Australia Yearbook - 2001

816 Year Book Australia 2001
23.28 REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES—31 October 1999
Trucks
Passenger
vehicles(a)
Light
commercials
Rigid
Articulated
Non-freight
carrying
State/Territory
’000
’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000
NSW 2 969.7 482.1 105.9 16.3 3.2 16.6 3 593.8 85.6
Vic. 2 652.2 402.0 85.5 18.1 5.7 15.0 3 178.5 88.0
Qld 1 746.3 396.3 70.0 12.8 2.9 14.1 2 242.4 73.2
SA 843.0 126.0 25.6 5.9 1.9 4.0 1 006.4 26.1
WA 1 024.7 212.4 44.6 7.6 2.8 9.9 1 302.0 42.8
Tas. 245.7 61.0 9.7 1.5 0.9 2.2 321.0 8.6
NT 67.7 24.6 3.3 0.8 0.2 3.0 99.5 3.6
ACT 170.7 16.8 2.3 0.2 0.1 1.0 191.2 5.9
Aust. 9 719.9 1 721.2 346.8 63.3 17.7 65.9 11 934.8 333.8
(a) Includes campervans. (b) Excludes motor cycles, tractors, plant and equipment, caravans and trailers.
Source: Motor Vehicle Census, Australia (9309.0).
Buses
Total(b)
Motor
cycles
The average age of the Australian motor vehicle
fleet grew steadily over a long period to reach a
peak of 10.7 years in both 1997 and 1998 before
falling to 10.6 in 1999 (table 23.29). The average
age of passenger vehicles (81% of the vehicle
fleet) declined by 0.1 years to 10.3 years as at
31 October 1999, following a similar fall between
the 1997 and 1998 Motor Vehicle Censuses.
The number of registered motor vehicles
(excluding motor cycles) per 1,000 of population
has generally followed the same upward trend as
the total number of motor vehicles. At 31 October
1999 there were 647 vehicles per 1,000
population, up marginally from 644 in the
previous year (table 23.30).
Registrations of new motor vehicles
Annual registrations of new vehicles processed by
motor vehicle registration authorities in all States
and Territories are shown in tables 23.31 and
23.32. Table 23.31 shows a fall of 8.6% in the
number of new registrations in 1999–2000
compared with 1998–99. This decline was mainly
a result of falls in new passenger vehicle
registrations. There were increases in new
registrations of light commercial vehicles
(by 6.4%), rigid trucks (by 2.4%) and buses
(by 10.7%) in 1999–2000.
23.29 ESTIMATED AVERAGE AGE OF THE VEHICLE FLEET(a), By State/Territory of Registration—31
October 1999
State of registration 1999
Aust. Aust.
Type of vehicle NSW Vic. Qld SA WA Tas. NT ACT 1999 1998
Passenger vehicles 9.2 10.8 10.2 11.9 10.5 12.1 8.9 10.1 10.3 10.4
Campervans 17.1 19.2 16.3 18.8 20.2 18.9 18.9 18.4 18.4 18.1
Light commercial vehicles 10.4 12.4 11.0 12.6 11.7 13.1 9.8 10.9 11.4 11.5
Rigid trucks with GVM 3.5 and less than
4.5 tonnes 11.2 14.3 12.6 14.6 13.7 16.7 7.1 11.9 12.7 12.5
Rigid trucks with GVM 4.5 tonnes and over 13.8 16.8 14.3 17.2 16.9 16.8 12.4 11.0 15.4 15.3
Articulated trucks 11.4 11.8 11.3 10.8 13.1 11.0 11.6 7.9 11.6 11.6
Non-freight carrying trucks 14.0 15.3 11.8 13.8 16.8 16.8 11.0 16.6 14.6 14.3
Buses 9.2 10.4 9.8 11.3 8.0 13.7 6.5 8.9 9.5 9.3
Motor cycles 9.2 9.9 10.6 (b)9.7 11.6 10.3 8.4 9.4 10.1 10.2
Total 9.5 11.2 10.5 12.1 11.0 12.5 9.2 10.1 10.6 10.7
(a) Excludes plant and equipment, caravans and trailers. (b) Year of manufacture is frequently not reported for South Australian
motor cycles.
Source: Motor Vehicle Census, Australia (9309.0).