Mildura Emerges as Australia’s Richest Farming Region

A supplied image obtained on Monday, June 20, 2022, of Poppy Thannhauser waits for her dad to finish work at a farm near Mildura, Victoria, in March 2022. The image was taken by her mother Aimee, as is one of 12 winners of Rural Aid's Spirit of the Bush photography awards. AAP/Rural Aid/Aimee Thannhauser

Mildura, a regional city in Victoria’s northwest with a population of just under 56,000, has emerged as Australia’s richest farming region, according to figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

According to the ABS, total agriculture production within the Mildura Rural City Council was worth $1.13 billion (US$911 million) in 2020-21, making it the most of any Australian local government area.