Melbourne heads the list of Australia’s top suburbs for EV uptake, recording 1415 passenger EVs in 2020 – 0.64% of a total 22,591 vehicles.
Victoria holds seven of the top 10 EV sites in a list compiled by the appropriately Melbourne-based Institute for Sensible Transport from ABS Motor Vehicle Census data.
The institute also has a top 10 table for each state, adding that the low numbers overall reflect Australia’s generally low take-up of EVs, at about 0.7% of new vehicles sold.
The 2020 figures show how much EV ownership varies across Australia, after a year when the country’s fleet grew by 59%.
“There are some suburbs that might appear surprising, such as Laverton North,” the institute says. “We suspect that Toyota’s hydrogen vehicle testing and lending program might be responsible, rather than a large number of residents in these suburbs owning EVs.”
Melbourne’s top listing is followed by South Australia’s Bedford Park, Clovelly Park, Flinders University, Pasadena, St Marys and Tonsley with 127 EVs or 1.62% of 7862 vehicles.
Victoria’s Laverton North is in third with Derrimut on 102 EVs or 2.74% of 3720 vehicles, while fourth placed New South Wales suburbs Sydney, Barangaroo, Dawes Point, Haymarket, Millers Point and The Rocks also have 102 EVs, 0.54% of 18,888 vehicles.
Mulgrave and Waverley Gardens in Victoria are fifth with 100 EVs, 0.53% of 18,875 vehicles while the state’s Bangholme, Dandenong, Dandenong East, North and South, and Dunearn have 85 EVs, 0.94% of 9055 vehicles.
In seventh are Burnley, Burnley North, Cremorne, Richmond, Richmond East, North and South in Victoria with 93 EVs, 0.35% of the 26,483 vehicles.
Next are Gladstone Park, Gowanbrae and Tullamarine in the same state with 90 EVs, 0.29% of 30,915 vehicles.
Ninth spot is taken by the New South Wales areas of Dover Heights, Rose Bay North, Vaucluse and Watsons Bay with 85 EVs, 0.94% of 9055 vehicles.
In 10th are Hawksburn and Toorak in Victoria with 75 EVs, 0.74% of 10,088 vehicles.
The ACT, Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland hardly get a mention.
Click here for more on the Institute for Sensible Transport’s EV work.
