9309.0 motor vehicle census, australia (31 mar 2009)...western australia had the highest rate of all...

26Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Technical Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Explanatory Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N

17Motor vehicles on register, type of vehicle, state/territory9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Y E A R O F M A N U F A C T U R E

16Articulated trucks on register, gross combination mass, state/territory8 . . . . .15Rigid trucks on register, gross vehicle mass, state/territory7 . . . . . . . . . . . .14Passenger vehicles on register, top thirty makes6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Motor vehicles on register, type of fuel, state/territory5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Motor vehicles on register, type of fuel, type of vehicle4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Estimated average age of motor vehicles, type of vehicle, state/territory3 . . . .10

Motor vehicles on register per 1,000 resident population, type of vehicle,state/territory

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9Motor vehicles on register, type of vehicle, state/territory1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H I S T O R I C A L C O M P A R I S O N S - C E N S U S Y E A R S

L I S T O F T A B L E S

3Summary of findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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C O N T E N T S

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MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS A U S T R A L I A

9309.03 1 M A R C H 2 0 0 9

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I N Q U I R I E S

w w w . a b s . g o v . a u

Tables 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 now include data for the previous year as well as data for the

current year and data from five years ago.

CH A N G E S IN TH I S I S S U E

This publication presents statistics relating to vehicles which were registered at

31 March 2009 with a motor vehicle registration authority. Motor vehicle registration

statistics are compiled from data made available by various state and territory motor

vehicle registration authorities and reflect the information as recorded in registration

documents.

Estimates of the size and composition of the vehicle fleet were first published in 1921.

However, it is only since 1971 that a Motor Vehicle Census (MVC) has been conducted

on a more regular basis. The MVC has not been conducted in each and every year since

1971 and the census dates have varied over those years. Therefore, care should be taken

when attempting to compare movements over the years.

Statistics are provided on vehicle types comprising passenger vehicles, campervans, light

commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and motorcycles. Vehicle characteristic information

includes make of vehicle, year of manufacture, type of fuel that the vehicle was

registered as using, and Gross Vehicle Mass or Gross Combination Mass for trucks. The

size of the motor vehicle fleet is also compared with the estimated resident population.

AB O U T TH I S PU B L I C A T I O N

This publication (first released on 17 November 2009) has been reissued to correct 2008

year data in Tables 2 and 5. Other data in these two tables and all other tables have not

changed.

NO T E

Western AustraliaWA

vehicle identification numberVIN

VictoriaVic.

TasmaniaTas.

South AustraliaSA

QueenslandQld

Northern TerritoryNT

New South WalesNSW

new motor vehicle salesNMVS

Motor Vehicle CensusMVC

liquefied petroleum gasLPG

gross vehicle massGVM

gross combination massGCM

estimated resident populationERP

AustraliaAust.

Australian Capital TerritoryACT

Australian Bureau of StatisticsABSAB B R E V I A T I O N S

B r i a n P i n k

Au s t r a l i a n S t a t i s t i c i a n

2 A B S • M O T O R V E H I C L E C E N S U S • 9 3 0 9 . 0 • 3 1 M A R 2 0 0 9

N O T E S

New South Wales had the largest share of the Australian fleet at 31 March 2009 with

4.6 million vehicles or 29.1% of all registered vehicles. Victoria had the second largest

share with 4.0 million (25.6%) and Queensland had 3.3 million vehicles (20.9%). The

Northern Territory had the smallest share with 0.1 million (0.8%) registered vehicles.

ST A T E S AN D TE R R I T O R I E S

Passenger vehicles

Camper-vans

Light commercial

vehicles

Rigid trucks

Articu-lated trucks

Non-freight carryng trucks

Buses Motor- cycles

%

0

12

24

36

48

60

TYPE OF VEHICLE, Percen t change —Between census years 2004 and2009

In the 5 years between 31 March 2004 and 31 March 2009, the passenger vehicle fleet has

grown 13.1% from 10.6 million to 12.0 million. Motor cycles and articulated trucks were

the vehicle types showing the largest growth over this time with increases of 57.5% and

22.5% respectively. Light commercial vehicles rose by 21.4%, buses rose by 18.4% and

rigid trucks by 17.9%. Non-freight carrying trucks and passenger vehicles had the

smallest growth over the same period, with increases of 13.2% and 13.1% respectively.

(a) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

3.02.515.815 674 43615 296 54213 533 071Total motor vehicles

9.510.057.5624 090567 569396 309Motor cycles3.44.818.484 41380 58171 314Buses2.52.313.222 29921 80819 697Non-freight carrying trucks4.12.622.581 21779 13266 300Articulated trucks3.42.617.9421 702410 910357 617Rigid trucks4.03.621.42 371 0822 288 2161 952 486Light commercial vehicles3.13.916.546 53544 79039 947Campervans2.51.913.112 023 09811 803 53610 629 401Passenger vehicles

%%%no.no.no.

Average

annual

growth

04/09

Change

08/09

Change

04/09200920082004

TYPE OF VEHICLE, Census years 2004, 2008 and 2009(a)

There were 15.7 million motor vehicles, including motor cycles, registered in Australia at

31 March 2009. This is 2.5% higher than the number of registrations from the 31 March

2008 Motor Vehicle Census (MVC), and an increase of 15.8% since the 2004 MVC

snapshot, when there were 13.5 million vehicles registered in Australia. The average

annual growth over this five year period was 3.0%.

TO T A L NU M B E R OF

VE H I C L E S ON RE G I S T E R

A B S • M O T O R V E H I C L E C E N S U S • 9 3 0 9 . 0 • 3 1 M A R 2 0 0 9 3

S U M M A R Y O F F I N D I N G S

There were 720 motor vehicles per 1,000 resident population in Australia at 31 March

2009. This compares with 674 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the end of March 2004, an

increase of 46 vehicles per 1,000 residents over this time.

VE H I C L E S AN D RE S I D E N T

PO P U L A T I O N

NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT Aust.

%

0

6

12

18

24

MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRAT IONS, Percen t change —Between censusyears 2004 and 2009

From 31 March 2004 to 31 March 2009, three states experienced growth above the

national average of 15.8%. Registrations in Queensland at 31 March 2009 were 23.6%

above those at 31 March 2004, an average annual growth rate of 4.3%. In the same five

year period, registrations in Western Australia increased 23.5% (also an average annual

growth rate of 4.3%) and Northern Territory registrations rose 21.5%, with an average

annual increase of 4.0%. South Australia's growth in fleet size between 31 March 2004

and 31 March 2009 of 10.3% was the smallest. In this state, the average annual growth

was 2.0%.

