| Sheep, Lambs, Production, No Slaughtered, Australia, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 21592 | 22326 | 17932 | 13948 | 15980 | 16058 | 15287 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 15334 | 14811 | 16485 | 16720 | 16280 | 16876 | 16914 | 17477 | 19108 | 17708 | 17239 | 16461 | 16806 | 16348 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 15767 | 15435 | 15040 | 15090 | 14223 | 14837 | 14954 | 16079 | 17557 | 18629 | 17400 | 16870 | 16562 | 17331 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 18666 | 20158 | 20899 | 20394.6 | 19478 | 17880 | 18879 | 21122 | 21899 | 22867 | 23131 | 22344 | 23433 | 22085 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 20270 | 20747 | 20866 | 22733 | 27146 | |||||||||
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||
| * From 1950 to 1970; lambs included in Sheep slaughtered | ||||||||||||||