Average Yearly Mileage

Jood · 13-10-2006 11:33am #1

Hi Everyone,

Had a bit of an argument with my bro last night about average mileage ( I know different circumstances and situtations affect each persons mileage). I said I think it would be about 11k per year he said he thinks its closer to 6k. I dont know if there is an official figure but what do you guys think.

Rew · 13-10-2006 11:35am

11-12k is about average, 6k would be somone on a school/shopping run only!

PaulKK · 13-10-2006 12:00pm

I had assumed it was something like:

14K - Petrol
25K - Diesel

bazz26 · 13-10-2006 12:04pm

Average petrol car mileage is 12k miles pa. Average diesel mileage is around 20k miles pa.

A person doing 6k miles a year seriously needs to think about swapping it for a mountain bike imo.

Jood · 13-10-2006 12:07pm

bazz26 wrote:

Average petrol car mileage is 12k miles pa. Average diesel mileage is around 20k miles pa.

A person doing 6k miles a year seriously needs to think about swapping it for a mountain bike imo.

Yep thats what I thought!! :rolleyes:

testicle · 13-10-2006 1:59pm

I do 25k. Must get a diesel...

JHMEG · 13-10-2006 2:15pm

1,000 miles a month, ie 12,000 a year is considered to be average.

Figures recently released from the NCT show that the average annual mileage in Ireland is about 9,500.

Drax · 13-10-2006 3:09pm

35K. Thank jebus for diesel.

seamus · 13-10-2006 3:11pm

When buying a car, I think most people measure its mileage against an average of around 10,000 - 12,000. I would say this average actually increases as time goes on and people do longer and longer commutes.

14,000 a year would works out at close to fourty miles per day, per person. A significant proportion of people wouldn't drive much further than the local shops and the local school in any given day though.

My average works out at around 5k, simply because my commute is minimal (and when I'm doing long commutes into the city I don't take the car)

Fey! · 13-10-2006 3:33pm

I do about the 12k mark, and I live about 3 miles from work!!!

threebeards · 13-10-2006 3:38pm

seamus wrote:

My average works out at around 5k,

I'm not too much worse, about 7K. Live about 6 miles from work and just spinning around at the weekend on top of that.

Car Mad · 13-10-2006 5:23pm

my average is bout 250per day.and dats just spining around

ok not every day.but i average at least 1000 a week.thank feck im not driving that long.must cut down.i think thats the reason new to driving

commited · 13-10-2006 9:20pm

Averaging about 1400 miles/week at the moment in a 25mpg diesel landcruiser

My mother does about 6k miles/year

Father does about 9k miles/year

I used to do around 15k miles/year

I think car mags use an average of between 10k and 12k for depreciation stats etc.