Australian Citrus Plantings
There is a project underway to collect the current Australian citrus planting statistics. Refer to the National Plantings Database project page for further information.

Currently, there is a total of 29,780 hectares of citrus plantings nationally.  A large proportion of citrus is bearing fruit (27,931 hectares) and 1,845 hectares is non-bearing.

The key non-bearing varieties include;

• Navels – Navelina (early), Washingtons (mid) and Lanes (late)
• Mandarins – Imperials

Key citrus varieties are Navels, Valencias and Mandarins;

• Navels mainly grown in 3 southern growing regions Murray Valley, Riverina and Riverland
• Valencias mainly grown in Riverina
• Mandarins mainly grown in QLD

Key citrus growing region share of total hectares:

• Riverina                    28%
• Riverland                  24%
• Murray Valley            23%
• QLD                          15%
• Other                        10%

Irrigation systems used vary but main irrigation methods are Drip (22%) and Overhead (16%). Others include;

• Under Canopy            14%
• Under Tree                 13%
• Furrow                       12%
• Low Level                    8%
• Micro Sprinkler             4%
• Other                          5%
• Unknown                     5%

The majority of growers (41%) have total citrus area of between .25 and 5 hectares;

• 3% have less than .25 hectares
• 22% have between 5-10 hectares
• 18% have between 10-20 hectares
• 16% have over 20 hectares

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