Victoria lags as Australia’s electric vehicle hotspots revealed

A study of electric cars by postcode shows Queensland and New South Wales can lay claim to having the most registrations in the country – with Victoria hitting reverse, despite being the second most populous state.

Australia’s most popular suburbs for electric vehicle ownership have been revealed, with the biggest surprise coming from Queensland.

Data published by the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) shows the total number of registered electric cars within each local government area (LGA) across the country, with Queensland and New South Wales taking out the most spots in the Top 10 – with four each.

Brisbane sits in number one, with 6749 electric vehicles registered within its postcode, followed by the ACT and Gold Coast.

Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Victoria’s Boroondara, Sydney city, Ku-ring-gai in NSW, Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay, and The Hills Shire in NSW round out the Top 10.

Victoria now has only one postcode in the Top 10 – being Booroondara at number five – after Monash and Stonnington fell off the list.

All council areas in the Top 10 – as well as Victoria’s Monash postcode in the number 11 spot – have more than 1000 battery-electric vehicles registered within their borders.

Queensland, the ACT, New South Wales, and Victoria make up the first 15 positions, with Western Australia’s Stirling taking 16th.

Hobart comes in at number 47, while Mitcham and Burnside are the first council areas of South Australia to hit the list, at 76 and 77 respectively.

Rank	LGA	State	Electric Vehicles
1	Brisbane	QLD	6749
2	ACT	ACT	3017
3	Gold Coast	QLD	2933
4	Northern Beaches	NSW	1387
5	Boroondara	VIC	1243
6	Sydney	NSW	1213
7	Ku-ring-gai	NSW	1136
8	Sunshine Coast	QLD	1114
9	Moreton Bay	QLD	1083
10	The Hills Shire	NSW	1069

Electric vehicle registrations as of 31 January 2023.

The Queensland Government offers electric-car buyers a subsidy of up to $6000 for new vehicles purchased with a dutiable value of $68,000 (including GST) or less – with the Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive coming in under the limit after a price cut was announced on the same day the subsidy came into effect.

The AAA’s data also shows electric vehicle sales have overtaken hybrids in 2023, becoming the second most popular propulsion type after internal-combustion engines (which includes petrol and diesel).

Battery-power is now preferred among Australian buyers in the medium-car segment, at 41.58 per cent of sale, with just 37.9 per cent of buyers opting for petrol or diesel, and 20.78 per cent choosing hybrids.

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