Getting your Ps in NSW
The learner stage, the Hazard Perception Test and the driving test that lead to your $74 P1 licence.
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The cheapest test is the one you pass first time
Each failed driving test costs another $72 and another wait for a booking. Tell us where you are up to and we will tell you honestly whether you are ready to book.
Sydney South Driving School prepares learners for the Liverpool, Edmondson Park and Macarthur testing centres, with free door-to-door pick-up.
The full list
NSW licence and test fees for 2026
These are the fees for a class C car licence and the tests that lead to it, as published by the NSW Government. Test fees are charged per attempt unless stated otherwise.
| Licence or test | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Learner licence | $32 | Issued after you pass the Driver Knowledge Test |
| Replacement learner licence | $28 | If your learner licence is lost, stolen or damaged |
| Provisional P1 licence | $74 | Issued after you pass the driving test |
| Provisional P2 licence | $115 | Paid when you progress from P1 to P2 |
| Unrestricted licence, 1 year | $74 | The gold full licence |
| Unrestricted licence, 3 years | $172 | About $57 a year |
| Unrestricted licence, 5 years | $234 | About $47 a year |
| Unrestricted licence, 10 years | $434 | About $43 a year. Class C or R only, for holders aged 21 to 44 |
| Replacement P1, P2 or unrestricted licence | $34 | Lost, stolen or damaged card |
| Interstate licence transfer | $34 | Learner, P1, P2 or unrestricted |
| Driver Knowledge Test, online | $58 | Covers unlimited attempts |
| Driver Knowledge Test, in person | $58 | Charged for each attempt |
| Hazard Perception Test | $58 | Charged for each attempt |
| Driving test | $72 | Including GST, charged for each attempt |
| Riding test | $72 | Including GST, charged for each attempt |
| Replacement learner driver log book | $22 | If the paper log book is lost |
Adding it up
What reaching your Ps costs, in the order you pay it
This is the government cost for a learner who passes every test on the first attempt and takes the Driver Knowledge Test online. It is the floor, not the typical figure, because lessons, practice and any resits sit on top.
| Stage | What you pay for | Fee | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before your Ls | Driver Knowledge Test, online | $58 | $58 |
| Getting your Ls | Learner licence | $32 | $90 |
| Before the driving test | Hazard Perception Test | $58 | $148 |
| Test day | Driving test | $72 | $220 |
| Getting your red Ps | Provisional P1 licence | $74 | $294 |
| Moving to green Ps | Provisional P2 licence | $115 | $409 |
| Your first full licence | Unrestricted licence, 5 years | $234 | $643 |
Where the cost really grows
A failed test costs more than its fee
Each resit adds its fee again, and the driving test adds the longest delay because a new booking has to be found. Learners preparing with Liverpool driving lessons usually sit a mock test on the Orange Grove Road routes first, because a practice run is cheaper than a $72 fail.
Your first full licence
Which unrestricted licence term is the best value
Longer terms cost less per year. The 10 year licence is the cheapest per year, but only drivers aged 21 to 44 holding class C or R can choose it.
| Term | Fee | Cost per year | Who can choose it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | $74 | $74.00 | Any eligible unrestricted licence holder |
| 3 years | $172 | $57.33 | Any eligible unrestricted licence holder |
| 5 years | $234 | $46.80 | Any eligible unrestricted licence holder |
| 10 years | $434 | $43.40 | Class C or R holders aged 21 to 44 |
Beyond the government fees
What these fees do not cover
Government fees are the smaller part of getting a licence. Budget for these as well.
Driving lessons
Lessons with an accredited instructor are not a government fee, but for learners under 25 each structured hour records as three log book hours, up to 10 professional hours. Our lesson packages and prices are listed on one page.
Driving lesson prices Lessons and fees together: the Liverpool cost guide How many log book hours you need
A car for the driving test
You must bring a registered, roadworthy car to the driving test. Learners who do not have one, or who learned in an instructor's car, can hire the training car for the test with a warm-up lesson beforehand.
