{
  "meta": {
    "dataset": "Australian identified ute and pickup fleet",
    "reference_date": "2025-01-31",
    "generated_at": "2026-08-10T09:08:58.976859+00:00",
    "source_url": "https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f6e0a290-7d47-4b88-ac3b-34824b0ab334/resource/82874d26-1361-4e38-9277-aec011f46b42/download/rva-2025-mvs-vehtype-streg-yom-mk-mdl-rpc.csv",
    "landing_url": "https://www.data.gov.au/data/dataset/road-vehicles-australia-january-2025",
    "source_publisher": "Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia",
    "taxonomy": {
      "name": "AFA identified ute and pickup model taxonomy",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-10",
      "scope": "Models classified as utilities or pickups within BITRE light commercial vehicle records.",
      "rule": "A record is included only when its normalised make and model exactly match an entry below.",
      "limitations": [
        "BITRE does not publish a standalone ute vehicle class.",
        "The taxonomy deliberately excludes ambiguous model families that can contain wagon, van or other body styles.",
        "Toyota LandCruiser, Nissan Patrol and Land Rover Defender records are excluded because model-level registration data does not isolate ute bodies.",
        "Monthly RAV model tables cover models reported within the top light-commercial makes, so the monthly index is a tracked-model lower bound rather than all ute activity."
      ]
    },
    "source_rows_used": 7185,
    "definition": "Light commercial vehicle records whose make and model exactly match the versioned AFA ute and pickup taxonomy.",
    "caveats": [
      "BITRE does not publish a standalone ute registration class.",
      "This conservative identified fleet excludes ambiguous model families and is not every ute.",
      "Manufacture year is not purchase date, condition or evidence of a used transaction.",
      "Private, business and government buyer types cannot be separated in the open file."
    ]
  },
  "national": {
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    "manufacture_year_known": 3465037,
    "manufactured_2013_or_earlier": 1409995,
    "older_fleet_share": 0.407,
    "age_bands": [
      {
        "band": "2020–2025",
        "count": 1005579,
        "share": 0.29
      },
      {
        "band": "2014–2019",
        "count": 1049463,
        "share": 0.303
      },
      {
        "band": "2006–2013",
        "count": 910471,
        "share": 0.263
      },
      {
        "band": "2005 or earlier",
        "count": 499524,
        "share": 0.144
      },
      {
        "band": "Not stated",
        "count": 34,
        "share": 0.0
      }
    ],
    "top_makes": [
      {
        "label": "TOYOTA",
        "count": 914370,
        "share": 0.264
      },
      {
        "label": "FORD",
        "count": 716726,
        "share": 0.207
      },
      {
        "label": "HOLDEN",
        "count": 432798,
        "share": 0.125
      },
      {
        "label": "MITSUBISHI",
        "count": 370317,
        "share": 0.107
      },
      {
        "label": "NISSAN",
        "count": 288712,
        "share": 0.083
      },
      {
        "label": "ISUZU",
        "count": 243628,
        "share": 0.07
      },
      {
        "label": "MAZDA",
        "count": 233019,
        "share": 0.067
      },
      {
        "label": "VOLKSWAGEN",
        "count": 95840,
        "share": 0.028
      },
      {
        "label": "GREAT WALL",
        "count": 50743,
        "share": 0.015
      },
      {
        "label": "LDV",
        "count": 39205,
        "share": 0.011
      }
    ],
    "top_models": [
      {
        "make": "Toyota",
        "model": "HiLux",
        "label": "Toyota HiLux",
        "count": 913866,
        "share": 0.264
      },
      {
        "make": "Ford",
        "model": "Ranger",
        "label": "Ford Ranger",
        "count": 549277,
        "share": 0.159
      },
      {
        "make": "Mitsubishi",
        "model": "Triton",
        "label": "Mitsubishi Triton",
        "count": 370317,
        "share": 0.107
      },
      {
        "make": "Nissan",
        "model": "Navara",
        "label": "Nissan Navara",
        "count": 288712,
        "share": 0.083
      },
      {
        "make": "Isuzu",
        "model": "D-MAX",
        "label": "Isuzu D-MAX",
        "count": 243628,
        "share": 0.07
      },
      {
        "make": "Holden",
        "model": "Colorado",
        "label": "Holden Colorado",
        "count": 176322,
        "share": 0.051
      },
      {
        "make": "Ford",
        "model": "Falcon",
        "label": "Ford Falcon",
        "count": 125554,
        "share": 0.036
      },
      {
        "make": "Holden",
        "model": "Rodeo",
        "label": "Holden Rodeo",
        "count": 108574,
        "share": 0.031
      },
      {
        "make": "Holden",
        "model": "Utility",
        "label": "Holden Utility",
        "count": 104980,
        "share": 0.03
      },
      {
        "make": "Volkswagen",
        "model": "Amarok",
        "label": "Volkswagen Amarok",
        "count": 95840,
        "share": 0.028
      },
      {
        "make": "Mazda",
        "model": "B3200",
        "label": "Mazda B3200",
        "count": 91657,
        "share": 0.026
      },
      {
        "make": "Mazda",
        "model": "B3000",
        "label": "Mazda B3000",
        "count": 84062,
        "share": 0.024
      },
      {
        "make": "LDV",
        "model": "T60",
        "label": "LDV T60",
        "count": 39205,
        "share": 0.011
      },
      {
        "make": "Great",
        "model": "Wall Cannon",
        "label": "Great Wall Cannon",
        "count": 34000,
        "share": 0.01
      },
      {
        "make": "Ford",
        "model": "Courier",
        "label": "Ford Courier",
        "count": 29656,
        "share": 0.009
      }
    ]
  },
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    {
      "state": "Qld",
      "name": "Queensland",
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      "share_of_identified_fleet": 0.272,
      "manufacture_year_known": 941379,
      "manufactured_2013_or_earlier": 395108,
      "older_fleet_share": 0.42,
      "top_models": [
        {
          "make": "Toyota",
          "model": "HiLux",
          "label": "Toyota HiLux",
          "count": 250655,
          "share": 0.266
        },
        {
          "make": "Ford",
          "model": "Ranger",
          "label": "Ford Ranger",
          "count": 129147,
          "share": 0.137
        },
        {
          "make": "Mitsubishi",
          "model": "Triton",
          "label": "Mitsubishi Triton",
          "count": 104438,
          "share": 0.111
        },
        {
          "make": "Nissan",
          "model": "Navara",
          "label": "Nissan Navara",
          "count": 85733,
          "share": 0.091
        },
        {
          "make": "Isuzu",
          "model": "D-MAX",
          "label": "Isuzu D-MAX",
          "count": 69539,
          "share": 0.074
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
          "model": "Colorado",
          "label": "Holden Colorado",
          "count": 48894,
          "share": 0.052
        },
        {
          "make": "Mazda",
          "model": "B3000",
          "label": "Mazda B3000",
          "count": 30058,
