New Car Sales Atlas Beta

How many Land Rover Defender vehicles were sold in Australia in 2021?

See how many Land Rover Defender vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
2021 ×Land Rover ×Defender ×
Land Rover Defenders sold
1,733
2021
Peak year
2025
3,854 sales
Share of Land Rover
26.8%
of all Land Rover sales
Latest YTD vs prior
−1.2%
same period last year
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 2021, Land Rover Defender recorded 1,733 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 26.8% of Land Rover's sales in 2021. The highest annual result in the loaded history was 3,854 sales in 2025. That was 233.9% higher than the previous full-year result.

2026 vehicle info

Real 2026 vehicle data for Land Rover Defender.
2026 price$98,400 to $313,800
2026 drive-away$105,438 to $331,608
Body typeSUV
PowertrainMild Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Combustion +1 more
Fuel typeDiesel, Premium Unleaded +2 more
Drive4x4
TransmissionAutomatic With Manual Mode
Seats5, 8 +1 more
Fuel use3.4L/100km to 13.1L/100km
ANCAP5
Warranty60 months / Unlimited km
Size (L×W×H)4,583mm to 5,098mm × 1,996mm × 1,967mm to 1,974mm
Land Rover Defender · Matched internally as Land Rover Defender

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (2021 · Land Rover · Defender).

Sales by year: 2021 · Land Rover · Defender

Year-by-year totals for 2021 · Land Rover · Defender.
YearTotalvs prev
2026 YTD2,660−1.2%
20253,854+20.1%
20243,209−16.6%
20233,846+137.0%
20221,623−6.3%
20211,733+233.9%
2020519—
Data Notice

Data use and verification

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Purchase data

Land Rover model context: Defender

A model-specific replacement for the state map: where this vehicle sits inside the Land Rover range for 2021.
Rank in Land Rover#1
Defender sales1,733
Share of Land Rover26.8%
1
Defender
1,73326.8%
2
Range Rover Sport
1,47522.8%
3
Range Rover Evoque
1,14317.7%
4
Discovery Sport
84313.1%
5
Range Rover Velar
5698.8%
6
Discovery
5348.3%
7
Range Rover
1622.5%

Key notes: 2021 · Land Rover · Defender

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 2021: 1,733
Land Rover total in 2021: 6,459
Model context uses Land Rover range totals because state-by-model data is not available in the source.
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /2021/land-rover/defender
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.