Monthly ute-model activity index
Each month aggregates recognised ute and pickup models appearing in BITRE’s published top light-commercial make/model table. Because lower-ranked makes are unavailable, this is a tracked-model lower bound—not an official sales total.
View the monthly index and light-commercial coverage
| Month | Tracked ute entries | All light commercial | Tracked share |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 19,645 | 22,484 | 87.4% |
| August 2025 | 16,717 | 19,371 | 86.3% |
| September 2025 | 19,104 | 21,304 | 89.7% |
| October 2025 | 21,023 | 23,391 | 89.9% |
| November 2025 | 13,608 | 15,943 | 85.4% |
| December 2025 | 24,924 | 28,060 | 88.8% |
| January 2026 | 9,834 | 12,532 | 78.5% |
| February 2026 | 15,068 | 18,130 | 83.1% |
| March 2026 | 15,296 | 18,516 | 82.6% |
| April 2026 | 19,161 | 22,689 | 84.5% |
| May 2026 | 20,136 | 23,046 | 87.4% |
| June 2026 | 17,467 | 21,354 | 81.8% |
Identified utes and pickups by state
Queensland has the largest identified population in this taxonomy, followed closely by New South Wales. These are point-in-time registrations—not purchases during 2025.
| State | Identified fleet | Share | Manufactured 2013 or earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland | 941,386 | 27.2% | 42.0% |
| New South Wales | 918,693 | 26.5% | 37.4% |
| Victoria | 753,864 | 21.8% | 40.1% |
| Western Australia | 421,355 | 12.2% | 41.9% |
| South Australia | 233,617 | 6.7% | 43.3% |
| Tasmania | 117,774 | 3.4% | 52.6% |
| Northern Territory | 44,371 | 1.3% | 37.2% |
| Australian Capital Territory | 34,011 | 1.0% | 36.0% |
Identified fleet age
Fleet age provides replacement context. It does not prove condition, usage, ownership history or a used purchase.
| Manufacture year | Identified vehicles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–2025 | 1,005,579 | 29.0% |
| 2014–2019 | 1,049,463 | 30.3% |
| 2006–2013 | 910,471 | 26.3% |
| 2005 or earlier | 499,524 | 14.4% |
Leading tracked models
Current-month RAV entries for exact models present in the published BITRE table.
Current and rolling model activity
HiLux led the recognised ute models in June. Monthly ranks can move sharply because RAV timing is not the same as retail delivery timing.
| Tracked model | June | YTD | BITRE last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota HiLux | 4,781 | 24,672 | 45,524 |
| BYD Shark 6 | 2,721 | 8,300 | 14,823 |
| Isuzu D-MAX | 2,446 | 12,738 | 27,251 |
| Ford Ranger | 1,710 | 22,413 | 47,172 |
| Mitsubishi Triton | 1,482 | 6,821 | 22,801 |
| GWM Cannon | 1,281 | 5,709 | 12,345 |
| Mazda BT-50 | 1,150 | 5,034 | 12,486 |
| Nissan Navara | 702 | 4,291 | 6,254 |
| LDV T60 | 374 | 1,823 | 3,427 |
| Volkswagen Amarok | 274 | 1,149 | 3,177 |
Why the two 12-month totals differ: the headline 211,983 is the sum of the tracked-model index extracted from each monthly workbook. The model table’s final column is BITRE’s latest June workbook look-back for each published model. Revisions and table coverage can make them differ, so they are not combined.
Identified ute models by state
Choose a state to compare the registered model population.
How to interpret the ute monitor
The definition matters because “ute”, “pickup” and “light commercial” are not interchangeable source categories.
- Identified ute fleet
- Light-commercial registration records matching an exact make and model in the versioned AFA taxonomy.
- Tracked ute entry
- A matching model appearing in the BITRE top light-commercial make/model RAV table for that month.
- Light commercial vehicle
- The broader BITRE category containing utes, vans and other goods-carrying vehicles. It is not used as a ute total.
- RAV entry
- A vehicle entered on the Register of Approved Vehicles as suitable to be provided to the Australian market. It is not necessarily retailed that month.
- Private buyer
- A non-government buyer. Open BITRE registration and RAV data do not expose buyer type, so private, business and government shares are not estimated here.
- Used ute
- An already registered vehicle offered or transferred to another owner. National used transactions and prices are not measured by this monitor.
- Excluded ambiguous model
- A family such as LandCruiser, Patrol or Defender where the available model field cannot reliably isolate a utility body from another body type.
- Taxonomy version
- The auditable list of included make/model pairs. New models require a deliberate reviewed update instead of automatic keyword matching.
Reproduce the result
The taxonomy, derived datasets and calculation rules are public so an analyst can identify inclusions, exclusions and future classification changes.
Rules
- Make and model values are normalised to uppercase and matched exactly—no loose keyword matching.
- Unknown and not-stated models are never classified as utes.
- Fleet shares use the identified taxonomy population, not all light commercials.
- Older-fleet share = identified vehicles manufactured in 2013 or earlier divided by those with a stated manufacture year.
- Monthly tracked share = identified published ute models divided by all light-commercial RAV entries for that month.
- Buyer type, price, fuel consumption, towing capacity and payload are not present in these source files.
Downloads and sources
- Ute taxonomy v1 — JSONIncluded make/model pairs, exclusions and scope.
- Identified registered fleet — JSONState, age, make and model aggregates.
- Tracked monthly RAV index — JSONMonthly coverage and current model activity.
- BITRE Road Vehicles Australia, January 2025Registered-fleet source; CC BY 3.0 Australia.
- BITRE monthly RAV statisticsNew-supply source through June 2026.
- AFA public-data methodologyDenominator, licensing and correction rules.
Replacing or adding a business ute?
Use fleet and supply evidence as context, then compare the exact vehicle, payload, towing need, seller, business use and total finance cost.