(a) See Technical Note 1 (NSW) regarding 2008 data.(b) Excludes vehicles with registration expiry date less than one month before the census date.(c) See Technical Note 2 (ACT) regarding 2004 data.(d) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

3.02.515.815 674 43615 296 54213 533 071Australia(d)

2.72.214.5246 985241 762215 689Australian Capital

Territory(c)

4.04.721.5128 758122 986106 016Northern Territory2.72.314.3400 516(b)391 327(b)350 403Tasmania4.34.723.51 828 3461 746 5791 480 206Western Australia2.02.510.31 208 9261 178 9041 095 923South Australia4.33.523.63 283 2433 173 4472 656 044Queensland2.42.312.54 010 2763 921 5743 565 150Victoria2.41.012.44 567 3864 519 9634 063 640New South Wales(a)

%%%no.no.no.

Average

annual

growth

04/09

Change

08/09

Change

04/09200920082004

STATE OF REGISTRAT ION, Census years 2004, 2008 and 2009

These shares are comparable with the distribution of the population across states and

territories.

ST A T E S AN D TE R R I T O R I E S

continued


S U M M A R Y O F F I N D I N G S continued

(a) For more details on the calculation of average vehicle age refer to the Glossary.(b) See Explanatory Notes for Motor Vehicle Census dates.

1971 1977 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007

years

6

7

8

9

10

11

ESTIMATED AVERAGE VEHICLE AGE (a) OF VEHICLE FLEET (b)

The average age of all registered vehicles rose from 6.1 years in the 1971 MVC snapshot

to 10.7 years in 1997 snapshot, but has gradually declined since then. There was no

change recorded for average vehicle age comparing the 2009 snapshot to the 2008

shapshot.

At 31 March 2009, the average age of all vehicles registered in Australia was 9.9 years.

This is younger than the 10.3 years recorded in the 2004 MVC. Over this five year period,

all vehicle types except buses recorded a drop in the average age. Light rigid trucks and

motorcycles showed the largest decreases in average age, both dropping 1.1 years, while

buses increased 0.4 years over this five year period. Vehicles manufactured before 1994

(those more than 15 years old) comprised 20.7% of the total Australian fleet. This is

slightly lower than the 21.2% of registrations recorded 12 months earlier.

AV E R A G E AG E OF TH E

FL E E T

(a) Both Estimated Resident Population data and Motor Vehicle Census data are at 31 March.

Source: ABS Australian Demographic Statistics (cat. no. 3101.0)

NSWVic.QldSAWA

Tas.NT

ACTAust.

520 564 609 653 697 741 786 830vehicles per 1,000 population

20042009

MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET BY POPULAT ION (a) , State / te r r i to r y ofreg is t ra t ion

Western Australia had the highest rate of all states and territories with 822 vehicles per

1,000 residents at 31 March 2009, while the Northern Territory had the lowest rate with

577 vehicles per 1,000 residents. New South Wales, which had both the largest vehicle

fleet and the largest population at 31 March 2009, averaged 645 vehicles per 1,000

residents, the second lowest of all states or territories.

VE H I C L E S AN D RE S I D E N T

PO P U L A T I O N continued



Greater numbers of passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles registered with

diesel were the major contributors to this increase. Overall passenger vehicle

registrations increased by 13.1% between the 2004 and 2009 MVC snapshots, yet the

number of passenger vehicles registered with diesel fuel increased by 80.0%.

At 31 March 2009, there were 862,392 light commercial vehicles registered with diesel

fuel. This is 42.8% of all vehicle registrations in the diesel category. For light commercial

vehicles, the number of registrations with diesel fuel at 31 March 2009 was 60.3% higher

than at 31 March 2004.

(a) Relates to the type of fuel recorded by the motor vehicle registry.

Leaded petrol Unleaded petrol Diesel LPG/Dual fuel/Other

million

0

2

4

7

9

11

1320042009

MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET, Type of fue l (a )

At the 31 March 2009 MVC snapshot, 13.2 million vehicles in Australia (84.0% of the total

vehicle fleet) were registered with a petrol fuel type. This compares with the 11.9 million

vehicles registered at the 31 March 2004 snapshot 5 years earlier, when 87.9% of

registrations fell into this category.

When comparing 31 March 2009 with 31 March 2004 snapshots, the number of vehicles

registered with diesel fuel has increased by 53.1%. The number of vehicles registered

with diesel fuel at 31 March 2009 accounted for 12.8% (or 2.0 million vehicles) of the

total fleet. Five years earlier, 9.7% of vehicles were registered with diesel fuel.

T Y P E OF FU E L

At 31 March 2009, campervans were the oldest vehicles registered with an average age of

18.1 years, while motor cycles were the youngest vehicle type with an average age of

8.7 years.

The average age of passenger vehicles has fallen from 10.0 years at 31 March 2004 to

9.7 years at 31 March 2009.

Tasmania had the oldest fleet with an average age of 11.9 years at 31 March 2009, with

30.3% of vehicles manufactured before 1994. This was followed by South Australia with

an average age of 11.0 years and 25.6% manufactured before 1994. Northern Territory

had the youngest fleet in Australia with an average age of 8.8 years and 16.7% of vehicles

manufactured before 1994.

AV E R A G E AG E OF TH E

FL E E T continued



Rigid trucks accounted for 2.7% of the total number of vehicles registered at 31 March

2009. Registrations of rigid trucks with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) greater than

20 tonnes have increased by 32.7% since 31 March 2004, while registrations of rigid

trucks with a GVM of 20 tonnes or less have increased by 14.9% over the same period.

At 31 March 2009, 81,217 articulated trucks were registered in Australia. While this is

22.5% higher than the number of registrations five years earlier, the growth has been

exclusively in articulated trucks in the larger gross combination mass (GCM) categories.

Over this period, the number of registrations of articulated trucks with a GCM up to and

Trucks

Light commercial vehicles accounted for 15.1% of all vehicles registered in Australia at 31

March 2009, the second highest proportion behind passenger vehicles. Since 31 March

2004, all states and territories have recorded increases in registrations of this vehicle

type, with Queensland showing the largest percentage growth (32.9%) and New South

Wales the smallest (14.4%).

While Queensland accounted for the third highest number of vehicle registrations of all

states, it had the second highest number of light commercial vehicles registered in

Australia (26.0%) behind New South Wales (26.6%). Victoria had 25.6% of all vehicles

registered in Australia (behind New South Wales, 29.1%) but only 22.2% of total light

commercial vehicles.

Light commercial vehicles

In the Australian Capital Territory, passenger vehicles accounted for 84.4% of all

registrations. This was the highest proportion of any state/territory. The Northern

Territory had the smallest proportion with 62.6%.

A total of 6.2 million passenger vehicles were either Toyota, Holden or Ford. These three

makes accounted for 19.7%, 17.1% and 14.5% of the total passenger vehicle fleet

registered at 31 March 2009.

NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT Aust.

%

0

5

10

15

20

PASSENGER VEHICLE REGISTRAT IONS, Percen t change —Betweencensus years 2004 and 2009

Passenger vehicles accounted for 76.7% of all vehicles registered in Australia at 31 March

2009. Since 31 March 2004, all states and territories have recorded increases in

registrations of this vehicle type, with Western Australia showing the largest percentage

growth (19.9%) and South Australia the smallest (8.1%).

