Public passenger vehicle statistics

From 1 November 2017, the Point to Point Transport Act 2016 and Point to Point Transport Regulation 2017 provided a new regulatory framework for passenger services undertaken in any vehicle with 12 seats or less (including the driver). These include taxis, private hire vehicles (including ride sharing) and some buses.

Driver Authorities

The turnaround times provided are an average of the total Driver Authorities issued during the month.

When errors occur in the paperwork submitted, Transport for NSW cannot process the application in the usual time. If a customer has an adverse traffic history or criminal record additional steps in the process need to be completed, such as adjudication.

Checks where Transport for NSW relies on external agencies can also affect turnaround times.

Month and year	Total Driver Authorities issued	Average turnaround time (days)
November 2013	547	47
December 2013	463	52
January 2014	432	56
February 2014	543	52
March 2014	379	60
April 2014	501	52
May 2014	664	41
June 2014	454	45
July 2014	624	44
August 2014	616	47
September 2014	541	47
October 2014	452	47
November 2014	536	71
December 2014	607	75
January 2015	399	54
February 2015	1,284	51
March 2015	959	43
April 2015	754	44
May 2015	724	43
June 2015	697	44
July 2015	637	19
August 2015	619	22
September 2015	715	16
October 2015	915	14
November 2015	687	16
December 2015	849	19
January 2016	1039	10
February 2016	1332	6
March 2016	1164	8
April 2016	1495	7
May 2016	1418	6
June 2016	4866	6
July 2016	4560	5
August 2016	4118	5
September 2016	2371	7
October 2016	3157	5
November 2016	3349	5
December 2016	2711	8
January 2017	4040	7
February 2017	5441	9
March 2017	3922	8
April 2017	2523	6
May 2017	2860	6
June 2017	2973	5
July 2017	2314	6
August 2017	2768	6
September 2017	2195	6
October 2017	1956	6
November 2017	353	6
December 2017	209	5
January 2018	188	5
February 2018	235	6
March 2018	243	5
April 2018	258	5
May 2018	431	2
June 2018	329	2
July 2018	358	2
August 2018	350	2
September 2018	273	2
October 2018	315	2
November 2018	287	2
December 2018	222	2
January 2019	236	2
February 2019	235	2
March 2019	213	2
April 2019	212	2
May 2019	295	2
June 2019	207	2
July 2019	260	2
August 2019	228	2
September 2019	226	2
October 2019	238	2
November 2019	254	2
December 2019	218	2
January 2020	172	2
February 2020	232	2
March 2020	201	2
April 2020	176	2
May 2020	187	2
June 2020	172	2
July 2020	180	2
August 2020	132	2
September 2020	156	2
October 2020	151	2
November 2020	129	2
January 2021	114	2
February 2021	140	2
March 2021	174	2
April 2021	178	2
May 2021	137	2
June 2021	173	2
July 2021	188	2
August 2021	171	2
September 2021	134	2
October 2021	106	2
November 2021	136	2
December 2021	104	2
January 2022	100	2
February 2022	123	2
March 2022	172	2

Month and year	Total Driver Authorities issued	Average turnaround time (days)
April 2022	173	2
May 2022	149	2
June 2022	169	3
July 2022	155	4
August 2022	252	4
September 2022	221	4
October 2022	221	4
November 2022	255	4
December 2022	170	4
January 2022	207	4
February 2023	257	4
March 2023	289	4
April 2023	232	4
May 2023	310	4
June 2023	265	4
July 2023	304	4
August 2023	299	4
September 2023	304	4
October 2023	291	4
November 2023	314	4
December 2023	208	4
January 2024	223	4
February 2024	277	4
March 2024	266	4