Plates
L, red P1 and green P2 plates are bought separately from supermarkets, discount department stores and auto chains.
Official information
Fees checked 13 September 2026
Every figure on this page was checked against the NSW Government fees page on 13 September 2026. NSW reviews its fees from time to time, so confirm the current amount before you pay.
NSW Government fee information
The official pages below list the current fees, the concessions and discounts available, and the requirements for each test.
Driver and rider licence fees Concessions and discounts Driver licence tests
Suburbs taught by Ashraf
Liverpool and surrounding areas
Every suburb below has its own page with local road detail and booking information. Pick-up and drop-off is free anywhere on this list.
View all 38 Liverpool suburbs we serve
Liverpool
Our home base. Lessons cover the 40km/h zones and pedestrian traffic around Liverpool Hospital and the Bigge Street precinct, then step up to the Hume Highway. Pick-up from Westfield Liverpool, Liverpool Station, local schools and workplaces.
Warwick Farm
The Liverpool Service NSW testing centre sits on Orange Grove Road in Warwick Farm, so this is the natural place to rehearse the decisions you will make the moment you leave the car park.
Casula
Sits on the Hume Highway south of Liverpool. Layered give-way decisions and arterial merging make it strong ground once the basics are steady.
Edmondson Park
Home to one of the region's Service NSW driver testing centres. Learners here practise on the same estate layout, roundabouts and school zones they will be assessed on.
Prestons
The structured street grid gives consistent kerb lines and bay spacing, which makes reverse parking and roundabout work far easier to repeat until it sticks.
Chipping Norton
Early control work runs on Wilby Street and Ashfordby Street, three-point turns on Derby Crescent, then a measured move into Governor Macquarie Drive traffic.
Moorebank
Newbridge Road and the M5 interchange give you genuine motorway entries and exits without travelling far from home.
Green Valley
Quiet residential roads off Cowpasture Road make an easy starting point for a first-ever lesson, with arterial traffic close by when you are ready.
Hoxton Park
Steady Cowpasture Road traffic paired with calmer surrounding estates, so a lesson can move between the two without a long drive.
Cecil Hills
Curved estate roads and real gradients here are ideal for controlled hill starts and accurate road positioning.
Cabramatta
A busy town centre with constant pedestrian movement. Lessons here sharpen observation timing and hazard awareness more than anywhere else on the Liverpool side.
Hinchinbrook
A quieter pocket that suits building a reliable routine before heavier traffic gets involved. Ashraf collects you from home, school or work.
Bonnyrigg
Lessons concentrate on low-speed control and parking repetition, then progress toward Cabramatta and central Liverpool as confidence grows.
Bonnyrigg Heights
Good ground for practising controlled stops and smooth take-offs, with the same instructor tracking your progress from one lesson to the next.
Wattle Grove
Well-planned estate streets beside Holsworthy allow steady skill building at a relaxed pace before test-route work begins.
Milperra
Henry Lawson Drive and its bridge approaches provide solid multi-lane driving and merging experience close to home.
Holsworthy
Quiet residential streets sit alongside the Heathcote Road corridor, so one lesson can cover both ends of the difficulty range.
Hammondville
A compact suburb on the Heathcote Road side of the service area, close enough to Liverpool for regular test-route practice.
Voyager Point
Quiet riverside streets stay genuinely low-pressure, which makes this a kind place for a nervous learner to take a first lesson.
Sandy Point
Narrow local roads teach careful positioning and patience with oncoming traffic, then lessons head toward Liverpool for busier conditions.
Horningsea Park
Newer estate streets suit early lessons, and test preparation is usually built around the Edmondson Park centre.
Denham Court
Open, higher-speed roads make this useful for speed management and judging safe gaps, paired with Edmondson Park test-route practice.
Austral
Newer estate streets off Craik Avenue suit a first lesson, with Bringelly Road and Camden Valley Way close by for arterial practice. Test preparation is usually built around the Edmondson Park centre.
