does the average teenager have a car in Australia?

Question

if you could give me sources

Answer 1

Only if the teenager in question is over 17yrs old and has a valid driver's licence...then the answer is likely to be yes.

Cheers :)

Answer 2

A qualified "no". If the teenagers are still at school then it is most likely they will have a driving licence at 17 but will not own a car. They will have access to a car without owning it. Once they leave school and start earning money a car becomes a priority so more 18 and 19 year-olds will get cars, particularly in the country. In the cities, there is not the same need for a car as there is in the country. If the teenagers are at university, the majority do not own cars.

Answer 3

Well I'm 20 and have no interest in owning a car now or even in the near future. I do have a driver's licence so I just borrow my mum's car if I need it and if she isn't using it, which isn't that often anyway because I live close to the city and close to my university, and close to work.

Besides, parking in the centre of the city is either impossible or heinously expensive, and a car just isn't worth the bother for me. I catch public transport most days.

However, the further from the centre of the city you go, the more necessary it becomes to own a car because public transport gets considerably less reliable. Generally, in the outer suburbs of the city, country towns and rural areas, car ownership is most necessary.

Answer 4

At least half of my childrens class mates had cars in the last year of high school.
Most had after school and week-end jobs from the age of 15 to save for them, with a little help from Mum and Dad.
As stated before, the rest of them had access to a vehicle.
Not all kids drive or get their licence, at 17, some wait until they are in their 20's.

Answer 5

I'm 34 and there is a lot more cars getting driven around here now, as well as to the schools by younger people now than when i was in school so i would say yes if they have got a small job or their parents have bought them one...

Answer 6

Definitely more so now than when I was at school.

During my high school days, only one student had a car, now about half of the teens I know have a car or access to a car.

Cheers :-)

Answer 7

yes, and some of the little buggers drive new expensive ones.