Table 1.

Demographics and characteristics of novice drivers by supervisor offences

	Supervisor offences
	Unknown		No		Yes		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
Gender
Female	2010	17.7	8487	74.7	868	7.6	11365
Male	1733	18.3	6973	73.7	751	7.9	9457
Age
17	1545	15.2	7847	77.4	746	7.4	10138
18–19	1448	18.7	5696	77.3	603	7.8	7747
>=20	750	25.5	1917	65.3	270	9.2	2937
Country of birth
Aust.	2883	16.3	13497	76.2	1335	7.5	17715
UK/NZ	62	16.9	270	73.6	35	9.5	367
Europe	8	22.9	23	65.7	4	11.4	35
Asia	357	31.6	692	61.2	82	7.3	1131
Other	433	27.5	978	74.2	163	10.4	1574
Socioeconomic status
Highest	965	18.8	3741	72.8	435	8.5	5141
2nd	920	17.9	3829	74.5	393	7.6	5142
3rd	895	16.4	4138	75.9	420	7.7	5453
4th	963	18.9	3752	73.8	371	7.3	5086
Remoteness*
Urban	2958	19.2	11286	72.9	1233	8.0	15477
Suburb	624	14.2	3450	78.4	327	7.4	4401
Rural	161	17.1	724	76.7	59	6.3	944
TOTAL	3743	18.0	15460	74.2	1619	7.8	20,822

^*Urban = metropolitan; Suburban = inner region; Rural = outer region, rural, remote.