Carnes Hill
Three environments close together: calm residential circuits, the Marketplace precinct for low-speed hazards, and Cowpasture Road for multi-lane traffic and turning lanes.
Middleton Grange
A newer estate built around roundabouts rather than cross intersections, so give-way judgement and approach speed get practised from the first lesson. Fifteenth Avenue is close by for arterial work.
Leppington
New estates beside the old semi-rural grid, so a lesson moves from quiet roundabout streets to the changing limits of Ingleburn Road. Camden Valley Way leads straight to the Edmondson Park centre.
West Hoxton
Calm residential streets inside the suburb and heavy Cowpasture Road traffic on its edge, so lessons move from first hours to test-route lane choices without a long drive.
Ashcroft
Under two kilometres from the Orange Grove Road test centre, with two school zones and Maxwells Avenue between the quiet grid and Elizabeth Drive.
Busby
A roundabout-rich residential network for give-way practice, with South Liverpool Road for busier traffic and Orange Grove Road under four kilometres away.
Cartwright
Short Place streets that suit three-point turns and kerbside stops, with Joadja Road and Hoxton Park Road for the step up to arterial traffic.
Elizabeth Hills
A new estate with one of the highest roundabout counts in the area, and Cowpasture Road beside it for arterial practice toward Liverpool.
Heckenberg
Compact Snowy Mountains-named streets either side of South Liverpool Road, with Elizabeth Drive on its edge for the step up to heavier traffic.
Lurnea
Every road type in one suburb: eighty-plus quiet streets, three school zones, Hill Road, Hoxton Park Road and the M5 on its edge.
Miller
Miller Central's car park hazards and school zones on Cabramatta and Cartwright Avenues, with Hoxton Park Road for arterial practice.
Mount Pritchard
Around a hundred residential streets for varied practice, three school zones, and Elizabeth Drive two kilometres from the Orange Grove Road centre.
Sadleir
A quiet core with no arterial road through it, edged by Cartwright, Heckenberg and Sadleir Avenues, which makes it an easy place for a first or nervous lesson.
Bardia
Ed Square and the Edmondson Park test centre sit just across Campbelltown Road, with four roundabouts along Bardia Avenue and five sets of lights onto Campbelltown Road.
Len Waters Estate
A business precinct rather than a housing estate: pick-up from work or the shops, trucks and buses on Airfield Drive, and the Westlink M7 interchange on Cowpasture Road.
Suburbs taught by George Hany
Campbelltown and Macarthur
George Hany covers every suburb below. Choose yours for local road detail, or book straight away and he will come to you.
View all 26 Campbelltown and Macarthur suburbs we serve
Campbelltown
George's home ground. Lessons start on quiet crescents, then build to Narellan Road's multi-lane intersections, the Macarthur Square approaches and the Hume Motorway interchanges.
Macquarie Fields
Has its own Service NSW driver testing centre, which makes it the natural test choice for learners in the northern Macarthur suburbs.
Ingleburn
The town centre grid handles the early work, then lessons move onto the busier Campbelltown Road corridor and its school zones.
Narellan
Narellan Road meets Camden Valley Way here, so learners get repeated practice at genuine multi-lane intersections and lane choice under pressure.
Oran Park
A modern road network of roundabouts and school zones off The Northern Road. Clear signage makes it a good place to build give-way confidence.
Camden
Historic town streets ask for slow, precise driving, while the Camden Bypass covers open-road speed management in the same lesson.
Mount Annan
Estate streets and roundabouts near the Australian Botanic Garden let beginners build early skills without traffic pressure.
Minto
A mix of industrial roads and quiet residential streets, which gives George room to vary a lesson plan without leaving the suburb.
Leumeah
Railway crossings and steady suburban traffic close to Campbelltown centre make this useful for reading the road ahead.
Glen Alpine
Elevated streets give consistent slopes for practising controlled stops and smooth hill take-offs.
