| Number of Milk Cattle, Victoria, '000 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 1525 | 1489 | 1439 | 1477 | 1541 | 1600 | 1663 | 1720 | 1724 | 1653 | 1678 | 1717 | 1824 | 1858 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 1866 | 1888 | 1906 | 1953 | 1949 | 1947 | 1960 | 1962 | 1937 | 1982 | 1930 | 1959 | 1862 | 1681 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 1609 | 1516 | 1527 | 1537 | 1530 | 1478 | 1534 | 1559 | 1533 | 1464 | 1436 | 1438 | 1445 | 1423 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 1422 | 1463 | 1585 | 1622 | 1682 | 1784 | 1836 | 1945 | 1893 | 1971 | 1949 | 1896 | 1890 | 1969 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 1749 | 1675 | 1566 | 1619 | 1589 | 1604 | 1752 | 1825 | 1790 | 1828 | 1665 | 1629 | 1629 | 1497 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 1469 | 1447 | 1290 | 1228 | 825 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||
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