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As at 31 February 2020.

Current Licensed Tasmanian Drivers: 405,448

Licence class Licence typeTotal
Car Full 295,646
  Non-novice Learner 398
  Novice Learner (L1) 12,199
  Novice Learner (L2) 9,959
  Provisional (P1) 6,935
  Provisional (P2) 11,912
Motorcycle Full 53,075
  Novice Learner 1,114
  Provisional (P1) 744
  Provisional (P2) 1,219
Heavy vehicle Full 67,729
  Heavy vehicle learner 884

An example of a Non-novice Learner is a client who applies for a learner licence after having a Tasmanian licence expired for more than 5 years.

Note that drivers can hold more than one licence type and class (for example a full heavy vehicle licence and a novice learner motorcycle licence); as a consequence summing the total column here will not equal the number of current tasmanian drivers.

Current Registrations by Vehicle Type

Vehicle TypeTotal
AMBULANCE 176
ATV 3,430
BUS 2,598
CAMPERS 5,227
CAR 200,202
CARAVAN 14,245
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY 2,125
FARM TRACTOR 7,481
FIRE UNITS 500
HORSE FLOAT 3,410
MOTORCYCLE 20,570
OTHER 4,261
ROAD CONSTRUCTION 477
STATION WAGON 139,798
TOW TRUCK 87
TRACTOR 594
TRAILER 106,311
TRUCK 47,740
UNGROUPED BODY TYPE 4,292
UTILITY 70,008
VAN 14,212
Grand Total647,744

Registrations by Municipality

MunicipalityTotalMunicipalityTotal
BREAK O'DAY 10,006 BRIGHTON 19,741
BURNIE 23,018 CENTRAL COAST 29,593
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 3,868 CIRCULAR HEAD 11,227
CLARENCE 63,695 DERWENT VALLEY 12,454
DEVONPORT 31,040 DORSET 11,370
FLINDERS 1,944 GEORGE TOWN 8,854
GLAMORGAN/SPRING BAY 7,738 GLENORCHY 51,038
HOBART 56,156 HUON VALLEY 23,132
KENTISH 8,846 KING ISLAND 2,556
KINGBOROUGH 41,987 LATROBE 16,004
LAUNCESTON 79,489 MEANDER VALLEY 27,071
NORTHERN MIDLANDS 22,272 SORELL 20,045
SOUTHERN MIDLANDS 9,941 TASMAN 4,190
WARATAH/WYNYARD 18,212 WEST COAST 5,050
WEST TAMAR 27,207 Grand Total647,744

Current Registrations by Premium Class

Premium ClassTotal
1 Motor Car 329,523
2 Light Goods Vehicle 119,589
3 Heavy Goods Vehicle 12,320
4 Medium Motorcycle 1,687
5 Large Motorcycle 10,824
6 Taxi or Luxury Hire Car 593
7 Large Passenger Vehicle 1,415
8 Hire and Drive Vehicle 8,709
9 Caravan, Horse Float, Plant and Machinery (Non Self-Propelled) 19,235
10 Heavy Trailer 15,853
11 Mobile Crane 148
12 Restricted Registration Vehicles including Farm Motor Cycles 4,224
13 Plant and Machinery (Self-Propelled) 4,998
15 Farm Tractor 6,953
16 Medium Passenger Vehicle 767
17 Small Motorcycle 1,669
18 Off Road and Recreational Vehicles 1,899
20 Medium Large Motorcycle 4,778
21 Vintage Motor Vehicle or Street Rod 630
22 Special Interest Vehicles 7,202
23 Ride-Sourcing Vehicle 1,420
0 (No premium) 93,308
Grand Total excluding "0 (No premium)"554,436
Grand Total647,744