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Australia Full Year 2011 State by State: Toyota Hilux king 3 times

The Toyota Hilux is #1 in Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory

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Thanks to Mike Breen and Ross McFairlane, I am able to share with you for the first time on Best Selling Cars Blog a Top 10 models ranking State by State in Australia! Out of the 1,008,437 vehicles that found a buyer in Australia in 2011, 314,576 did in New South Wales (capital Sydney), 268,194 in Victoria (capital Melbourne), 210,899 in Queensland (capital Brisbane), 109,492 in Western Australia (capital Perth), 62,760 in South Australia (capital Adelaide), 16,769 in Tasmania (capital Hobart), 15,756 in the Australian Capital Territory (capital Canberra) and 9,991 in Nothern Territory (capital Darwin).

The Mazda3 is #1 in New South Wales and ACT

The Mazda3 made history this year by stopping 15 consecutive years of Holden Commodore domination, and did it thanks to its performance in NSW where it sold 14,661 units for a 4.7% market share followed by the Toyota Corolla and the Commodore. The Mazda3 also ranked #1 in ACT with 874 sales and 5.5%. However one model managed to rank first in more states…

The Toyota Land Cruiser Ute is #7 in Northern Territory

The Toyota Hilux is the king in Queensland at 10,251 units and 4.9% but also in WA with 6,004 sales and 5.5% where it is very helpful around the numerous mining sites currently booming in the state. In Northern Territory the Hilux sold 980 units for a 9.8% market share, the highest share of any vehicle in any state. Toyota actually monopolises the entire Top 5 in NT with the Corolla #2 followed by the Land Cruiser Wagon (vs.#35 nationally), Camry and Prado (vs.#28) while the Land Cruiser Ute ranks #7 (vs.#47).

The Holden Commodore & Cruze lead at home in South Australia

#2 nationally, the Holden Commodore leads in 2 states: in Victoria with 13,128 sales and 4.9% (vs. 10,880 for the Mazda3) and in South Australia where it is manufactured like all Holdens at 4,826 units and 7.7%. Relaunched last year, the Holden Cruze logically delivers its best performance in its homestate SA at #2 with 3,535 sales and 5.6% share. It ranks #3 in ACT and VIC.

The Ford Ranger is #1 in Tasmania (2012 model pictured)

The last model to reach a State pole position is the Ford Ranger, dominating in Tasmania at 681 units and 4.1%. The Hyundai i30 ranks #2 in that state at 3.7% share but also in WA at a very solid 4% thanks to 4,358 sales. Ford’s factory is located in Broadmeadows in Victoria and in its homeland the Falcon is at its best at #5 while the Territory is #6. Notice also the VW Golf ranking #4 in ACT and #7 in NSW.

National post: Australia Full Year 2011: Mazda3 breaks 15 years of Holden Commodore domination

Full Year 2011 Top 10 Ranking Tables for each State below.

Australia overall 2011:

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Mazda3 41,429 4.1% 1
2 Holden Commodore 40,617 4.0% 2
3 Toyota Hilux 36,124 3.6% 3
4 Toyota Corolla 36,087 3.6% 4
5 Holden Cruze 33,784 3.4% 5
6 Hyundai i30 28,869 2.9% 6
7 Nissan Navara 21,675 2.1% 7
8 Toyota Camry 19,169 1.9% 8
9 Ford Falcon 18,741 1.9% 9
10 Mitsubishi Lancer 18,717 1.9% 10

Australian Capital Territory 2011 (Nat = National ranking):

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Mazda3 874 5.5% 1
2 Holden Commodore 648 4.1% 2
3 Holden Cruze 629 4.0% 5
4 VW Golf 546 3.5% 11
5 Hyundai i30 483 3.1% 6
6 Mitsubishi Lancer 404 2.6% 10
7 Toyota Corolla 399 2.5% 4
8 Mazda2 366 2.3% 12
9 Subaru Forester 284 1.8% 17
10 Subaru Impreza 274 1.7% 27

New South Wales 2011:

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Mazda3 14,661 4.7% 1
2 Toyota Corolla 13,130 4.2% 4
3 Holden Commodore 12,692 4.0% 2
4 Toyota Hilux 10,085 3.2% 3
5 Hyundai i30 9,690 3.1% 6
6 Holden Cruze 9,481 3.0% 5
7 VW Golf 6,719 2.1% 11
8 Mazda2 6,426 2.0% 12
9 Mitsubishi Lancer 5,707 1.8% 10
10 Ford Falcon 5,574 1.8% 9

Northern Territory 2011:

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Toyota Hilux 980 9.8% 3
2 Toyota Corolla 444 4.4% 4
3 Toyota Land Cruiser Wagon 379 3.8% 35
4 Toyota Camry 342 3.4% 8
5 Toyota Prado 337 3.4% 28
6 Mazda3 269 2.7% 1
7 Toyota Land Cruiser Ute 267 2.7% 47
8 Mitsubishi Pajero 257 2.6% 43
9 Hyundai Getz 254 2.5% 25
10 Mitsubishi Triton 250 2.5% 13

