12 interesting finds from the 2019 ABS Motor Vehicle Census
We’ve done some digging to find some intriguing facts about who is driving what and where.The 2019 ABS Motor Vehicle Census data was released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which relates to the 19.5 million registered vehicles in Australia. The vehicle census covers information on the vehicle brand, vehicle type, fuel type of the cars Aussies own and drive and breaks the info down by postcode.
While there are lots of facts and figures relating to the growth of diesel vehicles, the decline of Ford and Holden and the increase in time in which we hold on to our vehicles, we have decided to take a different approach to the analysis. We've taken a deep dive into the postcode directory and cross matched with car brands. So here are 12 interesting facts from the 2019 ABS Motor Vehicle Census data that may tickle your fancy.
There are zero McLarens in McLaren Vale, SA
There are 363 Holdens in Holden Hill, SA
There are zero Hondas in Civic Square, ACT
There are 5266 Fords in Falcon, WA
There are 9502 vehicles registered in Bentley, WA but not one of them is an actual Bentley
Australia’s DeLorean population is primarily based in the three postcodes of 3523, 4011 and 4503
Victoria has the suburbs with the highest concentration of Ferraris in the country
Toorak has 74 vehicles followed by Brighton with 52 and Richmond with 45. New South Wales follows with 41 cars in the Sydney postcode of 2000 which includes the CBD, The Rocks, Millers Point and Dawes Point.
There are more German cars in Germantown, VIC (214 cars) compared to Germantown, QLD (146 cars)
The royal connection: Jaguar vs Aston Martin in every suburb called Kensington in Australia
Kensington, NSW – 7 vs 0
Kensington, VIC – 21 vs 0
Kensington, QLD – 43 vs 3
Kensington, SA – 33 vs 3
Kensington, WA – 91 vs 9
There are zero Italian cars in New Italy, NSW and Little Italy, WA but there are 3 cars from the Czech Republic and 17 from France
There are Zero Teslas in Battery Point, TAS but there are 3 in Battery Hill, QLD
Of the 79 cars in Speed, VIC with 30 of them being Holdens
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