By Stephen Johnson For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 00:13 GMT, 15 March 2019 | Updated: 00:13 GMT, 15 March 2019
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An average family in an Australian capital city spends almost $400 a week keeping their car on the road.
Transport costs - including petrol, registration and tolls - accelerated by 3.5 per cent in 2018, or almost double the 1.8 per cent inflation rate, the Australian Automobile Association has revealed.
Big city motorists pay an average of $350 a week.
The annual $18,227 cost of running a car is enough to buy a brand new small hatchback like a Suzuki Swift or a Mazda2.
Sydney families pay 17.5 per cent more, on average, than motorists in other parts of metropolitan Australia to drive in a city with some of the world's dearest toll roads.
An average family in an Australian capital city spends more than $18,200 a year keeping their car on the road. Sydney motorists (pictured) spend $22,100 a year on motoring
The AAA, the umbrella group for the NRMA, RACV and RACQ, calculated Australian households last year spent 14.4 per cent of their income on their car.
Metropolitan households spent $350 a week, on average, to maintain a vehicle and catch public transport.
Sydney families pay significantly more at $425 a week or $22,108 year, making it Australia's most expensive city to run a car.
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