CH A R A C T E R I S T I C S OF TH E

FL E E T

Passenger vehicles



NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT

'000

0

33

66

99

132

16520042009

MOTOR CYCLE FLEET, State / te r r i to r y of reg is t ra t ion

Motor cycles accounted for 4.0% of all vehicles registered in Australia at 31 March 2009,

up from 2.9% in 2004.

Between 31 March 2004 and 31 March 2009, motor cycle registrations increased by 57.5%

and was the largest increase of any vehicle type.

Increases in registrations over this five year period have been observed in all states and

territories, with Western Australia recording the largest percentage increase (75.9%),

followed by the Northern Territory (70.2%). The smallest percentage increase was in

Victoria where registrations of motor cycles at 31 March 2009 were 44.1% above those

recorded 5 years earlier.

Motor cycles

including 60 tonnes has dropped 0.7% and the number of articulated trucks with GCM

over 60 tonnes has increased 62.2%. This has resulted in an articulated truck fleet where

the proportion of registrations with GCM over 60 tonnes has increased from 36.9% at 31

March 2004 to 48.9% at 31 March 2009.

Victoria had the largest number of articulated trucks on register. It was also the state

with the highest number of registrations with a GCM greater than 60 tonnes (12,373).

This is 70.5% greater than the number of registrations in this category at 31 March 2004.

In comparison, at 31 March 2009, 82.1% of Northern Territory articulated trucks had a

GCM greater than 60 tonnes. Western Australia has the lowest proportion of articulated

trucks with a GCM greater than 60 tonnes, with only 1.5% of vehicles in this class.

Trucks continued



(c) See Technical Note 2 (ACT) regarding 2004 data.(d) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

(a) See Technical Note 1 (NSW) regarding 2008 data.(b) Prior to 2009, excludes vehicles with registration expiry date less than

one month before the census date.

15 674 436246 985128 758400 5161 828 3461 208 9263 283 2434 010 2764 567 386200915 296 542241 762122 986391 3271 746 5791 178 9043 173 4473 921 5744 519 963200813 533 071215 689106 016350 4031 480 2061 095 9232 656 0443 565 1504 063 6402004

TO T A L MO T O R VE H I C L E S

624 09011 3925 49513 42587 04444 592151 706147 600162 8362009567 56910 1564 93012 29777 01039 493139 355136 019148 3092008396 3097 0923 2299 03649 48829 38289 332102 463106 2872004

MO T O R CY C L E S

84 4131 0403 4392 42213 0074 91619 12718 06122 401200980 5819663 2172 40412 0984 69318 14817 39821 657200871 3149163 0132 03810 3344 17415 09315 68520 0612004

BU S E S

22 299843001 0144 3601 8055 0306 1073 599200921 808802859984 1821 7774 8216 0903 575200819 6971012669233 4791 7153 8245 8783 5112004

NO N - F R E I G H T CA R R Y I N G TR U C K S

81 2172169491 67911 9447 04718 42024 06916 893200979 1322249271 59111 1116 91417 94023 69016 735200866 3002366891 4518 0276 22414 13020 24115 3022004

AR T I C U L A T E D TR U C K S

310 9391 6983 6878 17147 34022 59569 80475 58882 0562009305 1841 7163 4788 08845 24822 33567 74874 76081 8112008274 4051 7292 8747 29938 33221 55755 59969 31077 7052004

HE A V Y R I G I D TR U C K S

110 7637136862 53811 9845 74728 93023 35536 8102009105 7266816742 51811 0795 43127 29322 28035 7702008

83 2126295332 2277 9744 38219 56217 33130 5742004

L I G H T R I G I D TR U C K S

2 371 08222 88233 44281 524299 638159 285617 171526 193630 94720092 288 21622 27931 59678 762283 319153 430585 861511 124621 84520081 952 48618 87626 33468 413233 343137 252464 319452 190551 7592004

L I G H T CO M M E R C I A L VE H I C L E S

46 5354641973 9407 5354 03510 55010 5269 288200944 7904611963 8137 3964 0409 87410 1658 845200839 9475071623 2957 1354 3067 6778 7018 1642004

CA M P E R V A N S

12 023 098208 49680 563285 8031 345 494958 9042 362 5053 178 7773 602 556200911 803 536205 19977 683280 8561 295 136940 7912 302 4073 120 0483 581 416200810 629 401185 60368 916255 7211 122 094886 9311 986 5082 873 3513 250 2772004

PA S S E N G E R VE H I C L E S

no.no.no.no.no.no.no.no.no.

Australia(d)

Australian

Capital

Territory(c)Northern

TerritoryTasmania(b)Western

Australia

South

AustraliaQueenslandVictoria

New

South

Wales(a)

MOTOR VEHICLES ON REGISTER, Type of veh ic le —Census years1


(b) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.(c) Prior to 2009, excludes vehicles with registration expiry date less

than one month before the census date.

— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)(a) Both Motor Vehicle Census and Estimated Resident Population data

are as at March 31.

720706577798822747750742645200971770356478881073774474164920086746605277277497126847176062004


293325273928352723200927302325362533262120082022161925192321162004

MO T O R CY C L E S

431556343320094315563433200843154534332004

BU S E S

1—122111120091—122111120081—12211112004


414354442200941435444220083133444422004


145171621141614122009145161621141614122008145141519141414122004


523554745200952355364520084235435352004


109651501621359814197892009107651451591319613797892008

97581311421188912091822004


211832221200921183322120082217432212004

CA M P E R V A N S

552596361570605593539588509200955359735656560158853959051420085295683435305685765125784852004



Australia(b)

Australian

Capital

Territory(b)Northern

TerritoryTasmania(c)Western

Australia

South


New

South

Wales(b)

MOTOR VEHICLES ON REGISTER PER 1000 POPULAT ION (a) , Census years2


(c) The year of manufacture for motor cycles in South Australia is notwell reported.

(d) Prior to 2009, excludes vehicles with registration expiry date lessthan one month before the census date.

(a) For more details on the calculation of average age refer to theGlossary.

