban areas
Need to grow food on the fringe as well as
in the city
3. Australian Food Systems &
Location
Organic & non-organic
Intensive
Perishable vegetables,
lot fed animals (chicken, pork, beef & lamb)
Aquaculture
Extensive
Cereal crops & fodder crops,
Grazing animals
Sea caught fish
Different land, water & nutrient needs
A lot of intensive agriculture is grown
on fringe metro and high growth areas
4.
5.
6. Australia’s Food Production
Inland areas – Murray Darling Basin, South
Australia & Western Australia
Grain, Fibre, Vegetables, Vineyards, Orchards,
etc
Sheep, Cattle, Pigs & some Poultry
Metropolitan Fringe
Perishable Vegetables, Vineyards, Poultry,
specialised niche agriculture
Murray Darling Basin is one of the food
bowls, not the food bowl of Australia
The fringe is a significant food
producing area
7. Perishable Vegetables
State Production Grown on Fringe
0%
20%
40%
% of State Total
60%
ABS Stastical Division
Sydney
80%
71%
Melbourne
78.4%
Brisbane & Coastal Queensland
100.0%
Adelaide
77.7%
Perth
Hobart
100%
44.1%
26.5%
Australia
77.4%
Trend is the same with the 2005-06 & 2010 – 11 Agricultural Census
Darwin & NT are not high in Perishable vegetable production
Source: ABS Agricultural Commodities 2008-09
120%
8.
9.
10. Agriculture on the Fringe
Sydney Fringe
$749.2m
Intensive Plants
6.4% of NSW’s Value of
Production from 0.2% of
land
Melbourne Fringe
$1,195.8m
12.6% of Victoria’s value
of production from 2% of
land
Brisbane Fringe
$1,206.3m
Market Gardening
Hydroponics
Nurseries
Flowers
Turf
Vineyards
Intensive Animals
Poultry
Aquaculture
Niche animals
Extensive Agriculture
13% of Queensland value
Part time grazing
of Production from 1.3%
of land
Queensland, NSW & Victoria have
Source: ABS Agricultural Census 2011
78.7% of Australia’s Population
and growing at 1.6% p.a.
11. Western Sydney Land Use
2003
Commercial
1.8%
Vacant Cleared
4.9%
Extensive
Agriculture
2.9%
Extractive
Industry
Intensive
0.9%
Animals
0.8%
Intensive Plants
6.8%
Public Uses
3.6%
Rural Residential
78.3%
14. Fringe Demography
Initial research for PhD
Looking at Rural Residential
development and its impact
ABS Census 2011
Community Profiles
Urban Areas and LGA Files
Will do it at the SA1 / CD level
16. Hawkesbury and Wollondilly
Vegetables
Vegetables production
Hawkesbury 42.4% of Sydney and 6%
of NSW
Wollondilly 16.4% of Sydney 2.3% of
NSW
Perishable Vegetables
Hawkesbury 42.5% of Sydney and
19.4% of NSW
Wollondilly 16.4% of Sydney 2.3% of
NSW
17. Rural residential Development
Residential use of rural land where
the person does not gain the main
source of income from the
productive capacity of the land
Two types
Rural Fringe
Rural Living
18.
19.
20. Sydney Fringe Demography
LGA
% of
Population
Urban
% of
Population
Rural
Hawkesbury
55.7
44.3
Wollondilly
59.0
41.0
% Urban
Worked
from Home
% Rural
Worked
from Home
LGA
Hawkesbury
2.8
8.0
Wollondilly
3.2
7.7
21. Age Structure
85 years and over
85 years and over
75-84 years
75-84 years
65-74 years
65-74 years
55-64 years
55-64 years
45-54 years
45-54 years
35-44 years
35-44 years
25-34 years
25-34 years
20-24 years
20-24 years
15-19 years
15-19 years
5-14 years
5-14 years
0-4 years
0-4 years
0.0%
5.0%
Urban
10.0%
Rural
Hawkesbury
LGA
15.0%
20.0%
0.0%
5.0%
Urban
Rural
10.0%
Shire
Wollondilly
15.0%
20.0%
24. Industry Sector Wollondilly
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Mining
Manufacturing
Electricity, gas, water & waste services
Construction
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Accommodation & food services
Transport, postal & warehousing
Information media & telecommunications
Financial & insurance services
Rental, hiring & real estate services
Professional, scientific & technical services
Administrative & support services
Public administration & safety
Education & training
Health care & social assistance
Arts & recreation services
Other services
Inadequately described/Not stated
Wollondilly Shire
Urban
Rural
25. Industry Sector Hawkesbury
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Mining
Manufacturing
Electricity, gas, water & waste services
Construction
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Accommodation & food services
Transport, postal & warehousing
Information media & telecommunications
Financial & insurance services
Rental, hiring & real estate services
Professional, scientific & technical services
Administrative & support services
Public administration & safety
Education & training
Health care & social assistance
Arts & recreation services
Other services
Inadequately described/Not stated
Hawkesbury LGA
Urban
Rural
26. Top 5 Industry Sectors
Hawkesbury
Industry Sector
Construction
Manufacturing
Retail trade
Education & training
Health care & social assistance
Rural
14.9%
10.5%
9.9%
8.7%
8.4%
Hawkesbury
Sydney
LGA
10.7%
12.6%
7.1%
11.0%
10.8%
8.5%
10.9%
10.4%
9.8%
7.7%
8.2%
7.6%
9.9%
9.2%
10.9%
Urban
NSW
7.3%
8.4%
10.3%
7.9%
11.6%
Wollondilly
Industry Sector
Construction
Manufacturing
Health care & social assistance
Retail trade
Education & training
Rural
13.4%
11.0%
9.4%
8.6%
8.1%
Urban
11.0%
13.6%
10.3%
10.7%
8.4%
Wollondilly
Sydney
Shire
12.0%
7.1%
12.5%
8.5%
9.9%
10.9%
9.8%
9.8%
8.3%
7.6%
NSW
7.3%
8.4%
11.6%
10.3%
7.9%
27. Rural Land Use Conflict
Noise
Odour
Farm Chemicals
Night Time
Activities
Visual Amenity
Urban Uses
Natural
Environment
Stock Damage
Weed
Infestation
Lack of
Understanding
Communication
28. Contested Landscape
Pollution Laws written to help the
complainant not food and fibre
production
Legal position that all pollution can
and should be kept on the property
Agriculture has smells and noise
that goes beyond the boundary
In rural areas have rural residential
development nearby which causes
contestation in the landscape
29. Conclusion
Rural fringe is a key agricultural
producer particularly vegetables
Rural Residential Development is a
major component of the land use mix
Causing rural land use conflict and
threatening the sustainability of food
production
Need to recognise this and prepare
strategies to address it