| Number of Cattle, Western Australia, mil | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 0.865 | 0.841 | 0.852 | 0.846 | 0.83 | 0.861 | 0.897 | 0.957 | 0.997 | 1 | 1.03 | 1.1 | 1.218 | 1.298 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 1.299 | 1.257 | 1.271 | 1.357 | 1.427 | 1.546 | 1.681 | 1.781 | 1.974 | 2.183 | 2.33 | 2.544 | 2.654 | 2.464 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 2.271 | 2.092 | 2.065 | 2.033 | 1.942 | 1.754 | 1.73 | 1.673 | 1.69 | 1.656 | 1.705 | 1.702 | 1.672 | 1.566 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 1.649 | 1.648 | 1.806 | 1.899 | 1.924 | 2.015 | 1.973 | 1.931 | 2.165 | 2.128 | 2.104 | 1.945 | 2.095 | 2.127 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 2.44 | 2.44 | 2.11 | 2.32 | 2.32 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.06 | 2.11 | 2.37 | 2.00 | 2.13 | 2.02 | 2.24 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 2.29 | 2.39 | 2.26 | 2.35 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||