| Establishments / Businesses with Sugar, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Area | 6708 | 6717 | 6617 | 6504 | 7033 | 7216 | 7224 | 7329 | 7209 | 7375 | 7273 | 7195 | 7151 | 7075 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Area | 7116 | 7056 | 7554 | 8166 | 8194 | 8054 | 7770 | 7711 | 7513 | 7291 | 6986 | 6747 | 6609 | 6584 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Area | 6450 | 6345 | 6251 | 6188 | 6153 | 6214 | 6122 | 5975 | 5828 | 5542 | 5393 | 5340 | 5203 | 4996 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Area | 4979 | 4916 | 5109 | 5090 | 5065 | 5023 | 5151 | 5210 | 5029 | 4851 | 4747 | 4762 | 4560 | 4563 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Area | 4207 | 3968 | 3758 | 3762 | 3634 | 3487 | 3476 | 3552 | 3461 | 3355 | 3583 | 3626 | 3740 | 3663 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 3190 | 2960 | 2858 | 3785 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS;Definition of an establishment changed in 1974 From 2013 data refers to number of businesses | |||||||||||||