Licensing and Registration Statistics
As at 30 June 2025
(updated 6 monthly).
Licence holders
South Australia has 1,381,957 licence holders:
- including full, provisional 1, provisional 2, probationary licences and learners permits
- excluding disqualified drivers, suspended, cancelled or expired licences.
Licence class | Number of holders |
---|---|
C (Car) | 1,210,188 |
HC (Heavy Combination) | 30,813 |
HR (Heavy Rigid) | 58,266 |
LR (Light Rigid) | 22,563 |
MC (Multi Combination) | 18,199 |
MR (Medium Rigid) | 40,456 |
R (Motorcycle) | 147,027 |
RD (Restricted Motorcycle) | 17,289 |
U (ultra High Powered Vehicle) | 3,672 |
The sum of licence classes will not equal the number of licence holders. This is because a driver can have both a motorbike and another class of licence, for example a C and R.
Licence types | Number of holders |
---|---|
Full licence | 1,234,995 |
Learner's permit | 75,960 |
Probationary licence | 4,947 |
Provisional 1 licence | 26,094 |
Provisional 2 licence | 49,186 |
The sum of licence types will not equal the number of licence holders. This is because a driver can have a learner's permit for another class of vehicle in addition to the class on their current licence.
Other licence information | Number of holders |
---|---|
Licence holder disqualifications started in the last 12 months | 14,401 |
Elected Good Behaviour Option in the last 12 months | 5,118 |
Elected Safer Driver Agreement in the last 12 months | 1,376 |
Good Behaviour Option breach in the last 12 months | 1,046 |
Safer Driver Agreement breach in the last 12 months | 231 |
Vehicle registrations
Body type | Number of vehicles |
---|---|
Cars | 627,122 |
Station wagons | 579,498 |
Panel vans | 44,749 |
Utilities | 240,936 |
Trucks | 44,204 |
Prime Movers | 10,269 |
Other commercials | 19,871 |
Commercial trailers | 40,406 |
Buses | 4,697 |
Tractors | 29,979 |
Motorcycles | 51,085 |
Caravans | 62,172 |
Trailers | 273,556 |
Others | 17,139 |
Total vehicle registrations | 2,045,683 |