1978
Busiest manufacture year
About 10 still registered — about 36% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Datsun 620
28
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
6 manufacture years from 1973 to 1979. Year of manufacture as recorded on the registry — not model year or compliance plate.
Still registered on Aussie roads · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
1978
Busiest manufacture year
About 10 still registered — about 36% of this model’s total.
0.8%
Share of all Datsun
About 28 of about 3,520 Datsun vehicles still registered.
6
Build years still on the road
From 1973 to 1979, as at 31 Jan 2025.
VIC
Most registered in
About 6 registered there. State figures come from a separate BITRE table, so they can differ slightly from the national count.
Each row is a year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Open a year for history, state split, and rarity.
| Year | Still registered | Share of model | Rarity for its year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | About 3 | 11% | Not ranked |
| 1974 | About 4 | 14% | Not ranked |
| 1975 | About 5 | 18% | Not ranked |
| 1977 | About 3 | 11% | Not ranked |
| 1978 | About 10 | 36% | Not ranked |
| 1979 | About 3 | 11% | Not ranked |
Years that aren’t listed have fewer than 3 still registered, so BITRE doesn’t publish a count.
About 500,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Datsun 620.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Datsun 620 vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Tap a point for its count.
BITRE snapshots. Later releases can revise earlier years. Pre-2021 figures are not on this chart.
| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 32 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 31 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 23 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 26 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 28 |
By year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Very small counts are rounded or withheld.
Where these still-registered vehicles are recorded by state/territory
Tap a bar for its count.
| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 3 |
| VIC | About 6 |
| QLD | About 6 |
| WA | Not published |
| SA | About 3 |
| TAS | About 3 |
| ACT | About 3 |
| NT | Not published |
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Based on BITRE Road Vehicles Australia, January 2021–2025 (CC BY 3.0 AU; the January 2024 release is CC BY 2.5 AU). Colour: Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, Whole Fleet Vehicle Registration Snapshot by Model, Q4 2024 (CC BY 4.0). Oz rare cars is not affiliated with or endorsed by BITRE, the Australian Government or the Victorian Government. Registration counts are not sales, not a valuation, and not advice. Method