Car statistics
Austin Mini Chelsea statistics
How many Austin Mini Chelseas are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the Chelsea compares with other versions of the Austin Mini. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 31 −8.8% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 223 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 19.9% Other Austin Mini versions 9.1%
- Licensed in 1994 1,274 when this data begins
- Share of Austin Minis 1.0% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 87.8% of those still registered are SORN
How many Austin Mini Chelseas are left in Great Britain?
There were 31 Austin Mini Chelseas licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 223 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 97.6% lower than the 1,274 in 1994, when this data begins. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 87.8% of those still registered are off the road.
Austin Mini Chelseas licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1,274 | – |
| 1995 | 1,157 | – |
| 1996 | 1,135 | – |
| 1997 | 1,007 | – |
| 1998 | 836 | – |
| 1999 | 679 | – |
| 2000 | 512 | – |
| 2001 | 410 | – |
| 2002 | 324 | – |
| 2003 | 243 | – |
| 2004 | 212 | – |
| 2005 | 183 | – |
| 2006 | 143 | – |
| 2007 | 118 | 143 |
| 2008 | 116 | 138 |
| 2009 | 102 | 131 |
| 2010 | 89 | 130 |
| 2011 | 90 | 135 |
| 2012 | 77 | 135 |
| 2013 | 70 | 158 |
| 2014 | 65 | 158 |
| 2015 | 59 | 168 |
| 2016 | 62 | 176 |
| 2017 | 44 | 202 |
| 2018 | 47 | 197 |
| 2019 | 49 | 198 |
| 2020 | 37 | 210 |
| 2021 | 37 | 211 |
| 2022 | 30 | 221 |
| 2023 | 26 | 220 |
| 2024 | 33 | 219 |
| 2025 | 31 | 219 |
| 2026 | 31 | 223 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
How many Austin Mini Chelseas have survived?
19.9% of Austin Mini Chelseas are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1994. For other versions of the Austin Mini from the same era, the figure is 9.1%, so Austin Mini Chelseas are 2.2 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 22 other versions of the Austin Mini from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Austin Mini Chelsea | 19.9% |
| Other Austin Mini versions of the same age | 9.1% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Other versions of the Austin Mini
Versions of the Austin Mini with their own page. The Austin Mini page covers all 7,389 licensed, whatever the version.
| Version | Licensed | SORN | Still registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Mini Mayfair | 1,206 | 5,534 | 15.3% |
| Austin Mini 1000 City E | 1,052 | 4,652 | 14.6% |
| Austin Mini 1000 | 731 | 848 | 34.8% |
| Austin Mini Thirty | 211 | 874 | 50.3% |
| Austin Mini Cooper | 597 | 343 | 100.0% |
| Austin Mini Cooper S | 582 | 230 | 100.0% |
| Austin Mini Clubman | 305 | 448 | 31.7% |
| Austin Mini Racing Flame | 96 | 629 | 41.6% |
| Austin Mini Designer | 68 | 441 | 28.9% |
| Austin Mini 25 | 132 | 360 | 18.7% |
| Austin Mini Advantage | 49 | 389 | 17.1% |
| Austin Mini Sky Rose | 63 | 284 | 38.4% |
| Austin Mini Piccadilly | 39 | 272 | 15.2% |
| Austin Mini Jet Black | 36 | 260 | 22.5% |
| Austin Mini Chelsea | 31 | 223 | 19.9% |
| Austin Mini Ritz | 29 | 218 | 13.9% |
| Austin Mini 1275 GT | 128 | 109 | 99.2% |
| Austin Mini Park Lane | 18 | 173 | 16.7% |
| Austin Mini Red Hot | 19 | 168 | 20.9% |
| Austin Mini Countryman | 105 | 18 | 100.0% |
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of March 2026 | 254 Austin Mini Chelsea records (licensed and SORN) | 15 September 2026 |
- Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
- Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately, from 2007.
- This version groups DVLA’s detailed model names “MINI CHELSEA”. Engine size, gearbox, number of doors and fuel are ignored, so every engine and gearbox counts together.
- Survival compares the number still registered (licensed or SORN) with the most licensed at any year end since 1994, plus any first registered after that year. Other versions are those of the same model whose licensed count peaked in the same years, up to 2001.
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