Vehicle Registration Cost Calculator Australia

A CTP (Compulsory Third Party) green slip is the mandatory injury insurance that covers you against claims for injuries you cause to other people in a motor vehicle accident. It is required before a vehicle can be registered in every Australian state and territory. Most states bundle CTP into the rego renewal notice as a single payment; NSW is the exception, where drivers buy the green slip separately from a SIRA-licensed private insurer and then renew rego with proof of cover. The scheme is named differently in some states, VIC calls it the TAC charge, TAS the MAIB premium, and the NT the MAC scheme.

There is no single national figure, annual rego is set by each state and territory and depends on your vehicle class and where it's garaged. As a ballpark for a privately-owned passenger car, the all-in annual renewal usually lands between roughly $800 and $1,100 once you add base registration, compulsory third-party (CTP) insurance, any motor vehicle tax, and state levies. On the figures read from the NSW and Queensland fee schedules on 31 August 2026, a NSW passenger car comes to about $945 a year and a Queensland 4 cylinder to about $871. Use the calculator above for your state and class, then confirm the exact figure on your state registry's renewal notice.

Annual rego = base registration fee + CTP (green slip / TAC / MAIB / equivalent) + motor vehicle tax (where charged separately, scaled by tare weight) + state levies (such as the QLD Traffic Improvement Fee or SA Lifetime Support Scheme levy) + plate or recording fee where one applies. The calculator adds these components for your selected state and vehicle class and shows the total plus a monthly equivalent.

Each state and territory sets its own registration fee structure independently. NSW uses a low base fee plus a tare-weight-scaled motor vehicle tax. Victoria charges a higher flat fee that bundles TAC compulsory third-party. Queensland adds a traffic improvement fee. The result is that the same vehicle can vary by $200-400 a year just on the rego renewal cost depending on where it's garaged.

In most states (VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, NT, ACT) CTP is bundled with the rego renewal notice, one payment to the state registry. In NSW you pay CTP (the green slip) separately to a private insurer and then renew rego with the certificate as proof. The calculator above shows the total including CTP regardless of how it's collected.

These figures are mid-range estimates. Your actual cost depends on tare weight (light vehicles by 100 kg bracket), garaged postcode (some states have regional concessions), driver age and record (NSW and ACT CTP), business vs private use, and any state concessions or rebates that apply to you (pensioner, primary producer, electric vehicle).

Workshops absolutely can, and most customers appreciate the heads-up. The most common use case is when a workshop is renewing rego on behalf of the customer as part of a logbook service or pink-slip inspection, and wants to quote the all-in cost upfront. Use the figures here as a starting point and check the relevant state portal for the exact figure on the day.

State budgets typically take effect on 1 July each year, and most states adjust rego fees, CTP premiums, and motor vehicle taxes at that time. We update this calculator annually but always cross-check the current figure on the relevant state portal for an exact renewal cost.