St Helens Park
Another suburb with reliable gradients, so hill starts stop being the thing you dread before test day.
Ambarvale
Hilly residential streets and compact blocks suit gradient control and low-speed manoeuvres in the same session.
Woodbine
Compact residential blocks give generous kerb space for reverse parking and three-point turns.
Ruse
Quiet residential crescents make Ruse a comfortable place for the very first session: cockpit setup, moving off, stopping and mirror habits.
Raby
Looping estate streets with clear sight lines are ideal for repeating turns, kerbside stops and three-point turns until they feel automatic.
Kearns
Low-traffic crescents beside Eagle Vale help absolute beginners establish steering and pedal control before anything else.
Eagle Vale
Local shopping-centre approaches and roundabouts feature heavily, which is good preparation for the decisions examiners watch closely.
St Andrews
Local streets suit steering, road position and head-check practice, with the Campbelltown Road corridor a short step away.
Rosemeadow
Winding local roads and active school zones sharpen speed awareness and forward observation.
Currans Hill
Quiet estate roads with quick access to Narellan Road, so a lesson can step up to arterial traffic as soon as you are ready.
Gregory Hills
A newer estate with modern roundabouts, wide roads and clear signage. Plenty of space to make mistakes safely and fix them.
Harrington Park
Well-laid-out estate roads near Camden Valley Way are good for consolidating skills before test-route practice begins.
Elderslie
Sits between Camden and Narellan, mixing older street layouts with newer estate roads in a single lesson.
Camden Park
Quiet roads on the rural edge of the Macarthur region help build comfort with higher speed limits and open-road observation.
Emerald Hills
The Emerald Hills estate has modern intersections and clear signage, which makes it a forgiving place for early traffic decisions.
Willowdale
Wide streets through the Willowdale estate suit first-time learners, with Edmondson Park and Macarthur test routes both within reach.
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Lessons for nervous drivers
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Frequently asked questions
NSW licence fee questions
Use the official links on this page to confirm current rules for your situation.
How much does a learner licence cost in NSW?
The learner licence itself is $32. Before it is issued you must pass the Driver Knowledge Test, which costs $58. Taking that test online covers unlimited attempts for the one fee, so the minimum cost of getting your Ls is $90.
How much is the driving test in NSW?
The NSW driving test costs $72 including GST, and that fee is charged for each attempt. If you fail, you pay $72 again when you rebook. Once you pass, the P1 licence is a further $74.
How much does it cost to get your P plates in NSW?
A learner who passes every test first time and takes the Driver Knowledge Test online pays $294 in government fees to reach P1: $58 for the knowledge test, $32 for the learner licence, $58 for the Hazard Perception Test, $72 for the driving test and $74 for the P1 licence. Moving to P2 adds $115, bringing the total to $409. Lessons, test car hire and plates are extra.
Is the Driver Knowledge Test cheaper online?
The fee is the same $58, but online it covers unlimited attempts, while in person you pay $58 for each attempt. For anyone not certain of passing first time, the online test is the cheaper choice.
How much is a 10 year licence in NSW, and who can get one?
A 10 year unrestricted licence costs $434, which works out at $43.40 a year, the lowest of any term. It is only available for class C car and class R rider licences, to holders aged 21 to 44. Everyone else can choose 1, 3 or 5 years.
How much is a replacement licence in NSW?
A replacement learner licence costs $28. A replacement P1, P2 or unrestricted licence costs $34. A replacement learner driver log book costs $22.
How much does it cost to transfer an interstate licence to NSW?
Transferring a learner, P1, P2 or unrestricted licence from another Australian state or territory costs $34.
Are there concessions on NSW licence fees?
Yes. The NSW Government offers concessions and discounts on some licence and test fees for eligible people. Eligibility is set by Service NSW, and the official concessions page linked above lists who qualifies.
Driving lessons
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A mock test with an accredited instructor on your own centre's roads shows whether the $72 booking is worth making yet.
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