Sales for diesel vehicles in 2017 were down but the total number of diesel powered vehicles has increased since 2011. Petrol is still the main fuel used in Australia though this may change over the next 10 years.
This table is from the Australian vehicle census released in January 2017. It shows the number of vehicles for each fuel type.
| Petrol | Diesel | Other | All fuel types | |
| 2011 | 13,444,544 | 2,410,277 | 513,562 | 16,368,383 |
| 2015 | 14,000,720 | 3,555,227 | 451,820 | 18,007,767 |
| 2016 | 14,115,057 | 3,848,444 | 423,635 | 18,387,136 |
Source: abs.gov.au
