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 |
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 |
Source: DRIVES as at 30 April 2023.
Taxi plates on hold as at 30 April 2023
Days on hold | T Plate | TC Plate |
0-30 | 22 | 2 |
31-60 | 13 | 0 |
61-90 | 16 | 3 |
91-120 | 11 | 0 |
121-180 | 24 | 4 |
181-365 | 67 | 21 |
>365 | 498 | 81 |
Total | 651 | 111 |
Source Drives as at 30 April 2023
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 |
* 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 30 April 2023