Agricultural Data for Australia, Establishments Growing Grain by State. Excludes oil seeds

   1950 to Current Data

From 1950 to 1973 the data is number of holdings growing wheat. Other changes in trends may be due to definitional changes. Main definitional changes have been: from 1950 to 1974 data refers to agricultural holdings, from 1975 the data is enterprises over 1 hectare with one or more agricultural establishments, from 1976 the criteria for inclusion changed to 10 hectares or more and an EVAO of $1,500 or more, from 1987 the EVAO criteria changed to $20,000 or more, from 1994 the EVAO criteria was reduced to $5,000 or more. From 2013 the definition changed to number of agricultural businesses with grain. In this data the previous series "grain" has been merged with the previous series "grain/beef cattle", from 2013 the data includes establishments with: wheat, oats, barley, triticale, sorghum and maize.

NSW Establishments Growing Grain

Number of Establishments/Businesses
growing grain since 1950, 5 year moving average

Number of all Establishments / Businesses since 1950 valign=top  align=

NSW Establishments Growing Grain graph
NSW Establishments Growing Grain data

Return to top of page
Back to Structure
Back to front page

Victoria Establishments Growing Grain

Number of Establishments/Businesses
growing grain since 1950, 5 year moving average

Number of all Establishments / Businesses since 1950 valign=top  align=

Victoria Establishments Growing Grain graph
Victoria Establishments Growing Grain data

Return to top of page
Back to Structure
Back to front page

Data for 1950 to 1973 is holdings growing wheat. Data for some years up to 1973 may be an underestimate since there could be more holdings growing other grains such as summer crops.

Queensland Establishments Growing Grain

Number of Establishments/Businesses
growing grain since 1950, 5 year moving average

Number of all Establishments / Businesses since 1950 valign=top  align=

Queensland Establishments Growing Grain graph
Queensland Establishments Growing Grain data

Return to top of page
Back to Structure
Back to front page

South Australia Establishments Growing Grain

Number of Establishments/Businesses
growing grain since 1950, 5 year moving average

Number of all Establishments / Businesses since 1950 valign=top  align=

South Australia Establishments Growing Grain graph
South Australia Establishments Growing Grain data

Return to top of page
Back to Structure
Back to front page

Western Australia Establishments Growing Grain

Number of Establishments/Businesses
growing grain since 1950, 5 year moving average

Number of all Establishments / Businesses since 1950 valign=top  align=

Western Australia Establishments Growing Grain graph
Western Australia Establishments Growing Grain data

Return to top of page
Back to Structure
Back to front page

Tasmania Establishments Growing Grain

Number of Establishments/Businesses
growing grain since 1950, 5 year moving average

Number of all Establishments / Businesses since 1950 valign=top  align=

Tasmania Establishments Growing Grain graph
Tasmania Establishments Growing Grain data

Return to top of page
Back to Structure
Back to front page

Northern Territory Establishments Growing Grain

Number of Establishments/Businesses
growing grain since 1950, 5 year moving average

Number of all Establishments / Businesses since 1950 valign=top  align=

Northern Territory Establishments Growing Grain graph
Northern Territory Establishments Growing Grain data

Return to top of page
Back to Structure
Back to front page


AgEc Data
Last Updated 22 November 2023
Site prepared by Bob Cason (rgcason@webone.com.au)Email for more information