| Area of Wheat, South Australia, '000 ha | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Area | 767 | 748 | 653 | 625 | 618 | 684 | 651 | 582 | 539 | 570 | 627 | 797 | 902 | 1050 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Area | 1134 | 1104 | 1111 | 1198 | 1159 | 1517 | 1299 | 802 | 1069 | 986 | 1432 | 1220 | 958 | 839 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Area | 1090 | 1295 | 1424 | 1445 | 1427 | 1398 | 1564 | 1378 | 1443 | 1616 | 1556 | 1520 | 1557 | 1448 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Area | 1297 | 1419 | 1216 | 1395 | 1519 | 1535 | 1435 | 1762 | 1850 | 1976 | 1987 | 1957 | 1960 | 1979 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Area | 2035 | 2173 | 2121 | 2104 | 2148 | 2341 | 2249 | 2096 | 1927 | 1886 | 1770 | 2178 | 1976 | 1821 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Area | 1721 | 1831 | 2008 | 2115 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||