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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 licence1,234,995
Learner's permit75,960
Probationary licence4,947
Provisional 1 licence26,094
Provisional 2 licence49,186

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
Motorcycles51,085
Caravans 62,172
Trailers 273,556
Others 17,139
Total vehicle registrations2,045,683