A Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Division-level ANZSIC page with linked subdivisions, groups and classes. Use it to understand the broad family of activity before you drill down to a tighter code.
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Subdivisions in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Start with the subdivision that best matches the business family, then keep narrowing until you reach the class page that carries the final four-digit code.
Subdivisions
What this division covers
ANZSIC division A groups a broad set of related industries under a single top-level heading. The main value here is orientation: it tells you which part of the economy the activity belongs to before you read the tighter subdivision and group pages.
Businesses often use this level when they are comparing multiple activities, checking a report category or trying to understand whether a class page has been chosen from the right industrial family.
Division facts
- Subdivisions
- 5
- Groups
- 15
- Classes
- 49
Class-level snapshots
Example classes inside Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Division pages are still broad, so this section surfaces real class-level definitions from the ABS-derived dataset. Open the subdivision if you want the full list for that branch.
Nursery Production (Under Cover)
This class consists of units mainly engaged in propagating and/or growing plants (or parts of plants) under cover.
Nursery Production (Outdoors)
This class consists of units mainly engaged in propagating and/or growing plants (or parts of plants) outdoors.
Turf Growing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in growing turf for transplanting.
Floriculture Production (Under Cover)
This class consists of units mainly engaged in growing and/or producing floriculture products such as cut flowers or foliage, or flower seeds under cover.
Offshore Longline and Rack Aquaculture
This class consists of units mainly engaged in offshore farming of molluscs and seaweed using longlines (rope) or racks.
Offshore Caged Aquaculture
This class consists of units mainly engaged in offshore farming of finfish using cages.
Onshore Aquaculture
This class consists of units mainly engaged in farming finfish, crustaceans or molluscs in tanks or ponds onshore.
Forestry
This class consists of units mainly engaged in growing standing timber in native or plantation forests, or timber tracts, for commercial benefit.
Logging
This class consists of units mainly engaged in logging native or plantation forests, including felling, cutting and/or roughly hewing logs into products such as railway sleepers or posts.
Rock Lobster and Crab Potting
This class consists of units mainly engaged in catching rock lobsters or crabs from their natural habitats of ocean or coastal waters, using baited pots.
Prawn Fishing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in catching prawns from ocean or coastal waters.
Line Fishing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in line fishing in inshore, mid-depth or surface waters.
Fish Trawling, Seining and Netting
This class consists of units mainly engaged in trawling, seining or netting in mid-depth to deep ocean or coastal waters using a variety of net fishing methods.
Subdivision 05
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Support Services
Showing 4 sample class pages from this subdivision.
Forestry Support Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing support services to forestry.
Cotton Ginning
This class consists of units mainly engaged in ginning cotton.
Shearing Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing shearing services for sheep, goats and other livestock raised mainly for their hair.
Other Agriculture and Fishing Support Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing agricultural and fishing support services not elsewhere classified.
Frequently asked questions
What does ANZSIC division A cover?
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing is the broadest grouping on this page. It gathers related industries into one top-level family before they are split into subdivisions, groups and classes.
When would I use this division page?
Use it when you need orientation rather than the final four-digit code. It is helpful for browsing, cross-checking and understanding where a business area sits in the hierarchy.
How is this different from a class page?
A division page tells you the broad industry family. A class page gives the exact code used in reporting, tax and other operational forms.
How to use this page
If the activity description still looks broad, step down to the subdivision page. If you know the family but not the final code, use the child links here to narrow the match before you confirm on a class page.
This level is also useful when a business runs more than one activity. It gives you the broad industrial context before the coding decision is made further down the hierarchy.
Source and trust
- Official source
- ABS ANZSIC 2006 release
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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