| Area of Barley,NSW, '000 ha | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Area | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 28 | 43 | 48 | 76 | 81 | 89 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Area | 85 | 97 | 96 | 156 | 149 | 197 | 219 | 301 | 374 | 336 | 385 | 326 | 486 | 417 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Area | 486 | 467 | 444 | 455 | 540 | 387 | 554 | 605 | 546 | 408 | 465 | 413 | 413 | 463 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Area | 517 | 560 | 623 | 410 | 593 | 668 | 701 | 638 | 476 | 615 | 665 | 636 | 951 | 1023 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Area | 1068 | 902 | 1049 | 977 | 972 | 878 | 673 | 616 | 708 | 860 | 966 | 1056 | 763 | 668 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Area | 885 | 1371 | 1159 | 812 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||