(b) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

9.99.48.811.910.111.09.510.49.420099.99.48.911.910.111.19.510.49.32008

10.39.79.312.311.011.610.310.79.32004


8.78.56.710.09.8(c)8.38.29.08.420098.88.67.010.110.1(c)8.38.39.18.520089.89.08.210.512.0(c)8.510.29.59.02004

MO T O R CY C L E S

11.011.38.414.910.911.810.111.411.3200911.111.68.615.311.111.910.311.311.4200810.610.68.114.710.111.810.510.810.32004

BU S E S

13.913.013.915.815.815.010.615.612.5200914.012.814.116.016.115.210.715.512.4200814.212.013.116.916.814.911.415.012.62004


10.78.412.19.411.710.710.211.210.0200910.77.812.49.511.810.910.211.19.9200811.68.412.510.513.411.411.411.810.62004


15.410.912.616.717.116.713.717.114.0200915.511.013.016.917.317.113.917.213.9200816.111.513.317.318.217.815.117.614.12004


10.910.310.015.311.311.510.211.210.8200911.010.79.615.311.511.710.311.410.8200812.011.39.116.113.312.911.512.911.02004


10.49.68.912.610.511.29.811.210.1200910.59.69.112.710.611.39.911.310.0200811.210.29.913.211.912.111.011.910.22004


18.119.820.220.521.421.714.818.016.7200918.419.719.920.321.321.615.218.417.0200818.919.820.520.221.220.516.319.817.02004

CA M P E R V A N S

9.79.48.611.59.710.99.310.19.220099.79.48.611.49.711.09.310.19.12008

10.09.68.911.710.411.410.010.39.02004


yearsyearsyearsyearsyearsyearsyearsyearsyears

Australia(b)

Australian

Capital

Territory(b)Northern

TerritoryTasmania(d)Western

Australia

South

Australia(c)QueenslandVictoria

New

South

Wales(b)

EST IMATED AVERAGE AGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES (a) , Type of veh ic le —Census years3


— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)(a) Relates to the type of fuel recorded by the motor vehicle registry.(b) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

15 674 436491 1842 013 83713 169 41512 386 152783 263200915 296 542426 4981 833 29313 036 75112 127 394909 357200813 533 071327 1931 315 35511 890 52310 034 0331 856 4902004


624 0901513623 936565 63358 3032009567 569692567 498507 55559 9432008396 309—3396 306320 07076 2362004

MO T O R CY C L E S

84 4133 39764 05316 96315 7531 210200980 5812 82061 18016 58115 2131 368200871 3141 71954 34415 25112 8662 3852004

BU S E S

22 29959817 7213 9801 9462 034200921 80861516 9914 2021 9782 224200819 69764113 7435 3132 0293 2842004


81 21711479 4771 6261 165461200979 13210277 3401 6901 171519200866 3003764 5891 6748927822004


310 9391 642285 97223 3254 39318 9322009305 1841 628277 82025 7365 00820 7282008274 4051 971238 65133 7833 84829 9352004


110 7631 94097 97410 8494 9035 9462009105 7261 89492 07311 7595 0706 6892008

83 2121 81166 35115 0504 48010 5702004


2 371 082137 212862 3921 371 4781 208 755162 72320092 288 216123 669777 7641 386 7831 199 381187 40220081 952 48695 845538 0871 318 554987 518331 0362004


46 5352 48326 55717 4957 9009 595200944 7902 38824 78317 6197 36310 256200839 9472 17017 52920 2486 14414 1042004

CA M P E R V A N S

12 023 098343 647579 68811 099 76310 575 704524 059200911 803 536293 313505 34011 004 88310 384 655620 228200810 629 401222 999322 05810 084 3448 696 1861 388 1582004


no.no.no.no.no.no.

Total

petrol

Petrol

unleaded

Petrol

leaded Total

LPG/Dual

fuel/OtherDiesel

PETROL

MOTOR VEHICLES ON REGISTER, Type of fue l (a ) (b ) —Census years4


(a) Relates to the type of fuel recorded by the motor vehicle registry.(b) See Technical Note 1 (NSW) regarding 2008 data.(c) Prior to 2009, excludes vehicles with registration expiry date less than one month before the

census date.(d) See Technical Note 2 (ACT) regarding 2004 data.(e) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

15 674 436491 1842 013 83713 169 41512 386 152783 263200915 296 542426 4981 833 29313 036 75112 127 394909 357200813 533 071327 1931 315 35511 890 52310 034 0331 856 4902004

AU S T R A L I A (e)

246 9856 37715 511225 097214 86910 2282009241 7625 88513 178222 699210 50312 1962008215 6894 8278 713202 149175 42426 7252004

AU S T R A L I A N CA P I T A L T E R R I T O R Y (d)

128 7581 18636 29791 27587 4603 8152009122 9861 16732 94588 87484 1904 6842008106 0161 23625 41279 36869 05610 3122004

NO R T H E R N TE R R I T O R Y

400 5164 02960 584335 903300 18335 7202009391 3273 55955 701332 067290 75241 3152008350 4033 23839 953307 212230 88876 3242004

TA S M A N I A (c)

1 828 34664 193314 4361 449 7171 348 885100 83220091 746 57957 319283 8201 405 4401 292 388113 05220081 480 20636 968202 7951 240 4431 016 528223 9152004

WE S T E R N AU S T R A L I A

1 208 92611 944123 3741 073 608988 62084 98820091 178 90411 818111 8631 055 223959 74795 47620081 095 9239 65879 7721 006 493795 547210 9462004

SO U T H AU S T R A L I A

3 283 24354 549543 8212 684 8732 528 772156 10120093 173 44750 406492 7782 630 2632 448 725181 53820082 656 04440 064340 4342 275 5461 907 467368 0792004

QU E E N S L A N D

4 010 276237 259412 2483 360 7693 134 122226 64720093 921 574208 627371 7073 341 2403 076 660264 58020083 565 150179 602253 4983 132 0502 599 363532 6872004

V I C T O R I A

4 567 386111 647507 5663 948 1733 783 241164 93220094 519 96387 717471 3013 960 9453 764 429196 51620084 063 64051 600364 7783 647 2623 239 760407 5022004

NE W SO U T H WA L E S (b)

no.no.no.no.no.no.

Total

petrol

Petrol

unleaded

Petrol

leaded Total

LPG/Dual

fuel/OtherDiesel

PETROL

MOTOR VEHICLES ON REGISTER, Type of fue l (a ) —Census years5


(a) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

1.911.012 023 09811 803 53610 629 401Total all makes

2.71.6129 709126 344124 370Other1.716.618 79818 49115 855Proton3.531.420 12419 43514 795Porsche9.4108.820 39618 6498 932Citroen0.413.922 62722 53219 777Alfa Romeo5.936.323 08421 79915 994Renault

–0.11.326 29726 32925 991Jaguar–2.2–0.141 13242 06542 115Saab0.1–9.444 97844 91149 563Chrysler

11.7111.855 61449 80423 513Lexus16.661.061 88153 06432 957Audi

2.818.262 52660 79851 432Land Rover5.639.865 71362 23044 515Jeep

–1.1–7.175 24276 08781 900Volvo6.347.478 06573 45649 846Peugeot

–7.6–15.1108 013116 952137 833Daihatsu–5.7–8.2114 186121 143131 998Daewoo11.9112.9158 239141 44566 425Kia14.068.8170 124149 18788 399Volkswagen

8.834.7181 438166 687123 784Suzuki4.528.0206 260197 290154 090Mercedes Benz6.539.2223 286209 652150 605BMW7.543.1419 614390 512272 985Subaru7.347.1542 582505 698343 874Honda4.228.4621 009596 078464 165Hyundai7.632.3661 922615 369465 229Mazda

–0.12.0743 103743 760729 429Nissan–1.7–3.6948 469965 2401 001 575Mitsubishi–2.9–7.21 743 3551 795 3711 933 822Ford–0.82.22 061 8942 078 1832 033 568Holden3.418.92 373 4182 294 9751 930 065Toyota

%%no.no.no.

