| Establishments with Sheep & Beef, South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Area | 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 |
| Area | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 1,772 | 1,342 | 1,319 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Area | 1,336 | 1,252 | 1,030 | 1,018 | 1,029 | 1,144 | 981 | 916 | 789 | 703 | 717 | 735 | 818 | 891 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Area | 969 | 987 | 1,162 | 1,108 | 1,084 | 956 | 898 | 742 | 939 | 836 | 795 | 859 | 910 | 926 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Area | 815 | 774 | 816 | 680 | 590 | 714 | 703 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS | |||||||||||||