| Area of Oil Seeds, Australia, '000 ha | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Area | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 40 | 41 | 15 | 45 | 44 | 26 | 42 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Area | 51 | 78 | 38 | 58 | 22 | 54 | 48 | 144 | 433 | 374 | 238 | 339 | 235 | 204 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Area | 323 | 358 | 389 | 281 | 274 | 253 | 320 | 462 | 479 | 346 | 348 | 349 | 200 | 302 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Area | 305 | 232 | 392 | 540 | 522 | 622 | 839 | 1538 | 2172 | 1589 | 1447 | 1355 | 1321 | 1464 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Area | 1091 | 1090 | na* | 1799 | 1789 | 2142 | 2535 | 3371 | 2776 | na | 2135 | 2719 | 3212 | 2151 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Area | 2055 | 2660 | 3250 | 4356 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS | Data not collected for 2008, | data for 2022=canola only,excludes other oil seeds | |||||||||||