Change

08/09

Change

04/09200920082004

PASSENGER VEHICLES ON REGISTER (a) , Top 30 makes —Census years6


(a) See Technical Note 1 (NSW) regarding 2008 data.(b) Prior to 2009, excludes vehicles with registration expiry date less than one month

before the census date.(c) See Technical Note 2 (ACT) regarding 2004 data.(d) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

421 70281 39465 29189 01075 244110 7632009410 91077 88164 94987 10475 250105 7262008357 61761 35862 22276 92473 90183 2122004

AU S T R A L I A (d)

2 41143030053143771320092 39744229952844768120082 3584153094925136292004

AU S T R A L I A N CA P I T A L T E R R I T O R Y (c)

4 3737007539001 33468620094 1526567338341 25567420083 4074666456591 1045332004


10 7092 1441 6011 9672 4592 538200910 6062 1051 5831 9532 4472 5182008

9 5261 7051 4531 6942 4472 2272004

TA S M A N I A (b)

59 32413 29510 92711 61311 50511 984200956 32712 42910 65111 10611 06211 079200846 3069 15010 2339 4929 4577 9742004


28 3425 8224 7886 8765 1095 747200927 7665 5044 8056 8545 1725 431200825 9394 6534 6376 9295 3384 3822004


98 73419 83016 21919 22014 53528 930200995 04118 70116 09218 62514 33027 293200875 16113 23414 47814 95812 92919 5622004

QU E E N S L A N D

98 94318 99815 61822 64418 32823 355200997 04018 27515 53422 28018 67122 280200886 64114 24515 12920 08719 84917 3312004

V I C T O R I A

118 86620 17515 08525 25921 53736 8102009117 58119 76915 25224 92421 86635 7702008108 27917 49015 33822 61322 26430 5742004

NE W SO U T H WA L E S (a)

no.no.no.no.no.no.

Total

Greater

than 20

Over 12

to 20

Over 8

to 12

Over

4.5 to 8

4.5 and

under

GVM (TONNES)

RIG ID TRUCKS ON REGISTER, Gross veh ic le mass (GVM) —Census years7


— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)(a) See Technical Note 1 (NSW) regarding 2008 data.(b) Prior to 2009, excludes vehicles with registration expiry date less than one

month before the census date.(c) See Technical Note 2 (ACT) regarding 2004 data.(d) See Technical Notes regarding 2004 and 2008 data.

81 2174 43535 24833 7917 146597200979 1324 09833 42833 5017 507598200866 3002 83021 63331 6329 4917142004

AU S T R A L I A (d)

216—9110223—2009224110110913—2008236—631462432004

AU S T R A L I A N CA P I T A L T E R R I T O R Y (c)

94958119812939220099275542041343322008689417148764622004


1 67921 07550690620091 591298551489120081 451270862311532004

TA S M A N I A (b)

11 9443614410 4961 18583200911 111361369 6441 221742008

8 027411206 2411 536892004


7 0474712 8583 1595312820096 9144332 6893 2005642820086 2243471 9373 209700312004


18 4202 7579 0445 3771 20042200917 9402 5128 6185 4731 28552200814 1301 5735 3145 6551 526622004

QU E E N S L A N D

24 069712 3668 3402 968388200923 690711 6998 4963 103385200820 24197 2488 7163 8314372004

V I C T O R I A

16 8935819 4725 6821 11048200916 7355538 9965 9311 19956200815 3024416 0956 9661 713872004

NE W SO U T H WA L E S (a)

no.no.no.no.no.no.

Total

Greater

than

100

Over

60 to

100

Over

40 to

60

Over

20 to

40

Over

3 to

20

GCM (TONNES)

ART ICULATED TRUCKS ON REGISTER, Gross combinat ion mass (GCM) —Census years8


(a) Includes vehicles manufactured in the first three months of 2009.— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

81 2172169491 67911 9447 04718 42024 06916 893Total

81—————765—Not stated440—144823801701142009(a)

30 605942906974 0632 5517 4069 0116 4932004 to 200816 377511793712 3221 4233 7224 6153 6941999 to 200313 006381782611 9621 2292 8093 6692 8601994 to 199820 708333013463 5491 8214 3276 5993 732To 1993


310 9391 6983 6878 17147 34022 59569 80475 58882 056Total

619—————58930—Not stated6573111288441601651742009(a)

77 0905931 0841 69711 2514 94620 63416 05420 8312004 to 200848 2473646021 0335 5203 07711 03411 44415 1731999 to 200339 8252205949655 7392 6238 8959 03611 7531994 to 1998

144 5015181 3964 46424 74211 90528 49238 85934 125To 1993


110 7637136862 53811 9845 74728 93023 35536 810Total

313————33046—Not stated4903—341261071331772009(a)

39 7272722105394 4732 04611 2378 95111 9992004 to 200824 9181721665372 3581 2556 5375 0008 8931999 to 200313 446821622961 4206133 3782 3325 1631994 to 199831 8691841481 1633 6921 8047 3676 93310 578To 1993


2 371 08222 88233 44281 524299 638159 285617 171526 193630 947Total

2 069——3152 007521Not stated14 4321332232712 0595954 2583 3103 5832009(a)

812 2108 49213 69021 088109 50649 061233 132166 299210 9422004 to 2008563 1595 9307 81217 24862 19037 766137 494130 821163 8981999 to 2003402 4923 5365 63914 61951 22228 345100 76585 321113 0451994 to 1998576 7204 7916 07828 29574 66043 513139 515140 390139 478To 1993


46 5354641973 9407 5354 03510 55010 5269 288Total

233—————2285—Not stated168——2216778182009(a)

9 03253104397873372 9262 9041 5762004 to 20086 47667394521 0644301 6281 1241 6721999 to 20034 30162193896273371 0045801 2831994 to 1998

26 3252821292 6585 0552 9304 6975 8354 739To 1993

CA M P E R V A N S

12 023 098208 49680 563285 8031 345 494958 9042 362 5053 178 7773 602 556Total

11 005——12—2210 7592102Not stated91 1341 3434861 57210 4624 15617 26126 97528 8792009(a)

3 880 27767 60630 76474 840463 233257 903821 317968 3241 196 2902004 to 20083 261 38860 05121 48568 485340 429248 314619 386871 2761 031 9621999 to 20032 477 33942 46615 63561 103272 322209 949461 959656 332757 5731994 to 19982 301 95537 03012 19379 791259 048238 560431 823655 660587 850To 1993