Taxi plates and point to point drivers

NSW taxi plate figures

Date	Registered taxi plates	Plates on hold
31 Jan 2018	6,353	379
28 Feb 2018	6,384	316
31 Mar 2018	6,456	294
30 Apr 2018	6,498	246
31 May 2018	6,526	263
30 Jun 2018	6,499	326
31 Jul 2018	6,519	327
31 Aug 2018	6,487	336
30 Sep 2018	6,487	341
31 Oct 2018	6,512	334
30 Nov 2018	6,494	335
31 Dec 2018	6,327	486
31 Jan 2019	6,244	558
28 Feb 2019	6,310	495
31 March 2019	6,391	415
30 Apr 2019	6,448	373
31 May 2019	6,469	346
30 Jun 2019	6,490	329
31 Jul 2019	6,504	315
31 Aug 2019	6,565	293
30 Sep 2019	6,552	321
31 Oct 2019	6,516	364
30 Nov 2019	6,465	394
31 Dec 2019	6,199	554
31 Jan 2020	6,123	650
29 Feb 2020	6,182	570
31 Mar 2020	4,183	2,521
30 Apr 2020	3,282	3,399
31 May 2020	3,455	3225
30 Jun 2020	4,085	2,628
31 Jul 2020	4,326	2,477
31 Aug 2020	4,282	2,404
30 Sep 2020	4,328	2,347
31 Oct 2020	4,436	2,228
30 Nov 2020	4,509	2,148
31 Dec 2020	4,523	2,117
31 Jan 2021	4,492	2,113
28 Feb 2021	4,484	2,102
31 Mar 2021	4,589	2,006
30 Apr 2021	4,671	1,922
31 May 2021	4,783	1,835
30 June 2021	4,822	1,800
31 July 2021	4,673	1,940
31 Aug 2021	4,475	2,129
30 Sep 2021	4,436	2,163
31 Oct 2021	4,565	2,007
30 Nov 2021	4,626	1,933
31 Dec 2021	4,629	1,942
31 Jan 2022	4,578	1,987
28 Feb 2022	4,567	2,000
31 Mar 2022	4,619	1,947
30 Apr 2022	4,647	1,917
31 May 2022	4,729	1,847
30 Jun 2022	4,810	1,765
31 Jul 2022	4,898	1,531
31 Aug 2022	5,024	1,219
30 Sep 2022	5,130	1,046
31 Oct 2022	5,224	995
30 Nov 2022	5,300	948
31 Dec 2022	5,319	959
31 Jan 2023	5,331	929
28 Feb 2023	5,366	893
31 Mar 2023	5,418	796
30 Apr 2023	5,449	762
31 May 2023	5,479	713
30 June 2023	5,517	650
31 July 2023	5,517	635
31 Aug 2023	5,621	624
30 Sep 2023	5,713	630
31 Oct 2023	5,736	631
30 Nov 2023	5,789	608
31 Dec 2023	5,770	632
31 Jan 2024	5,759	638
29 Feb 2024	5,758	630
31 Mar 2024	5,779	613

Source: DRIVES as at 29 February 2024.

Taxi plates on hold as at 31 March 2024

Days on hold	T Plate	TC Plate
0-30	17	2
31-60	22	1
61-90	14	2
91-120	24	2
121-180	42	5
181-365	105	4
>365	318	55
Total	542	71

Source Drives as at 31 March 2024

Please note: If the historical date for 'Plate on Hold' is not available then this plate is included in the days on hold>365 count.

Note on revised methodology:

We publish taxi plate statistics for ‘Taxi Plates on Hold – Days on Hold’ based on ‘T Plates on hold’ and ‘TC Plates on hold’ to better align our current published statistics methodology to the Point to Point Transport Commissioner category definitions. T plates are issued to taxis operating in the Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong transport districts. TC plates are issued to taxis operating in all non-metropolitan areas in NSW i.e. not operating in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong transport districts. Prior to June 2020, the previous published statistics methodology for Taxi Plates on Hold -– Days on Hold was based on postcode information of the owner (as opposed to the operating transport district).

If you have any questions on the current methodology please contact the Insights and Analytics Unit, Transport for NSW:

InsightsAnalytics@transport.nsw.gov.au

Please refer to the Historical figures spreadsheet (XLSX, 54.8 KB) for further historical data related to Taxi Plates on Hold under the current and previous methodologies.

