Fuel economy of Australian passenger vehicles—a regional perspective

Publication Subject(s)
cities
environment and energy
infrastructure
regions
road
Publication Type
Information Sheet
Department ID
INFRA 3289
ISBN
978-1-925531-55-8
Release date

This information sheet presents Australian data on how realised rates of fuel consumption vary over time, and how the rates depend on key vehicle characteristics such as number of cylinders, fuel type and vehicle age. It also investigates state/territory differences in fuel economy and presents new small area estimates of the average rate of fuel consumption for Australia's regions.

These small area estimates are based on the composition of the passenger vehicle and motorcycle fleet in the region, and are derived at both the Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) and Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) scale. The key data sources are the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Survey of Motor Vehicle Use (SMVU) 2016 and the ABS Census of Motor Vehicles 2016.

  • Fuel economy of Australian passenger vehicles–a regional perspective