Datasheet Agriculture
Schwaz
Schwaz (Image: Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck)
Schwaz <> Bolzano/ Bozen
AGRICULTURE
Farms (2000)
Number of farms 88 493
Holdings maintaining organic farming 6 5
Cattle farms 73.9% 3.4% 65 17
Number of cattle per holder 16.7 9.3
Utilised agricultural area per farm (ha) (Chart) 9.3 9.4
 
Socio-economic structure (2000) Chart
Full-time farms 34.1% 62.3% 30 307
Part-time farms 63.6% 34.7% 56 171
Other farms 2.3% 3.0% 2 15
 
Labour force (2000) Chart
Total labour force 215 2698
Family labour 94.4% 66.6% 203 1798
Non-family labour 5.6% 33.4% 12 900
 
Use of farm land (2000) Chart
Utilised agricultural area (ha) 725 3464
Vinyards (ha) 0.0% 14.5% 0 503
Orchards (ha) 0.4% 26.6% 3 923
Arable land (ha) 14.9% 1.3% 108 44
Meadows and pastures (ha) 84.3% 57.1% 611 1979
 
Lifestock numbers (2000) Chart
Total livestock in livestock units (LSU) 1072 152
as percentage of total livestock and number of animals
Cattle 80.4% 90.0% 1086 158
Horses 3.5% 1.3% 37 2
Pigs 9.0% 5.7% 320 29
Sheep and goat 6.5% 1.7% 464 17
Poultry 0.8% 1.3% 2054 503
 
Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.