Vehicles in Australia

VEHICLES IN AUSTRALIA KEY FACTS FROM THE ABS MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS 2012 50 | TYPES OF VEHICLES "1.2 MILLION 40 PERCENT CHANGE IN REGISTERED VEHICLES BETWEEN CENSUS YEARS 2007 AND 2012 MORE PASSENGERS VEHICLES ARE ON OUR ROADS NOW THAN IN 2007 30 20 10 %0 PASSENGER VEHICLES CAMPERVANS LIGHT COMMERICAL VEHICLES NON-FREIGHT CARRYING VEHICLES MOTOR CYCLES LIGHT RIGID TRUCKS HEAVY RIGID TRUCKS ARTICULATED TRUCKS BUSES PASSENGER VEHICLES CAMPERVANS Self-propelled motor vehicles containing an area primarily used for accommodation. Included are motor homes and powered LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES Motor vehicles constructed primarily for the carriage of persons and containing up to nine seats (including the driver's seat). Included are cars, station wagons, four-wheel drive passenger vehicles and forward-control passenger vehicles. Excluded are campervans. Vehicles primarily constructed for the carriage of goods, and which are less than or equal to 3.5 tonnes GVM". Included are utilities, panel vans, cab-chassis and forward-control load carrying vehicles (whether four-wheel drive or not). caravans. 2007: 43,266 2012: 52,600 2007: 2,189,559 2012: 2,617,799 2007: 11,462,400 2012: 12,714,235 LIGHT RIGID TRUCKS HEAVY RIGID TRUCKS ARTICULATED TRUCKS Rigid trucks of GVM greater than 3.5 tonnes and less than or equal to 4.5 tonnes, constructed with a load carrying area. Rigid trucks of GVM" greater than 4.5 tonnes, constructed with a load carrying area. Motor vehicles constructed primarily for load carrying, consisting of a prime mover having no significant load carrying area, but with a turntable device which can be linked to one 2007: 294,887 2012: 322,115 2007: 99,604 2012: 124,291 or more trailers 2007: 74,444 2012: 87,995 NON-FREIGHT CARRYING VEHICLES MOTOR CYCLES Specialist motor vehicles or motor vehicles fitted with special purpose equipment, and having little or no goods carrying capacity (e.g. ambulances, cherry pickers, fire trucks and tow trucks). BUSES Motor vehicles constructed for the carriage of passengers. Included are all motor vehicles with 10 or more seats, including the Two and three wheeled motor vehicles constructed primarily for the carriage of one or two persons. Included are two and three wheeled mopeds, scooters, motor tricycles and motorcycles with sidecars. driver's seat. 2007: 77,548 2012: 90,599 2007: 21,247 2012: 22,722 2007: 511,966 2012: 709,288 * Gross Vehicle Mass Source: Data and definitions, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012, Motor Vehicle Census' MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION BY STATE ESTIMATED AVI VEHICLE AGE GE PERCENT CHANGE- BETWEEN CENSUS YEARS 2007 AND 2012 BETWEEN CENSUS YEARS 1971 AND 2012 12 FOR 2012, THE AVERAGE AGE OF ALL VEHICLES REGISTERED IN AUSTRALIA WAS 19.4% 18% 11 10 YEARS" 10 10.2% NT 15.1% WA 11.7% 16.5% 12.3% SA 13.3% QLD 13.3% NSW VIC ACT NATIONWIDE 6 YEARS 1971 1977 1983 1989 1995 2001 2007 2012 TYPE OF FUEL MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET TOP TEN INCREASES INCREASE IN REGISTERED VEHICLES 2007 TO 2012 500 In Australia, leaded fuel was phased out 14 2007 450 2012 nationally by 1 January 2002. In 1986, it became a legal 1. 12 400 350 requirement for car manufacturers to 10 300 produce vehicles that operate on unleaded fuel'. 250 200 150 4 100 LEADED PETROL UNLEADED PETROL DIESEL LPG TOYOTA MAZDA HYUNDAI HONDA VWw SUBARU SUZUKI KIA NISSAN BMW 1 Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, National phase out of leaded petrol, http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/airquality/publications/qa.html 2 Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, National phase out of leaded petrol, http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/airquality/publications/qa.html 3 Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, Volume 1- Number 1, 1994, Government against itself: The leaded fuel tax and the $12,000 used car tariff, http://epress.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1-1-NA-2.pdf Allianz M BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA Search for "Allianz infographics" for more! INCREASE IN REGISTERED VEHICLES (THOUSANDS)