Australia

Australian

Capital

Territory

Northern

TerritoryTasmania

Western

Australia

South


New

South

WalesYea r of

manu fac t u r e

MOTOR VEHICLES ON REGISTER, Type of veh ic le —Year of manufac tu re9


(a) Includes vehicles manufactured in the first three months of 2009.— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

15 674 436246 985128 758400 5161 828 3461 208 9263 283 2434 010 2764 567 386Total

20 253——1613 32116 4125003Not stated113 2561 5557991 96613 7765 16622 88332 93034 1812009(a)

5 174 86882 83750 795105 545641 286339 6041 181 2821 241 1381 532 3812004 to 20084 076 44469 35532 14991 492431 849302 151815 7891 065 6131 268 0461999 to 20033 047 58748 07323 46680 178346 065249 600600 740780 913918 5521994 to 19983 242 02845 16521 549121 319395 369309 084646 137889 182814 223To 1993


624 09011 3925 49513 42587 04444 592151 706147 600162 836Total

5 845————3 2892 369187—Not stated5 1166854829612737571 8881 0332009(a)

295 8985 3753 2815 55243 14921 06576 48463 61477 3782004 to 2008133 3252 5661 0022 85314 2878 63030 72836 10537 1541999 to 2003

77 0031 4885491 9789 7135 20917 47819 04321 5451994 to 1998106 9031 8956092 96018 9346 12623 89026 76325 726To 1993

MO T O R CY C L E S

84 4131 0403 4392 42213 0074 91619 12718 06122 401Total

44—————44——Not stated73752420102481531951902009(a)

24 0023271 3934503 7611 2896 3194 7265 7372004 to 200818 1361318123642 9099764 0704 0914 7831999 to 200317 1161776384082 4541 0103 7843 7304 9151994 to 199824 3784005721 1803 7811 5934 7575 3196 776To 1993

BU S E S

22 299843001 0144 3601 8055 0306 1073 599Total

44——1—2365—Not stated82———13—4016132009(a)

6 02725732431 0634061 8271 2551 1352004 to 20084 41823521497702801 1901 1378171999 to 20033 0594521596062856688704151994 to 19988 669321234621 9088321 2692 8241 219To 1993



Australia

Australian

Capital

Territory

Northern

TerritoryTasmania

Western

Australia

South


New

South

WalesYea r of

manu fac t u r e

MOTOR VEHICLES ON REGISTER, Type of veh ic le —Year of manufac tu re co n t i n u e d9


3 The Motor Vehicle Census includes all vehicles registered with a state, territory or

other government motor vehicle registry for unrestricted use on public roads with the

following exceptions:

! recreational vehicles such as trail bikes and sand dune buggies intended for off-road

use in most states and territories (in Victoria and Queensland these vehicles must be

registered and are thus included in the statistics);

! consular vehicles; and

! vehicles registered by the defence forces.

4 Vehicles on register are defined as those vehicles registered at the date of the census,

or had registration expire less than one month before that date.

5 Motor vehicle registration statistics are derived from data made available by various

state and territory motor vehicle registration authorities and reflect the information as

recorded in registration documents.

6 Vintage and veteran vehicles are excluded from vehicle counts in the published data,

but are available for consultancy data requests. These vehicles are identified using a

unique insurance code, with the following exceptions:

! in New South Wales this insurance code is not provided and it is not possible to

separately identify these vehicles. Therefore veteran and vintage vehicles are

included in the number of registered vehicles for New South Wales.

! while Victoria does provide an insurance code for these vehicles, this insurance code

also applies to tractors, motorcycles and self propelled farm machinery owned by

primary producers and used solely in connection with the business of a primary

producer. These records are deemed out of scope. (Note: tractors and motor cycles

not used solely in connection with the business of a primary producer have a

different insurance code which deems them in scope.) Therefore, the number of

veteran and vintage vehicles cannot be obtained for Victoria.

7 The estimated proportion of motor vehicles, excluding motor cycles, taken off the

register since the previous MVC is referred to as the attrition rate. The attrition rates in

the following table have been calculated using new motor vehicle sales data.

SC O P E

1 This publication presents statistics relating to vehicles which were registered with a

motor vehicle registration authority at 31 March 2009.

2 Motor Vehicle Censuses (MVC) have been conducted periodically from 1971 on each

of the following dates:

2009, 31 March 1997, 31 October

2008, 31 March 1996, 31 October

2007, 31 March 1995, 30 May

2006, 31 March 1993, 30 June

2005, 31 March 1991, 30 September





1999, 31 October 1976, 30 September

1998, 31 October 1971, 30 September

MO T O R VE H I C L E CE N S U S


E X P L A N A T O R Y N O T E S

11 The size of the registered motor vehicle fleet (over 15 million vehicles) dictates that

quality assurance of each record is not possible. Considerable effort is made, both by

motor vehicle registration authorities and the ABS, to improve data quality. This has

been done through the introduction of improved processing and classification systems

and the incorporation of additional internal checking to ensure the vehicle counts track

consistently in a time series when compared to previous MVCs. While these have

improved data accuracy, there remains some variation in the reporting from different

state and territory registries and hence care should still be taken when comparing data

across jurisdictions. The ABS recognises the importance of motor vehicle statistics to a

large variety of statistical users. While the data are made available at a detailed level, the

quality of this detailed data is less certain, therefore the ABS is unable to guarantee that it

is necessarily sufficient for all purposes for which it is used.

12 For vehicles manufactured during or after 1990, the statistics in this publication are

based on procedures using the VIN, adopted by state and territory motor vehicle

registration authorities. The VIN system allows accurate identification of the make and

model of a vehicle, which can then be used to better identify the vehicle type. Vehicles

manufactured earlier than 1990 generally do not have a VIN. For these earlier vehicles,

standard ABS makes and models were produced from registry make and model data

using information such as engine number and chassis number.

DA T A QU A L I T Y

8 The 2009 Motor Vehicle Census is a count of all vehicles registered with a state or

territory motor vehicle registration authority (MVR) at 31 March 2009. The snapshot date

has consistently been 31 March since 2001. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

receives the data from the MVRs. At this stage all records are compared to the previous

MVC data for vehicles that match (on-going registrations) and relevant details are

updated. The matching is based primarily on a unique identifier given by the registries to

each record. After the primary match is done, a secondary match is run based on the

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), engine number, chassis number, year of

manufacture and bodycode to improve the number of matched records.

9 The un-matched records (new vehicle registrations) undergo editing of such items as

bodycode, make, model, year of manufacture, weight, heavy vehicle code, postcode and

fuel.

10 The editing of on-going registrations is limited as these records have been edited in

past years. Finally, aggregate data is checked across time, states and vehicle types to

ensure coherency.

ME T H O D O L O G Y

(a) These estimates exclude motorcycles. For more details on calculation of attrition rate refer to glossary.

4.1640 308.03.9597 176.04.1615 613.04.1587 751.04.3604 139.0Aust.

4.511 073.04.410 554.04.310 227.04.710 799.04.911 207.0ACT3.74 761.04.85 983.04.75 649.05.15 925.04.85 390.0NT2.510 111.02.710 679.03.513 258.02.28 272.02.58 961.0Tas.2.238 675.03.561 171.02.846 866.02.438 310.03.146 716.0WA3.036 588.03.743 554.03.945 253.03.540 073.04.348 779.0SA3.3105 556.03.4107 629.03.297 337.03.498 452.03.7102 952.0Qld4.4176 676.04.5178 750.04.6179 505.04.5171 489.04.7173 120.0Vic.5.5256 868.03.9178 856.04.9217 518.04.9214 431.04.9207 506.0NSW

%no.%no.%no.%no.%no.

Between 2008

and 2009

Between 2007

and 2008

Between 2006

and 2007

Between 2005

and 2006

Between 2004

and 2005

ESTIMATED ATTRIT ION (a) , State / te r r i to r y —Census yearsSC O P E continued


E X P L A N A T O R Y N O T E S continued

19 The only geographic data available from the MVC are postcode of owner and state

or territory of registration.

20 If analysing regional data based on postcodes, the following considerations need to

be taken into account:

ST A T I S T I C A L GE O G R A P H Y

ES T I M A T E D RE S I D E N T PO P U L A T I O N ( E R P )

18 The table below shows a comparison of growth on a state/territory basis for both

the MVC and ERP. Over the past few years, strong motor vehicle sales have meant that

the growth in motor vehicle registrations has been higher than the growth in ERP.

However, growth in MVC and ERP has tended to be in the same direction.

(a) NMVS figures have been sourced from Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia (9314.0).(b) Excluding motor cycles.

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Number of vehicles ('000)

850

900

950

1000

1050

1100NMVSMVC

NMVS (a) COMPARED WITH MVC (b) , Aust ra l ia

14 While there are no data sources available in which to directly assess the quality of

MVC data, new motor vehicle sales data and population data provide an indication of

data quality as they give some context to the size of the motor vehicle fleet. Assessing the

quality of data by comparison against other datasets is known as data confrontation. The

ABS has been using sales of new motor vehicles data and estimated resident population

(ERP) data to 'confront' MVC data for several years.

NE W MO T O R VE H I C L E SA L E S (N M V S )

15 Sales of new motor vehicles can be compared with data from the MVC based upon

the year of manufacture. The following assumptions have been made:

! vehicles manufactured in one year are not available for sale until after 31 March of

that year;

! vehicles manufactured in one year are sold as new vehicles until at least 31 March of

the following year;

! vehicles sold over recent years will remain on the MVC year after year.

16 Therefore, it can be assumed that vehicles manufactured in 2008 (as reflected in

2009 MVC data) would most likely have been sold in the period between 1 April 2008

and 31 March 2009 (as captured by sales of new motor vehicles data). Similarly, vehicles

manufactured in 2007 would have been sold between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008,

and so on.

17 The graph below shows the relationship between sales of new motor vehicles and

MVC registrations of vehicles manufactured in the year preceding the snapshot date.

Data confrontat ion

13 Each year, for new vehicle registrations, vehicle model description for each Registry

is converted to a standard ABS model. This is necessary as model descriptions can vary

between Registries. Resource constraints affect the amount of model conversion that can

be carried out, resulting in some vehicles being left with a blank model which is then

coded to 'model unknown'.

DA T A QU A L I T Y continued



22 As well as the statistics included in this publication, the ABS has other relevant data

available on request. Inquiries should be made to the National Information and Referral

Service on 1300 135 070.

AB S DA T A AV A I L A B L E ON

RE Q U E S T

21 Users may also wish to refer to the following publications and products which

contain information relating to motor vehicles in Australia:

! Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, (Electronic Publication) cat. no. 9314.0

(issued monthly)

! Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, Australia cat. no. 9208.0 (issued annually since 1998)

or 9210.0.55.001 (issued annually)

RE L A T E D PU B L I C A T I O N S AN D

PR O D U C T S

! there are some instances where the postcode of the vehicle's owner is in a different

state or territory from that in which the vehicle was registered. For example, the

postcode of the owner of the vehicle could be in Sydney, yet the vehicle could be

registered in Qld.

! some official postcodes (P.O. boxes, competition postcodes) do not correspond to

residential areas

! some postcodes could be invalid.

ST A T I S T I C A L GE O G R A P H Y

continued



4 5674 4614 5204 361Total163146148133Motorcycles

22222221Buses9999Campervans4444Non-freight vehicles

17171716Articulated trucks82818281Heavy rigid trucks37353634Light rigid trucks

631611622599Light commercials3 6033 5373 5813 464Passenger vehicles

'000'000'000'000

2009

Revised

2008

Original

20082007

Veh i c l e Type

NSW REGISTRAT IONS, Type of veh ic le —Census years

6 Revised estimates for 2008 NSW MVC data by vehicle type were created using the

percentage difference between MVC and NSW Motor Vehicle Registry data over the past

5 years. A linear regression was calculated to describe the relationship between these

data sets over the 5 year time period, and the expected difference for 2008 according to

this regression was used to adjust the original MVC vehicle counts.

AD J U S T E D ES T I M A T E S

2 In 2008, the count of vehicles initially recorded in NSW was lower than expected.

Analysis of the data revealed an issue with registration expiry dates. A second file was

later obtained from the NSW Motor Vehicle Registry and new vehicle counts were

produced from this file.

3 The new data for NSW indicated an increase in the number of vehicles of 3.6% from

2007 to 2008. However, when compared with the vehicle count for 2009, there was only

a 1.0% increase. This led to a re-examination of both the 2008 and 2009 vehicle counts.

4 To assist with the analysis of 2008 and 2009 data, the NSW Roads and Traffic

Authority provided counts of vehicle numbers taken on the same date as the MVC

snapshot for the past 5 years. These were used to confront the published MVC vehicle

counts. Counts of vehicles from the registry closely matched those from the MVC in all

years except 2008.

5 Revised estimates of vehicle numbers by vehicle type can be made by concording the

vehicle type classifications used by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and the MVC. It

is not possible to revise data at each classification level as unit record data cannot be

recreated, hence tables 1 to 9 of this publication do not contain revised data.

DA T A QU A L I T Y

1 Analysis undertaken during the preparation of the 2009 Motor Vehicle Census

identified an apparent inaccuracy of the published number of registered vehicles for

NSW in 2008. This Technical Note gives a brief description of this issue and provides

revised estimated vehicle counts.

I N T R O D U C T I O N


T E C H N I C A L N O T E 1 NS W

2.42.31.03.6Total motor vehicles11.69.49.811.2Motor cycles

3.74.03.44.3Buses0.7–0.60.7–0.6Non-freight trucks2.31.00.92.4Articulated trucks0.91.00.31.6Heavy rigid trucks4.72.52.94.3Light rigid trucks3.22.01.53.7Light commercials5.52.15.02.6Campervans1.92.10.63.4Passenger vehicles

%%%%

08 to

09

07 to

08

08 to

09

07 to

08

REVISEDORIGINAL

Veh i c l e type

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN NUMBER OF REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLESAD J U S T E D ES T I M A T E S

continued


T E C H N I C A L N O T E 1 NS W continued

— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)(a) Estimates only. Based on motor vehicle registry broad vehicle descriptions.

