| Number of Milk Cattle, NSW, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 1273 | 1246 | 1204 | 1247 | 1242 | 1268 | 1341 | 1334 | 1308 | 1282 | 1278 | 1281 | 1272 | 1267 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 1227 | 1183 | 1116 | 1071 | 1036 | 973 | 911 | 839 | 787 | 751 | 627 | 583 | 629 | 584 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 541 | 501 | 486 | 462 | 456 | 472 | 465 | 450 | 439 | 424 | 419 | 405 | 380 | 338 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 338 | 341 | 364 | 370 | 371 | 393 | 429 | 440 | 440 | 428 | 428 | 398 | 400 | 399 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 340 | 328 | 317 | 323 | 348 | 326 | 341 | 365 | 338 | 313 | 323 | 295 | 295 | 263 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 254 | 283 | 292 | 268 | 153 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||
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