Table 2. Comparing newer (Wimmera region: n = 55–73; Corangamite region: n = 83–91) and longer term (Wimmera region: n = 311–404; Corangamite region: n = 311–404) landholders: social and farming variables.(n denotes the number of respondents. Each item had a different number of respondents owing to missing values; these are indicated by the ranges in n.)



	Wimmera natural resource management region			Corangamite natural resource management region

Social and farming variables	New	Longer term	P value	New	Longer term	P value

Median property size	145 ha	722 ha	< 0.001	41 ha	140 ha	< 0.001
Farmer by occupation	35%	73%	< 0.001	23%	61%	< 0.001
Mean hours worked on property/week	29 hrs	42 hrs	< 0.001	27 hrs	40 hrs	< 0.001
Mean days worked off-property/year	101 days	58 days	0.006	155 days	67 days	< 0.001
Returned a net on-property profit	17%	38%	0.002	35%	68%	< 0.001
Property is principal place of residence	58%	82%	< 0.001	61%	81%	< 0.001
Member of Landcare	17%	43%	< 0.001	24%	37%	0.027
Member of a commodity group	8%	27%	0.004	13%	20%	0.173
Intend to pass the property on in the family	49%	61%	0.097	36%	53%	0.01