Passenger transport licence codes

Month	*Total PT drivers**	*PT code added**	PT code added (cumulative since 1 Nov 2017)
Nov 2017	73,661	3,120	3,120
Dec 2017	76,043	2,505	5,625
Jan 2018	77,838	2,225	7,850
Feb 2018	80,177	2,817	10,667
Mar 2018	82,049	2,420	13,087
Apr 2018	83,995	1,935	15,022
May 2018	85,967	2,409	17,431
Jun 2018	87,487	1,919	19,350
Jul 2018	89,399	1,944	21,294
Aug 2018	91,144	2,132	23,426
Sep 2018	92,408	1,795	25,221
Oct 2018	94,067	2,013	27,234
Nov 2018	95,961	2,176	29,410
Dec 2018	97,812	1,858	31,268
Jan 2019	99,403	2,189	33,457
Feb 2019	101,337	2,252	35,709
Mar 2019	103,390	2,318	38,027
Apr 2019	105,043	1,859	39,886
May 2019	107,046	2,219	42,105
Jun 2019	108,565	1,726	43,831
Jul 2019	110,447	1,972	45,803
Aug 2019	111,897	1,847	47,650
Sep 2019	113,510	1,705	49,355
Oct 2019	114,884	1,626	50,981
Nov 2019	116,310	1,798	52,779
Dec 2019	118,229	1,843	54,622
Jan 2020	119,847	2,020	56,642
Feb 2020	121,568	1.961	58,603
Mar 2020	122,791	1,390	59,993
Apr 2020	122,923	268	60,261
May 2020	123,348	557	60,818
Jun 2020	123,975	799	61,617
Jul 2020	124,823	999	62,616
Aug 2020	125,420	805	63,421
Sep 2020	125,848	744	64,165
Oct 2020	126,256	750	64,915
Nov 2020	126,683	717	65,632
Dec 2020	127,489	819	66,541
Jan 2021	127,797	791	67,242
Feb 2021	128,319	763	68,005
Mar 2021	128,847	789	68,794
Apr 2021	129,621	679	69,473
May 2021	130,069	967	70,440
Jun 2021	130,665	785	71,225
Jul 2021	130,752	321	71,546
Aug 2021	130,729	173	71,719
Sep 2021	130,711	158	71,877
Oct 2021	131,149	595	72,472
Nov 2021	131,974	1,006	73,478
Dec 2021	132,619	664	74,142
Jan 2022	132,949	652	74,794
Feb 2022	133,610	836	75,630
Mar 2022	134,518	1,060	76,690
Apr 2022	134,996	702	77,392
May 2022	135,777	941	78,333
Jun 2022	136,451	847	79,180
Jul 2022	137,146	869	80,049
Aug 2022	137,903	906	80,955
Sep 2022	138,709	981	81,936
Oct 2022	139,507	980	82,916
Nov 2022	140,557	1,193	84,109
Dec 2022	141,557	1,428	85,537
Jan 2023	142,667	1,088	86,625
Feb 2023	143,740	1,253	87,878
Mar 2023	145,219	1,691	89,569
Apr 2023	146,268	1,193	90,762
May 2023	147,655	1,570	92,332
June 2023	148,822	1,332	93,664
July 2023	149,821	1,206	94,870
Aug 2023	150,884	1,269	96,139
Sep 2023	152,110	1,375	97,514
Oct 2023	153,304	1,355	98,869
Nov 2023	154,832	1,674	100,543
Dec 2023	156,181	1,531	102,074
Jan 2024	157,718	1,751	103,825
Feb 2024	159,295	1,792	105,617
Mar 2024	160,825	1,708	107,325

* PT = A PT licence code is a code on a NSW driver licence that identifies drivers who meet licence and medical standards required to drive a point to point vehicle or certain public passenger services under relevant transport legislation.

Source DRIVES as at 31 March 2024

Disclaimer

As the regulator for the licensing of drivers and registration of vehicles, Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) manages the issuance of registration plates to point to point vehicles and ensures drivers meet required licensing standards. TfNSW publishes monthly statistics for taxi registration plates, taxi registration plates on hold, and relevant driver licence information for the information of the point to point industry and the general public.

TfNSW has taken care to ensure that data published is correct and accurate as possible. However, TfNSW does not warrant, represent or guarantee the accuracy or suitability for any purpose of the information published at this website. TfNSW does not accept any legal liability for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from the use of data published at this website. TfNSW recommends that users exercise their own skill, care and judgment with respect to their use of data published including by evaluating the relevance of the material on this website for their purpose.