2022
Busiest manufacture year
About 16,800 still registered — about 27% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Tesla Model 3
63,300
still registered in Oz
0.3% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
6 manufacture years from 2019 to 2024. A few records outside this range are too small to publish reliably. 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
2022
Busiest manufacture year
About 16,800 still registered — about 27% of this model’s total.
2020
Rarest for its year
About 2,750 still registered. Rarer than 80% of other 2020 vehicles still registered.
50%
Share of all Tesla
About 63,300 of about 127,000 Tesla vehicles still registered.
6
Build years still on the road
From 2019 to 2024, as at 31 Jan 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | About 3 | <0.1% | Not ranked |
| 2019 | About 3,090 | 4.9% | Rarer than 80% of other 2019 vehicles still registered |
| 2020 | About 2,750 | 4.3% | Rarer than 80% of other 2020 vehicles still registered |
| 2021 | About 12,000 | 19% | Rarer than 51% of other 2021 vehicles still registered |
| 2022 | About 16,800 | 27% | Rarer than 36% of other 2022 vehicles still registered |
| 2023 | About 15,500 | 25% | Rarer than 42% of other 2023 vehicles still registered |
| 2024 | About 13,200 | 21% | Rarer than 39% of other 2024 vehicles still registered |
About 221 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Tesla Model 3.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Tesla Model 3 vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Up about 969% since 2021
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 5,920 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 18,000 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 32,100 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 47,000 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 63,300 |
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 19,700 |
| VIC | About 16,600 |
| QLD | About 13,900 |
| WA | About 6,740 |
| SA | About 2,960 |
| TAS | About 676 |
| ACT | About 2,570 |
| NT | About 173 |
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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