| Area of Oats, South Australia, '000 ha | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Area | 106 | 110 | 157 | 149 | 113 | 138 | 172 | 173 | 173 | 195 | 204 | 207 | 131 | 168 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Area | 203 | 180 | 184 | 204 | 212 | 209 | 151 | 195 | 169 | 142 | 152 | 135 | 119 | 117 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Area | 130 | 171 | 129 | 106 | 127 | 124 | 153 | 128 | 107 | 113 | 132 | 156 | 172 | 135 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Area | 129 | 123 | 101 | 95 | 120 | 121 | 111 | 112 | 70 | 75 | 108 | 88 | 89 | 76 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Area | 75 | 106 | 142 | 100 | 99 | 67 | 55 | 60 | 55 | 56 | 65 | 86 | 57 | 115 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Area | 92 | 100 | 79 | 43 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||