Western Australia has experienced a boom of vehicle and licence transfers from the Eastern States over the past year.
Vehicles transferred from interstate and registered in WA increased from 29,990 between May 2019 to April 2020 to 40,339 between May 2020 to April 2021. This is a 10,000 car or almost 35 per cent increase on the previous year.
Driver's licences transferred from interstate increased from 17,880 between May 2019 to April 2020 to 20,133 between May 2020 to April 2021 - an increase of more than 2,000.
The Department of Transport has hired additional Customer Service Officers to meet demand.
Residents with a driver's licence issued from an Australian State or Territory outside of WA can use their licence for up to 3 months, after which time they need to transfer their licence to a WA licence.
Any vehicle registered outside of WA must make a new application for the grant of a WA vehicle licence, be inspected at an Authorised Inspection Station and issued with a valid certificate of inspection before they can be licensed in WA.
As stated by Transport Minister Rita Saffioti:
"We have seen a dramatic increase in vehicle registrations in WA and licence transfers across to WA.
"Anecdotally we have heard about the number of people returning back to WA and these figures prove this.
"The Department of Transport has employed additional Customer Service Officers to meet demand, with vehicle registrations from other States up by almost 35 per cent."