Queensland 2011:

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Toyota Hilux 10,251 4.9% 3
2 Mazda3 8,100 3.8% 1
3 Toyota Corolla 7,331 3.5% 4
4 Hyundai i30 6,169 2.9% 6
5 Nissan Navara 6,109 2.9% 7
6 Holden Cruze 5,780 2.7% 5
7 Holden Commodore 5,545 2.6% 2
8 Mitsubishi Triton 4,813 2.3% 13
9 Mitsubishi Lancer 4,726 2.2% 10
10 Ford Ranger 4,360 2.1% 15
11 Toyota Camry 3,990 1.9% 8
12 Mazda BT-50 3,682 1.7% 31
13 Mazda2 3,678 1.7% 12

South Australia 2011:

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Holden Commodore 4,826 7.7% 2
2 Holden Cruze 3,535 5.6% 5
3 Mazda3 2,626 4.2% 1
4 Toyota Corolla 2,142 3.4% 4
5 Toyota Hilux 1,968 3.1% 3
6 Mitsubishi Lancer 1,477 2.4% 10
7 Hyundai i30 1,398 2.2% 6
8 Toyota Camry 1,320 2.1% 8
9 Nissan Navara 1,308 2.1% 7
10 Mitsubishi Triton 1,305 2.1% 13

Tasmania 2011:

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Ford Ranger 681 4.1% 15
2 Hyundai i30 621 3.7% 6
3 Mazda3 617 3.7% 1
4 Holden Cruze 525 3.1% 5
5 Toyota Hilux 519 3.1% 3
6 Toyota Corolla 508 3.0% 4
7 Subaru Forester 472 2.8% 17
8 Nissan Navara 425 2.5% 7
9 Suzuki Swift 419 2.5% 20
10 Holden Commodore 369 2.2% 2
11 Subaru Impreza 344 2.1% 27
12 Mazda BT-50 342 2.0% 31

Victoria 2011:

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Holden Commodore 13,128 4.9% 2
2 Mazda3 10,880 4.1% 1
3 Holden Cruze 10,708 4.0% 5
4 Toyota Corolla 9,029 3.4% 4
5 Ford Falcon 6,691 2.5% 9
6 Ford Territory 6,051 2.3% 16
7 Toyota Hilux 6,051 2.3% 3
8 Hyundai i30 5,953 2.2% 6
9 Toyota Camry 5,910 2.2% 8
10 VW Golf 5,644 2.1% 11
11 Nissan Navara 5,207 1.9% 7
12 Toyota Yaris 4,730 1.8% 14

Western Australia 2011:

Pos Model 2011 % Nat
1 Toyota Hilux 6,004 5.5% 3
2 Hyundai i30 4,358 4.0% 6
3 Mazda3 3,402 3.1% 1
4 Holden Commodore 3,206 2.9% 2
5 Toyota Corolla 3,104 2.8% 4
6 Holden Cruze 2,890 2.6% 5
7 Nissan Navara 2,669 2.4% 7
8 Toyota Land Cruiser Wagon 2,297 2.1% 35
9 Toyota Prado 2,069 1.9% 28
10 Ford Ranger 1,924 1.8% 15
11 Toyota Land Cruiser Ute 1,923 1.8% 47

Source: FCAI, many thanks to Mike Green and Ross McFairlane for sharing the data!

Categories: Australia
  1. Danex
    April 21st, 2012 at 15:52 | #1

    Amazing stats! I’ve been looking for state by state breakdowns for years. I’m surprised to see the Falcon in the top ten for NSW, I would see about 10 new Corollas or Mazda 3s for every FG Falcon on Sydney’s roads. Country NSW must be propping it up. Ditto for the Commodore.

    • matgasnier
      April 21st, 2012 at 17:25 | #2

      Glad you are enjoying the stats Danex!
      Matt

  2. Paul
    April 14th, 2012 at 08:33 | #3

    @kurtbinh
    Why? Reputation, built over many years. Hard to argue with.

  3. April 14th, 2012 at 04:41 | #4

    Toyota Hilux is not quality car why Australian buy so much. I think New Ford Ranger is number one. Pick up car America’s car is no.1

  4. David
    April 14th, 2012 at 00:04 | #5

    @matgasnier

    Nope, ACT isn’t a state ;) Australia only has 6 states.

    • matgasnier
      April 14th, 2012 at 00:14 | #6

      Fine :-) a Territory then hehe
      Good pick-up David…
      Matt

  5. David
    April 13th, 2012 at 23:39 | #7

    Amazing, thanks so much for this info. This information is very expensive to obtain and I’ve never seen it published before. I found it interesting that while the Mazda3 was number 1 overall in the nation, it was only #1 in 1 individual state.

    • matgasnier
      April 14th, 2012 at 00:03 | #8

      Glad you’re enjoying it David, the Mazda3 is actually #1 in two states: New South Wales and ACT :)
      cheers
      Matt

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