--- title: Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT resource: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/ publisher: Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-03 rows: 744 fields: 3 source: https://www.data.act.gov.au/api/views/i499-ptev/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD source_sha256: 5a126f96e7df35662aedfe4f6c7e2735779977a5c2de221a26118503ff5e9db2 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT The number of driver licences from other states and from overseas transferred to the ACT each month since January 2019, by the jurisdiction they came from. Published by Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate has not endorsed this site. Also called: Driver licences transferred to the ACT, Overseas licence conversions in Canberra, People moving to Canberra by licence transfer. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.csv (16 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.xlsx (21 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.json (54 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.parquet (7.6 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.sqlite (45 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.ndjson (53 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.arrow (7.4 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.csv.gz (3.2 KB) Pinned version 2026-10-03: `https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-licences-transferred-to-act/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-licences-transferred-to-act/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-licences-transferred-to-act/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-licences-transferred-to-act/aggregate?group=jurisdiction&metric=sum.transferred_to_act Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `jurisdiction`: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/by/jurisdiction/index.json lists 8 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `month` | date | Date | The month of the transfers, as its first day. | | `jurisdiction` | string | Jurisdiction | | | `transferred_to_act` | integer | Sum_of_no_transferred_to_the_ACT | | ## Versions - 2026-10-03: 744 rows, 3 fields, sha256 5a126f96e7df. https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/history.tar.zst ## Part of Vehicle registrations and driver licence transfers in the ACT - [Vehicles registered by body type and fuel, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-vehicles-registered/) - [Driver licences transferred interstate, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-interstate/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Driver licences transferred to Victoria each quarter, by origin](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-driver-licence-transfers-to-victoria/) (Vic) - [Driver licences transferred from Victoria each quarter](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-driver-licence-transfers-from-victoria/) (Vic) - [Driver demographics in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/) (Qld) - [Driver licence renewals by how early they were paid, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-driver-licence-renewals-early/) (Qld) - [Driver's licences by postcode, age and sex, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-drivers-licences-by-postcode/) (SA) - [Road crashes, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/) (ACT) - [Migration Program outcome by stream and citizenship, Australia, 1996-97 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-migration-program-by-citizenship/) (Cth) - [Settler arrivals by country of birth, Australia, 1959 to 1996](https://publicdata.au/d/au-settler-arrivals-by-country/) (Cth) - [Permanent additions by country of birth, Australia, 1996-97 to 2016-17](https://publicdata.au/d/au-permanent-additions-by-country/) (Cth) - [Migration Program outcome by stream, Australia, 1984-85 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-migration-program-outcome/) (Cth) - [Vehicle registration transfers by make, model and year, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-vehicle-registration-transfers/) (Qld) - [Factors in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Access Canberra, ACT Government, Interstate and Overseas Driver Licences Transferred to the ACT, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/i499-ptev, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Access Canberra, ACT Government, Interstate and Overseas Driver Licences Transferred to the ACT, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/i499-ptev, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/ Harvard: Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate (2026) Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT, version 2026-10-03 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/ Markdown: Data: [Vehicle registrations and driver licence transfers in the ACT](https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/i499-ptev), Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 744 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT cover? The current version covers 2019 to 2025. Each release from Access Canberra becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT updated? Access Canberra releases it monthly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Interstate and overseas driver licences transferred to the ACT? No. The publisher is Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate, and its page is https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/i499-ptev. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one jurisdiction? Every version has one JSON file per value of jurisdiction, 8 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/by/jurisdiction/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/act-licences-transferred-to-act/v/2026-10-03/by/jurisdiction/nsw.json holds the 93 rows where jurisdiction is NSW. ### What is in each row? One month and one jurisdiction the licence came from, another state or territory or overseas, with the number of licences transferred to the ACT. ### Does this measure people moving to the ACT? It counts licence transfers, which usually follow a move. A person who arrives without a licence, or keeps another licence, is not counted. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/act-licences-transferred-to-act.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/act-licences-transferred-to-act.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.