Victoria Vehicle Registration Counts by Make, Postcode, and Fuel Type

Quarterly counts of all registered vehicles in Victoria, Australia, aggregated by attributes such as vehicle make, postcode, fuel type, vehicle class, year of manufacture, and colour. The dataset is provided by the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning and was last updated in May 2026. It excludes boats and trailers.

Use Cases

• Analyze market share and adoption trends for electric vehicles based on fuel type and year of manufacture.
• Model regional transportation demand and infrastructure planning based on vehicle density by postcode.
• Profile vehicle ownership demographics and preferences based on make, class, and colour aggregations.
• Forecast vehicle fleet composition and environmental impact based on fuel type and age distributions.

Strengths

• Aggregates data by six key dimensions: Vehicle Make, Postcode, Fuel Type, Vehicle Class, Year of Manufacture, and colour.
• Covers the entire registered vehicle fleet for the state of Victoria, providing a complete snapshot.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Data quality disclaimer notes potential for misspellings and incorrect attributes.
• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting pre-download assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-12).

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning, Victoria, Australia

Collection Method

Aggregated from official vehicle registration records.

Time Range

Quarterly snapshots.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 07:48:32.606849; update frequency is quarterly.

Geography

Victoria, Australia, aggregated by postcode.