234 634229 159224 428220 544Total motor vehicles9 1478 4667 8087 444Motor cycles

948957929931Buses899796102Non-freight carrying trucks

233239242241Articulated trucks1 7241 7551 7291 763Heavy rigid trucks

651643627642Light rigid trucks21 34720 75519 97419 399Light commercial vehicles

480496518526Campervans200 015195 751192 505189 496Passenger vehicles

RE V I S E D MO T O R VE H I C L E RE G I S T R A T I O N S

5 2895 0834 8764 855Total motor vehicles462444423352Motor cycles

1411615Buses1—41Non-freight carrying trucks8445Articulated trucks

35314234Heavy rigid trucks16161813Light rigid trucks

572567502523Light commercial vehicles21221319Campervans

4 1603 9883 8643 893Passenger vehicles

AD D I T I O N A L RE G I S T R A T I O N S

no.no.no.no.

2007200620052004

Veh i c l e type (a)

ACT REGISTRAT IONS, Type of veh ic le —Census years

4 For each MVC conducted from 2004 to 2007, approximately 2% of ACT registrations

had been omitted. The error has had little impact on ACT annual fleet growth rates.

5 The impact of processing previous ACT data in accordance with MVC 2008

procedures has been estimated in the following table.

IM P A C T

2 Vehicles on register are defined as those vehicles registered at the date of the census,

or had registration expire less than one month before that date. For ACT however,

vehicles for which registration expired prior to 31 March were incorrectly removed by

processing systems used before MVC 2008.

3 Implementation of the new processing system has rectified this error.

I S S U E

1 A system improvement was implemented for the 2008 Motor Vehicle Census (MVC).

During this process, a minor error in the calculation of registered motor vehicles for the

Australian Capital Territory was identified for previous years. This Technical Note

outlines the problem and the likely impact on vehicle registration numbers in ACT for

MVCs conducted from 31 March 2004 to 31 March 2007.

I N T R O D U C T I O N


T E C H N I C A L N O T E 2 A C T

Rigid trucks of GVM greater than 4.5 tonnes.Heavy rigid trucks

Tare weight (i.e. unladen weight) of the motor vehicle, plus its maximum carryingcapacity excluding trailers.

Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM)

Tare weight (i.e. unladen weight) of the motor vehicle and attached trailers, plus itsmaximum carrying and towing capacity. GCM is the weight measurement used for trailertowing vehicles such as articulated trucks.

Gross Combination Mass(GCM)

The official ABS estimate of the Australian population. Based on results from the Censusof Population and Housing, it is updated annually between censuses using demographicstatistics. To obtain ERP figures, the census count is adjusted for under enumeration andfor Australian residents temporarily overseas on census night.

Estimated Resident Population(ERP)

Self-propelled motor vehicles containing an area primarily used for accommodation.Included are motor homes and powered caravans.

Campervans

Motor vehicles constructed for the carriage of passengers. Included are all motorvehicles with 10 or more seats, including the driver's seat.

Buses

where P0 is the population at the start of the period, Pn is the population at the end ofthe period and n is the length of the period between Pn and P0 in years.

Pn

Po

1n

− 1 % 100

The average annual growth rate is calculated as a percentage using the following formula:Average annual growth rate

The estimated average age of registered motor vehicles in Australia. The age of a vehicleis defined as the number of years since it was first manufactured. The formulae belowallow for the census being conducted on different months of the year. They also assumethat vehicles are manufactured at a constant rate over the year, or three month periodfor the current year.

For vehicles manufactured in the current year:Vehicle age = Reference month/24

For vehicles manufactured in previous years:Vehicle age = Current year - Year of manufacture + (Reference month - 6)/12

The average age is then calculated as the sum of all vehicle ages divided by the totalnumber of vehicles. Vehicles that have a year of manufacture unknown are excludedfrom calculations of average age.

Average age of vehicle

where T1 is the number of registrations at the first time point, N1 is the number of newsales between the first and second time points, T2 is the number of registrations at thesecond time point and M is the number of months between the two time points.

1 − T2/(T1 +N1 ) 12/M % 100

The estimated proportion of motor vehicles taken off the register since the previousMVC. The attrition rate is also referred to as the motor vehicle retirement or scrappagerate. The number of registration lapses is calculated by adding the total registrations atthe earlier MVC to the number of new motor vehicle sales between the MVCs, andsubtracting the total registrations at the later MVC. The attrition rate measures thenumber of registration lapses as a percentage of the total potential vehicle fleet, wherethe potential vehicle fleet is the number of registrations at the first MVC date plus thenumber of new motor vehicle sales between the two MVCs. To calculate the annualisedattrition rate as a percentage apply the following formula:

Attrition rate

Motor vehicles constructed primarily for load carrying, consisting of a prime moverhaving no significant load carrying area, but with a turntable device which can be linkedto one or more trailers.

Articulated trucks


G L O S S A R Y

The state or territory of the motor registry at which a vehicle is registered.State/territory

Motor vehicles of GVM greater than 3.5 tonnes, constructed with a load carrying area.Included are normal rigid trucks with a tow bar, draw bar or other non-articulatedcoupling on the rear of the vehicle.

Rigid trucks are divided into two categories:! Light rigid trucks of GVM greater than 3.5 tonnes and less than or equal to 4.5 tonnes! Heavy rigid trucks of GVM greater than 4.5 tonnes.

Rigid trucks

Motor vehicles constructed primarily for the carriage of persons and containing up tonine seats (including the driver's seat). Included are cars, station wagons, four-wheeldrive passenger vehicles and forward-control passenger vehicles. Excluded arecampervans.

Passenger vehicles

Specialist motor vehicles or motor vehicles fitted with special purpose equipment, andhaving little or no goods carrying capacity (e.g. ambulances, cherry pickers, fire trucksand tow trucks).

Non-freight carrying trucks

Two and three wheeled motor vehicles constructed primarily for the carriage of one ortwo persons. Included are two and three wheeled mopeds, scooters, motor tricycles andmotorcycles with sidecars.

Motorcycles

The manufacturer of the motor vehicle (e.g. Ford, Holden, Mitsubishi, Toyota).Make

Rigid trucks of GVM greater than 3.5 tonnes and less than or equal to 4.5 tonnes.Light rigid trucks

Vehicles primarily constructed for the carriage of goods, and which are less than or equalto 3.5 tonnes GVM. Included are utilities, panel vans, cab-chassis and forward-controlload carrying vehicles (whether four-wheel drive or not).

Light commercial vehicles


G L O S S A R Y continued

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