New Zealand motor vehicle registration statistics - 2007

General - Table 30

Age profile of major vehicle types, by type and age group, as at year end 2007

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Age in whole years	Cars	Trucks	Buses	Motor caravans	Motor- cycles	Mopeds	Trailers
Under 1 year	78,054	23,351	748	853	8,223	4,788	29,980
1 year	78,931	21,156	825	655	5,916	4,027	26,005
2 years	82,131	23,638	650	622	6,240	3,837	25,727
3 years	80,521	23,466	712	931	4,939	1,750	23,679
4 years	80,423	20,834	566	804	3,977	1,059	20,902
5 years	80,751	19,504	622	453	3,469	744	19,070
6 years	82,201	17,748	674	836	3,178	586	17,776
7 years	98,941	18,512	642	551	2,997	469	17,896
8 years	117,348	17,092	759	644	2,918	442	15,992
9 years	155,346	16,668	786	369	2,962	445	15,491
10 years	208,240	21,416	932	401	2,644	336	14,919
11 years	260,509	23,442	1,179	767	2,082	316	14,808
12 years	193,168	20,918	1,065	841	1,715	322	14,761
13 years	183,576	22,739	1,029	1,102	1,616	264	12,477
14 years	146,006	19,305	738	916	1,424	190	10,913
15 years	156,949	19,848	796	982	1,646	385	10,644
16 years	130,965	20,504	961	1,084	2,152	313	9,953
17 years	122,260	25,610	948	1,299	2,463	478	16,581
18 years	99,814	21,596	864	1,039	2,832	425	12,560
19 years	64,795	17,452	708	934	3,396	486	11,709
20 years	45,242	14,735	656	845	3,431	522	10,758
21 years	34,555	12,627	662	894	3,230	568	11,125
22 years	27,579	11,943	473	1,245	2,102	396	14,378
23 years	20,569	10,138	400	637	1,735	246	10,787
24 years	12,084	6,464	291	555	1,603	198	8,623
25 years	9,853	5,943	225	372	1,694	338	9,183
26 years	8,104	4,530	210	298	1,646	247	8,595
27 years	7,041	3,888	177	281	1,522	328	15,276
28 years	6,339	3,172	193	251	1,259	219	10,409
29 years	5,979	2,555	196	230	764	95	12,452
30 years	4,438	2,287	137	253	610	95	12,624
31 years	4,382	2,049	131	281	714	79	14,610
32 years	5,002	1,598	84	277	841	107	14,170
33 years	7,537	1,472	56	229	810	105	11,509
34 years	7,022	1,366	35	246	1,014	78	9,446
35 years	6,739	1,238	38	240	644	91	6,991
36 years	5,798	1,197	31	242	545	90	5,281
37 years	5,546	1,009	37	193	335	71	7,051
38 years	4,057	702	23	150	305	43	4,122
39 years	3,397	512	25	138	250	40	3,722
40 years	3,841	487	25	162	180	51	3,488
41 to 50 years	22,526	3,579	132	992	1,537	378	20,854
51 years and over	17,182	4,054	49	489	3,108	125	4,379
Total vehicles	2,775,741	512,344	20,490	25,583	96,668	26,172	571,676
Mean age (years)	12.29	12.76	13.29	17.65	14.49	8.39	16.98

Mean age, in previous years

	Cars	Trucks	Buses	Motor caravans	Motor- cycles	Mopeds	Trailers
Year end 2006	12.10	12.71	13.34	17.72	14.98	8.90	17.03
Year end 2005	11.91	12.63	13.41	17.64	15.39	9.97	17.00
Year end 2004	11.78	12.64	13.34	17.72	15.61	12.20	16.94
Year end 2003	11.69	12.63	13.30	18.14	15.70	13.22	16.87
Year end 2002	11.63	12.57	13.19	18.26	15.54	13.79	16.72
Year end 2001	11.55	12.47	13.18	18.21	15.25	13.98	16.51
Year end 2000	11.42	12.25	13.03	18.44	14.83	13.94	16.28
Year end 1999	11.28	12.01	12.87	18.08	14.37	13.74	16.04

Important notes:

1. The figures are of current vehicles recorded in the Motor Vehicle Register, excluding vehicles with cancelled or lapsed registration.
2. The ‘mean age’ is the sum of the products of vehicle totals multiplied by age, divided by total vehicles.
3. The mean age of the national vehicle fleet is not available prior to 1999.
4. The age of the fleet is a conservative estimate only. The vehicle year recorded on the motor vehicle register may be the year of manufacture, the model year as denoted by the manufacturer, or the year in which the vehicle was first registered. This may result in the overall age of the vehicle fleet being understated.

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