Tasmanian Registration & Licensing Statistics

This page generated on 17 June 2014; all data valid as at 28 February 2014.


Current Licensed Tasmanian Drivers: 368,448

Licence class / Licence type / Total
Car / Full / 266,992
Non-novice Learner / 284
Novice Learner (L1) / 12,858
Novice Learner (L2) / 8,760
Provisional (P1) / 5,731
Provisional (P2) / 9,638
Motorcycle / Full / 43,969
Novice Learner / 2,106
Provisional (P1) / 1,800
Provisional (P2) / 1,672
Heavy vehicle / Full / 63,627
Heavy vehicle learner / 717

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 Type / Total
AMBULANCE / 155
ATV / 2,679
BUS / 2,191
CAMPERS / 4,663
CAR / 203,035
CARAVAN / 9,834
EARTH MOVING MACHINERY / 1,951
FARM TRACTOR / 6,284
FIRE UNITS / 541
HORSE FLOAT / 3,065
MOTORCYCLE / 17,909
OTHER / 4,070
ROAD CONSTRUCTION / 445
STATION WAGON / 99,885
TOW TRUCK / 63
TRACTOR / 692
TRAILER / 94,922
TRUCK / 41,267
UTILITY / 54,092
VAN / 13,006
Grand Total / 560,749

Registrations by Municipality

Municipality / Total / Municipality / Total
BREAK O'DAY / 8,645 / BRIGHTON / 15,479
BURNIE / 21,016 / CENTRAL COAST / 26,309
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS / 3,348 / CIRCULAR HEAD / 10,167
CLARENCE / 53,812 / DERWENT VALLEY / 10,373
DEVONPORT / 28,007 / DORSET / 10,117
FLINDERS / 1,667 / GEORGE TOWN / 7,686
GLAMORGAN/SPRING BAY / 6,366 / GLENORCHY / 44,064
HOBART / 50,170 / HUON VALLEY / 18,744
KENTISH / 7,432 / KING ISLAND / 2,268
KINGBOROUGH / 34,902 / LATROBE / 12,922
LAUNCESTON / 71,834 / MEANDER VALLEY / 23,697
NORTHERN MIDLANDS / 18,350 / SORELL / 16,044
SOUTHERN MIDLANDS / 8,990 / TASMAN / 3,497
WARATAH/WYNYARD / 16,108 / WEST COAST / 5,057
WEST TAMAR / 23,678 / Grand Total / 560,749

Current Registrations by Premium Class

Premium Class / Total
1 Motor Car / 296,627
2 Light Goods Vehicle / 96,204
3 Heavy Goods Vehicle / 10,624
4 Medium Motorcycle / 2,172
5 Large Motorcycle / 8,770
6 Taxi or Luxury Hire Car / 579
7 Large Passenger Vehicle / 1,326
8 Hire and Drive Vehicle / 5,874
9 Caravan, Horse Float, Plant and Machinery (Non Self-Propelled) / 13,506
10 Heavy Trailer / 10,889
11 Mobile Crane / 163
12 Restricted Registration Vehicles including Farm Motor Cycles / 3,588
13 Plant and Machinery (Self-Propelled) / 4,717
15 Farm Tractor / 5,886
16 Medium Passenger Vehicle / 756
17 Small Motorcycle / 1,798
18 Off Road and Recreational Vehicles / 1,744
20 Medium Large Motorcycle / 4,008
21 Vintage Motor Vehicle or Street Rod / 465
22 Special Interest Vehicles / 5,284
0 (No premium) / 85,769
Grand Total excluding "0 (No premium)" / 474,980
Grand Total / 560,749