Australia: grain and cereal mean daily grams per capita by food subgroup 2021

In the 2021 financial year, it was estimated that Australians consumed on average 81.4 grams of grains per day, which was the highest amongst grain and cereal foods. That year, it was estimated that Australians consumed a total of 198.6 grams of grain and cereal foods on average per day.

Estimated average daily intake of grains and cereal per capita in Australia in financial year 2021, by food subgroup (in grams)

Characteristic	Average daily intake per capita in grams
Breads	65.2
Grains	81.4
Oats	22
Breakfast cereal flakes	11.1
Flour	18.9

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

FY 2021

Supplementary notes

Data represents the apparent consumption of food based on the amount of food purchased from sales data. Actual consumption is not measured as the data does not account for food purchases from fast food outlets, cafes and restaurants, or foods not consumed due to waste or storage.

Food groups are defined by the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG).

Daily per capita estimates are derived by dividing the annual total by the number of days in the reference year and dividing by the Estimated Resident Population (ERP). Data representing each financial year uses the ERP for December. For example, the 2020-21 estimates use ERP for December 2020. No adjustments have been made to the ERP for foods and non-alcoholic beverages that are typically consumed by selected age groups only, such as baby food.

Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.

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