Transport for NSW Driver and Rider Test Counts by Month

Transport for NSW publishes monthly counts of driver and rider testing transactions, including computer-based tests. The data is updated regularly and includes backdated transactions from the previous two months. Interactive analytics from July 2022 onward are available on the Registration and Licensing Statistics Portal.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal trends in driver testing demand based on monthly counts.
• Model the adoption of computer-based testing over time based on the separate count provided.
• Forecast future testing volumes for resource planning based on historical monthly data.

Strengths

• Data is updated regularly and includes backdated corrections for the previous two months.
• Published under a CC-BY-4.0 license by the authoritative government agency Transport for NSW.
• Provides a time-series view of testing volumes broken down by month.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and geographic bias inherent to New South Wales, Australia.

Provenance

Source

Transport for NSW

Collection Method

Administrative records of testing transactions.

Time Range

Monthly data from at least July 2022 onward, with prior data available via a separate portal.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 22:52:34.071413; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia