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Statistics - Historical

Registration and Licensing Statistics - From 1st July 1987 to 30th June 2008

 

Historical Registrations 2005 to 2008

Vehicle type 2008 2007 2006 2005
Car 202,881 200,449 198,424 195,821
Station
wagon		 82,607 79,852 77,300 74,184
Ambulance 155 147 143 140
Bus 2,238 2,168 2,087 2,024
Truck 33,044 31,365 30,288 28,853
Work Unit 350 338 341 345
Utility 47,333 45,845 44,902 43,528
Van 12,519 12,444 12,593 12,553
Tractor 4,251 4,194 4,170 3,911
Farm Tractor 5,337 5,364 5,386 5,279
Trailer 86,774 84,333 81,742 78,671
Caravan 8,294 7,919 7,369 6,787
Horse float 2,620 2,561 2,457 2,233
Motorcycle 11,986 10,986 10,078 9,291
Fire vehicle 536 544 518 532
Fire Trailer 5 5 5 5
Off Road 996 1,020 1,033 1,093
GIM (trade plate) 465 446 433 434
Int/state vehicle 12 11 4 4
Interstate Trailer 2 1 0 0
Restricted Motorcycle 149 139 0 0
Restricted  350  338  0  0 
Other 2 9  2,354 2,199 
TOTALS 505,151 492,441 481,627 467,887

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Historical Registrations 1999 to 2004

Vehicle type 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Car 192,251 187,579 185,181 183,360 184,543 183,646
Station
wagon		 70,486 66,746 63,952 62,043 60,836 59,996 
Ambulance 147 144 208 191 177 167
Bus 1,999 1,939 1,921 1,922 1,957 1,967
Truck 27,177 25,918 24,891 24,6230 24,304 24,125
Work Unit 341 336 336 323 337 339
Utility 41,537 39,716 38,760 38,031 37,455 37,069
Van 12,436 12,330 12,370 12,593 13,062 13,141
Tractor 3,659 3,563 3,491 3,412 3,294 3,323
Farm Tractor 5,195 5,000 4,859 4,704 4,687 4,650 
Trailer 75,746 72,605 69,794 66,956 64,011 63,219
Caravan 6,308 5,826 5,596 5,412 5,180 5,186
Horse float 2,177 2,088 2,047 2,001 1,948 1,938
Motorcycle 8,828 8,550 8,516 8,310 7,805 7,837
Wheelchair 0 13 13 26 556 502
Fire vehicle 512 528 541 531 508 512
Fire Trailer 6 10 10 10 20 20 
Off Road 1,146 1,200 1,125 1,236 1,325 1,330
GIM (trade plate) 410 394 379 378 369 370
Int/state vehicle 5 5 6 6 6 7
Interstate Trailer 1 0 0 0 2 9
Other 2,046 1,439 1,182 843 5 3
TOTALS 452,413 435,929 425,178 416,908 412,387 409,356

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Historical Registrations 1993 to 1998  

Vehicle type 1998 1997 1996

1995

 1994 1993

Car

183,997

182,866

182,189

181,177

180,177

178,745

Station wagon

58,812

57,763

56,785

55,753

54,706

53,141

Ambulance

167

167

166

157

151

158

Bus

1,967

2,017

2,155

2,118

2,062

2,070

Truck

23,805

23,734

23,384

22,815

21,999

21,300

Work Unit

371

361

353

231

218

211

Utility

36,674

36,271

35,756

35,225

34,422

33,628

Van

13,530

13,933

14,130

14,452

14,623

14,678

Tractor

3,209

3,182

3,142

3,053

2,963

2,957

Farm Tractor

4,644

4,698

4,605

4,529

4,549

4,346

Trailer

62,018

61,173

60,210

58,825

57,605

55,827

Caravan

5,210

5,236

5,261

5,287

5,295

5,291

Horse float

1,910

1,869

1,860

1,799

1,776

1,673

Motorcycle

7,554

7,549

7,338

7,161

6,998

6,584

Wheelchair

486

452

405

334

301

251

Fire vehicle

515

524

525

529

530

531 

Fire Trailer

27

28

26

35

43

48

Off Road

1,256

1,170

1,143

1,082

1,033

898

GIM (trade plate)

395

396

401

407

404

402

Int/state vehicle

12

16

21

20

23

21

Interstate Trailer

12

34

38

46

53

60

Other

2

3

0

3

4

4

TOTALS

406,574

403,442

399,894

395,271

389,935

382,284

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Historical Registrations 1987 to 1992  

Vehicle type 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987
Car 177,132 174,676 172,770 168,824 167,211 166,250
Station wagon 50,947 48,714 46,965 44,228 42,424 41,026
Ambulance 162 157 155 147 140 135
Bus 2,022 1,996 1,945 1,893 1,847 1,787
Truck 20,636 19,944 19,417 171 17,839 17,362
Work Unit 201 200 187 18,431 164 159
Utility 32,561 31,489 30,701 29,434 28,429 27,771
Van 14,688 14,592 14,532 13,870 13,716 13,874
Tractor 2,991 3,071 3,137 2,945 2,897 2,832
Farm Tractor 4,353 4,305 4,353 4,165 4,122 4,158
Trailer 54,730 54,000 53,254 49,982 48,605 46,128
Caravan 5,283 5,348 5,373 5,054 5,067 5,043
Horse float 1,658 1,600 1,588 1,521 1,513 1,435
Motorcycle 6,341 6,348 6,184 5,836 5,816 6,051
Wheelchair 222 174 148 95 80 62
Fire vehicle 524 523 512 454 445 426
Fire Trailer 51 53 54 26 28 30
Off Road 810 573 530 425 339 186
GIM (trade plate) 402 409 404 418 422 452
Int/state vehicle 17 17 28 33 51 76
Interstate Trailer 58 63 69 101 110 137
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 375,789 368,253 362,308 348,055 341,266 335,382

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Historical Licence Statistics from 1987 to 2007

Year Learner Provisional Basic TOTAL
2007 21,221 17,542 313,299 352,062
2006 18,896 15,873 310,672 345,441
2005 18,714 15,417 306,601 340,732
2004 16,388 15,781 303,576 335,745
2003 12,348 16,821 298,894 328,063
2002 16,231 17,916 301,911 336,058
2001 13,876 17,506 289,245 320,627
2000 15,053 18,719 282,291 316,063
1999 14,560 17,998 280,151 312,709
1998 14,351 18,236 277,976 310,563
1997 15,430 18,362 277,968 311,760
1996 16,390 18,306 278,029 312,725
1995 16,413 18,237 273,442 308,092
1994 16,459 18,312 269,001 303,772
1993 16,732 15,612 268,310 300,654
1992 15,487 10,100 271,858 297,445
1991 15,335 7,513 272,893 295,741
1990 15,906 7,912 269,245 293,063
1989 13,731 7,811 265,576 287,118
1988 9,119 8,102 261,729 278,950
1987 9,211 8,212 258,320 275,743

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