Driving test centres in Queensland

Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) runs practical driving tests at 84 customer service centres and Queensland Government Agent Program (QGAP) offices. In remote areas some police stations also test; they are not listed here. Book with TMR.

All 84 centres

The wait is the median number of working days to the next available test over the last 30 days of the TMR wait time dataset, which ends in January 2024. Centres without a figure are not in that dataset.

Centre	Type	Wait for a testworking days, January 2024
Atherton	Customer service centre	12
Ayr	QGAP office	12
Babinda	QGAP office	n/a
Barcaldine	QGAP office	23
Beaudesert	QGAP office	17
Bedourie	QGAP office	n/a
Bethania	Customer service centre	n/a
Biloela	QGAP office	8
Birdsville	QGAP office	n/a
Blackwater	Customer service centre	18
Boonah	QGAP office	34
Boulia	QGAP office	n/a
Bowen	Customer service centre	10
Bundaberg	Customer service centre	22
Burleigh Waters	Customer service centre	23
Caboolture	Customer service centre	16
Cairns	Customer service centre	2
Caloundra	Customer service centre	15
Cannonvale	QGAP office	14
Charleville	Customer service centre	40
Charters Towers	Customer service centre	5
Childers	QGAP office	17
Chinchilla	QGAP office	20
Cleveland	Customer service centre	27
Cloncurry	Customer service centre	17
Collinsville	QGAP office	n/a
Cooktown	QGAP office	n/a
Currumbin Waters	Customer service centre	23
Dalby	Customer service centre	24
Emerald	Customer service centre	10
Gayndah	QGAP office	11
Gladstone	Customer service centre	20
Goondiwindi	Customer service centre	17
Greenslopes	Customer service centre	25
Helensvale	Customer service centre	31
Hervey Bay	Customer service centre	22
Ingham	QGAP office	11
Inglewood	QGAP office	n/a
Innisfail	Customer service centre	7
Ipswich	Customer service centre	31
Isisford	QGAP office	n/a
Julia Creek	QGAP office	n/a
Jundah	QGAP office	n/a
Logan	Customer service centre	32
Longreach	Customer service centre	5
Mackay	Customer service centre	12
Maleny	QGAP office	n/a
Mareeba	Customer service centre	14
Maroochydore	Customer service centre	14
Maryborough	Customer service centre	18
Miles	QGAP office	n/a
Mitchell	QGAP office	n/a
Moranbah	QGAP office	16
Mossman	QGAP office	21
Mount Isa	Customer service centre	12
Moura	QGAP office	12
Murgon	QGAP office	11
Nambour	Customer service centre	15
Nanango	QGAP office	16
Normanton	QGAP office	n/a
Oakey	QGAP office	28
Pittsworth	QGAP office	25
Proserpine	Customer service centre	6
Ravenshoe	QGAP office	n/a
Redcliffe	Customer service centre	18
Rockhampton	Customer service centre	8
Roma	Customer service centre	35
Sherwood	Customer service centre	37
Southport	Customer service centre	23
Stanthorpe	QGAP office	24
Strathpine	Customer service centre	17
Tewantin	Customer service centre	16
Texas	QGAP office	n/a
Thargomindah	QGAP office	n/a
Toowoomba Harristown	Customer service centre	30
Townsville Cannon Park	Customer service centre	13
Townsville Garbutt	Customer service centre	16
Tully	QGAP office	11
Warwick	Customer service centre	21
Windorah	QGAP office	n/a
Winton	QGAP office	6
Wynnum	Customer service centre	27
Yeppoon	QGAP office	8
Zillmere	Select service centre	15

Queensland practical driving test pass rates

In 2023, 149,063 practical driving tests were taken in Queensland and 90,976 were passed, a pass rate of 61.0%. In 2019 the rate was 63.9%.

Year	Tests	Passed	Pass rate
2019	127,298	81,328	63.9%
2020	113,073	74,537	65.9%
2021	142,751	90,455	63.4%
2022	126,751	80,948	63.9%
2023	149,063	90,976	61.0%

Driving school bookings and private bookings, 2023

Tests booked through a driving school passed at 64.0%, against 59.5% for tests booked privately. About two in three tests were booked privately.

Booked by	Tests	Passed	Pass rate
Driving school	50,641	32,429	64.0%
Private	98,422	58,547	59.5%

Automatic and manual, 2023

Transmission	Tests	Passed	Pass rate
Automatic	102,899	61,373	59.6%
Manual	46,164	29,603	64.1%

By the learner's local council area

The dataset groups tests by the area the learner lives in, not by the centre where the test was taken, so these are not centre pass rates. Areas with at least 200 tests in 2023.

2023, sorted by number of tests
Area	Tests	Passed	Pass rate
Logan City Council	20,905	12,673	60.6%
Gold Coast City Council	18,190	10,794	59.3%
Brisbane City South	17,227	10,256	59.5%
Brisbane City North	16,444	8,285	50.4%
Moreton Bay Regional Council	15,264	7,977	52.3%
Sunshine Coast Regional Council	7,847	5,306	67.6%
Ipswich City Council	6,298	4,072	64.7%
Townsville City Council	5,522	3,133	56.7%
Redland City Council	4,449	3,073	69.1%
Cairns Regional Council	4,292	2,244	52.3%
Toowoomba Regional Council	4,117	2,979	72.4%
Mackay Regional Council	2,495	2,017	80.8%
Bundaberg Regional Council	2,313	1,776	76.8%
Rockhampton Regional Council	2,219	1,390	62.6%
Fraser Coast Regional Council	2,214	1,529	69.1%
Noosa Shire Council	2,032	1,379	67.9%
Scenic Rim Regional Council	1,886	1,411	74.8%
Gladstone Regional Council	1,477	998	67.6%
South Burnett Regional Council	1,211	798	65.9%
Cassowary Coast Regional Council	1,146	740	64.6%
Gympie Regional Council	1,091	812	74.4%
Western Downs Regional Council	1,011	887	87.7%
Southern Downs Regional Council	976	668	68.4%
Whitsunday Regional Council	916	676	73.8%
Lockyer Valley Regional Council	898	566	63.0%
Tablelands Regional Council	841	530	63.0%
Livingstone Shire Council	745	535	71.8%
Central Highlands Regional Council	704	543	77.1%
Mareeba Shire Council	619	280	45.2%
Mount Isa City Council	566	367	64.8%
Banana Shire Council	532	349	65.6%
Douglas Shire Council	277	166	59.9%
Charters Towers Regional Council	276	183	66.3%
Burdekin Shire Council	255	183	71.8%
Isaac Regional Council	251	196	78.1%
Goondiwindi Regional Council	248	170	68.5%
Maranoa Regional Council	246	196	79.7%

Source: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, customer service centre and practical driving test datasets, data.qld.gov.au, CC BY 4.0.