| Area of Wheat, Australia, '000 ha | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Area | 4953 | 4720 | 4202 | 4131 | 4351 | 4319 | 4114 | 3186 | 3581 | 4208 | 4926 | 5438 | 5958 | 6665 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Area | 6667 | 7251 | 7088 | 8427 | 9081 | 10845 | 9486 | 6478 | 7138 | 7604 | 8948 | 8308 | 8555 | 8943 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Area | 9955 | 10249 | 11153 | 11283 | 11885 | 11520 | 12931 | 12078 | 11736 | 11135 | 9005 | 8827 | 9004 | 9218 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Area | 7183 | 8275 | 8383 | 7891 | 9221 | 10936 | 10441 | 11543 | 12168 | 12141 | 11529 | 11170 | 13067 | 13399 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Area | 12443 | 11798 | 12578 | 13530 | 14028 | 13502 | 13902 | 12773 | 12613 | 12155 | 11282 | 12191 | 10919 | 10402 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Area | 9863 | 12643 | 12728 | 12925 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||