| Area of Oats, Queensland, '000 ha | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Area | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Area | 13 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 9 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Area | 10 | 30 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 24 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Area | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Area | 20 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 24 | 84 | 36 | 47 | 45 | 36 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Area | 50 | 63 | 50 | 105 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||