Broccoli Season
Broccoli in season in Australia. Month-by-month availability by state, peak supply windows, growing regions and varieties.
Is Broccoli in Season in May?
Broccoli is available in Australia year-round, but the southern states peak through winter, July to September. Queensland's subtropical growing regions cover the summer and early autumn gap, while Victoria, NSW and Tasmania carry the heart of the season. Spring is usually the cheapest time to buy. Victoria, the largest producer, hits its high months in August and September.
When is Broccoli Season in Australia?
Broccoli is in season year-round in Australia, with peak supply in winter.
Broccoli is transplanted rather than direct-seeded, taking 9 to 12 weeks from transplant to harvest, with heads hand-cut over a two-to-three-week window. Growers plant fresh seedlings every 7 to 10 days to keep supply continuous. Head quality drops once temperatures push past about 24°C, which is why southern production peaks in winter and Queensland production sits in the cooler months of the subtropical year. F1 hybrid cultivars arrived in the early 1970s and lifted broccoli from a minor crop to a national one. The same brassica family includes broccolini (a broccoli × Chinese kale hybrid), purple sprouting broccoli and Chinese broccoli (gai lan), all with short windows mostly through winter and spring.
Broccoli Availability by Season
Where does Broccoli Come From in Australia?
Victoria leads national production at 46.7% in 2024/25, centred on Gippsland, Robinvale and the Werribee plains. Queensland contributes 27.9% from the Lockyer Valley and Stanthorpe on the Granite Belt, providing counter-season supply. Western Australia accounts for 15.3% around Manjimup and Gingin, with smaller volumes from Tasmania (4.3%), NSW (4.0%, Riverina and Windsor) and South Australia (1.8%, Adelaide Plains). That geographic spread is what keeps Australian fresh broccoli available year-round.
Broccoli Production in Australia
According to Hort Innovation, the Australian broccoli industry produced 78,405 tonnes worth $281 million in 2024/25, up roughly 14% by volume over the previous decade. Around 95% is sold fresh, with the remainder going to frozen mixes, baby food and a small broccoli-powder segment. Fresh imports are zero and exports run at about 3,000 tonnes a year, mostly to Asian markets.