Transport Energy and Environment
Chapter 11
This chapter provides information on the Australian measures of transport energy and the environment. Data is sourced from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's petroleum statistics and BITRE estimates.
- Road vehicles made up 84 percent of full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions from all domestic transport modes in 2023–24, compared to 9 per cent from aviation.
- The national average price for petrol was 196 cents per litre in the 2023–24 financial year.
- In 2023–24, domestic road vehicle full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions estimates (carbon dioxide equivalent) reached a record high level of 108 000 gigagrams of CO2 equivalent.
- In 2023–24, there was an estimated 58 billion litres of transport petroleum sold in Australia.
Figure 22 shows full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions by transport mode in gigagrams of CO2 equivalent. Transport emissions in Australia have risen steadily since 1974–75, except over the COVID-19 pandemic period, which saw them dip temporarily for road vehicles and domestic aviation. Domestic aviation emissions were most affected, almost halving from 11 116 gigagrams of CO2 equivalent in 2018–19 to 5 955 gigagrams of CO2 equivalent in 2020–21, while road vehicle emissions fell by roughly 3 per cent over the same period.
Figure 22 Transport full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions
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- Transport Energy and Environment—Yearbook 2024 (161 KB)
- Australian Infrastructure and Transport Statistics—Yearbook 2024