          "share": 0.032
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
          "model": "Rodeo",
          "label": "Holden Rodeo",
          "count": 28346,
          "share": 0.03
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "NSW",
      "name": "New South Wales",
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      "share_of_identified_fleet": 0.265,
      "manufacture_year_known": 918684,
      "manufactured_2013_or_earlier": 343875,
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          "label": "Toyota HiLux",
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          "share": 0.283
        },
        {
          "make": "Ford",
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          "label": "Ford Ranger",
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          "share": 0.159
        },
        {
          "make": "Mitsubishi",
          "model": "Triton",
          "label": "Mitsubishi Triton",
          "count": 96277,
          "share": 0.105
        },
        {
          "make": "Nissan",
          "model": "Navara",
          "label": "Nissan Navara",
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          "share": 0.075
        },
        {
          "make": "Isuzu",
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          "label": "Isuzu D-MAX",
          "count": 68420,
          "share": 0.074
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
          "model": "Colorado",
          "label": "Holden Colorado",
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          "share": 0.047
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
          "model": "Rodeo",
          "label": "Holden Rodeo",
          "count": 28505,
          "share": 0.031
        },
        {
          "make": "Volkswagen",
          "model": "Amarok",
          "label": "Volkswagen Amarok",
          "count": 27898,
          "share": 0.03
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "Vic",
      "name": "Victoria",
      "identified_utes": 753864,
      "share_of_identified_fleet": 0.218,
      "manufacture_year_known": 753852,
      "manufactured_2013_or_earlier": 302601,
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        },
        {
          "make": "Ford",
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          "label": "Ford Ranger",
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          "share": 0.189
        },
        {
          "make": "Mitsubishi",
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          "label": "Mitsubishi Triton",
          "count": 75325,
          "share": 0.1
        },
        {
          "make": "Nissan",
          "model": "Navara",
          "label": "Nissan Navara",
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          "share": 0.086
        },
        {
          "make": "Isuzu",
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          "label": "Isuzu D-MAX",
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          "share": 0.06
        },
        {
          "make": "Ford",
          "model": "Falcon",
          "label": "Ford Falcon",
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          "share": 0.06
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
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          "label": "Holden Colorado",
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          "share": 0.052
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
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          "label": "Holden Utility",
          "count": 30057,
          "share": 0.04
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "WA",
      "name": "Western Australia",
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      "share_of_identified_fleet": 0.122,
      "manufacture_year_known": 421352,
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        },
        {
          "make": "Ford",
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          "label": "Ford Ranger",
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          "share": 0.157
        },
        {
          "make": "Mitsubishi",
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          "share": 0.098
        },
        {
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          "share": 0.083
        },
        {
          "make": "Isuzu",
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          "share": 0.079
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
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          "share": 0.053
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
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          "label": "Holden Rodeo",
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          "share": 0.033
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        {
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          "share": 0.033
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "SA",
      "name": "South Australia",
      "identified_utes": 233617,
      "share_of_identified_fleet": 0.067,
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        {
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          "share": 0.16
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        {
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        },
        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        }
      ]
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      "state": "Tas",
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        }
      ]
    },
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        {
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        {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        {
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          "share": 0.022
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": "ACT",
      "name": "Australian Capital Territory",
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        },
        {
          "make": "Ford",
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          "label": "Ford Ranger",
          "count": 6052,
          "share": 0.178
        },
        {
          "make": "Mitsubishi",
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          "label": "Mitsubishi Triton",
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          "share": 0.114
        },
        {
          "make": "Nissan",
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          "label": "Nissan Navara",
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        },
        {
          "make": "Isuzu",
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          "label": "Isuzu D-MAX",
          "count": 2364,
          "share": 0.07
        },
        {
          "make": "Volkswagen",
          "model": "Amarok",
          "label": "Volkswagen Amarok",
          "count": 2000,
          "share": 0.059
        },
        {
          "make": "Holden",
          "model": "Colorado",
          "label": "Holden Colorado",
          "count": 1477,
          "share": 0.043
        },
        {
          "make": "Ford",
          "model": "Falcon",
          "label": "Ford Falcon",
          "count": 1432,
          "share": 0.042
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}