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Australia’s Motoring Census: Motorcycle Segment Shows Strongest Growth

Australians are beginning to embrace the idea that motorcycles may be a viable alternative to cars, with the segment showing the strongest growth in sales over the last five years. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has just published its latest


Australians are beginning to embrace the idea that motorcycles may be a viable alternative to cars, with the segment showing the strongest growth in sales over the last five years.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has just published its latest Motor Vehicle Census data, which compared vehicle registrations in 2010 to 2015.

Australian motorists had 18,007,767 vehicles registered at the start of this year (when a snapshot of the data was taken); up 2.1 percent on last year’s tally of 17,633,493 and up 12.1 percent on 2010’s figure of 16,061,098.

The average age of vehicles in Australia is steady at 10.1 years, with only campervans showing any real downward movement - now 0.4 years younger, on average.

Motorcycles and articulated trucks are getting older, according to the Census, with average ages increasing 1.0 and 0.6 years respectively over the five-year period.

While every class of vehicle has seen growth in the number of registrations over the last half a decade, it’s motorcycles and scooters that are leading the charge with figures up 22.3 percent.

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