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This publication presents monthly information on sales of new motor vehicles in each state/territory in original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimated terms. The original data are sourced from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. Sales data are available for passenger vehicles, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), other vehicles and total vehicles at the state/territory and national levels.


APRIL 2005 KEY POINTS

Trend

The April 2005 trend estimate (83,620) for sales of new motor vehicles increased 0.2% on the March 2005 estimate. It is the sixteenth consecutive monthly increase in the trend estimate. Compared with April 2004 (78,350), the trend estimate has increased 6.7%.

April 2005 sales of new passenger vehicles and other new motor vehicles each recorded a trend increase of 0.2% over the previous month, while sales of sports utility vehicles increased 0.1%. Of all vehicle types, sales of sports utility vehicles has shown the largest increase compared with April 2004 (14.1%). Sales of passenger vehicles recorded a 6.0% increase, while sales of other new vehicles increased by 2.4% over this period.

The Northern Territory recorded the largest increase (1.6%) in April 2005 compared with March 2005, while Tasmania recorded the largest decrease (-1.1%). Tasmania (11.8%) and Western Australia (11.7%) recorded the largest increases compared with April 2004.

Seasonally adjusted

The seasonally adjusted estimate for sales of new motor vehicles for April 2005 recorded an increase (2.0%) over March 2005. Sales of passenger vehicles and other new vehicles increased 2.1% and 8.4% respectively, while sales of sports utility vehicles decreased 4.2% over the same period.

Most states recorded increases in seasonally adjusted estimates for sales of new motor vehicles in April 2005 compared with March 2005. Western Australia recorded the highest increase (7.2%) while decreases were recorded in the Australian Capital Territory (-13.9%), Tasmania (-8.2%) and the Northern Territory (-0.1%).

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle Sales
Seasonally Adjusted	26,319	21,278	18,562	5,467	8,287	1,621	782	1,174	83,490
Trend	26,686	21,283	18,264	5,492	8,106	1,698	801	1,290	83,620
Percentage Change From Previous Month
Seasonally Adjusted	0.1	1.2	6.2	1.4	7.2	-8.2	-0.1	-13.9	2.0
Trend	0.2	-0.8	1.1	0.4	0.8	-1.1	1.6	-0.3	0.2
Percentage Change From Previous Year
Seasonally Adjusted	3.9	3.3	14.6	5.4	16.5	7.4	2.6	-4.9	7.1
Trend	4.9	4.6	9.8	6.1	11.7	11.8	5.8	7.2	6.7

Table 1: New Motor Vehicle Sales

		Passenger vehicles (No.)	Sports utility vehicles (No.)	Other vehicles (No.)	Total vehicles (No.)	Change passenger vehicles (%)	Change sports utility vehicles (%)	Change other vehicles (%)	Change total vehicles (%)
Original
2004	February	47,876	12,865	15,136	75,877	17.6	4.7	28.4	17.1
	March	53,728	15,005	17,313	86,046	12.2	16.6	14.4	13.4
	April	44,079	12,351	14,875	71,305	-18.0	-17.7	-14.1	-17.1
	May	46,168	15,052	17,059	78,279	4.7	21.9	14.7	9.8
	June	58,284	17,981	20,947	97,212	26.2	19.5	22.8	24.2
	July	46,724	14,442	15,869	77,035	-19.8	-19.7	-24.2	-20.8
	August	48,649	14,910	15,685	79,244	4.1	3.2	-1.2	2.9
	September	49,911	14,715	15,826	80,452	2.6	-1.3	0.9	1.5
	October	52,290	13,907	15,470	81,667	4.8	-5.5	-2.2	1.5
	November	52,888	15,257	16,190	84,335	1.1	9.7	4.7	3.3
	December	48,673	14,311	15,996	78,980	-8.0	-6.2	-1.2	-6.3
2005	January	43,075	13,826	12,664	69,565	-11.5	-3.4	-20.8	-11.9
	February	50,645	15,478	14,886	81,009	17.6	11.9	17.5	16.5
	March	53,280	17,348	15,798	86,426	5.2	12.1	6.1	6.7
	April	46,645	13,749	15,936	76,330	-12.5	-20.7	0.9	-11.7
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	February	48,993	13,206	16,014	78,213	0.5	-5.5	3.5	0.0
	March	49,030	13,472	16,476	78,978	0.1	2.0	2.9	1.0
	April	48,572	13,531	15,837	77,940	-0.9	0.4	-3.9	-1.3
	May	47,749	14,481	15,996	78,226	-1.7	7.0	1.0	0.4
	June	49,538	14,447	15,451	79,436	3.7	-0.2	-3.4	1.5
	July	47,496	14,745	16,027	78,268	-4.1	2.1	3.7	-1.5
	August	48,319	14,842	15,854	79,015	1.7	0.7	-1.1	1.0
	September	50,026	15,167	16,305	81,498	3.5	2.2	2.8	3.1
	October	51,564	15,432	16,419	83,415	3.1	1.7	0.7	2.4
	November	50,025	15,021	15,805	80,851	-3.0	-2.7	-3.7	-3.1
	December	47,930	14,431	16,117	78,478	-4.2	-3.9	2.0	-2.9
2005	January	52,355	15,943	17,056	85,354	9.2	10.5	5.8	8.8
	February	52,629	16,306	16,130	85,065	0.5	2.3	-5.4	-0.3
	March	50,312	15,918	15,597	81,827	-4.4	-2.4	-3.3	-3.8
	April	51,344	15,242	16,904	83,490	2.1	-4.2	8.4	2.0
Trend
2004	February	48,658	13,542	15,815	78,015	-0.4	1.0	1.5	0.2
	March	48,592	13,687	15,948	78,227	-0.1	1.1	0.8	0.3
	April	48,502	13,867	15,981	78,350	-0.2	1.3	0.2	0.2
	May	48,395	14,118	15,952	78,465	-0.2	1.8	-0.2	0.1
	June	48,460	14,429	15,916	78,805	0.1	2.2	-0.2	0.4
	July	48,701	14,718	15,904	79,323	0.5	2.0	-0.1	0.7
	August	49,028	14,918	15,958	79,904	0.7	1.4	0.3	0.7
	September	49,439	15,043	16,077	80,559	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8
	October	49,883	15,177	16,188	81,248	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.9
	November	50,291	15,332	16,248	81,871	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.8
	December	50,638	15,499	16,271	82,408	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.7
2005	January	50,901	15,644	16,284	82,829	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.5
	February	51,132	15,752	16,307	83,191	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.4
	March	51,317	15,807	16,332	83,456	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3
	April	51,430	15,819	16,371	83,620	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2004	February	24,955	19,727	15,901	5,059	7,113	1,297	686	1,139	75,877
	March	28,118	22,137	18,611	5,561	8,086	1,343	912	1,278	86,046
	April	23,033	19,083	14,831	4,670	6,529	1,229	812	1,118	71,305
	May	25,649	20,106	16,373	5,215	7,296	1,513	918	1,209	78,279
	June	31,438	23,929	22,026	6,436	8,969	1,982	958	1,474	97,212
	July	25,031	19,410	17,141	4,949	7,228	1,449	646	1,181	77,035
	August	24,795	20,850	17,269	5,414	7,513	1,585	677	1,141	79,244
	September	25,241	20,821	17,188	5,289	8,177	1,855	739	1,142	80,452
	October	25,621	22,747	16,079	5,413	7,875	1,981	709	1,242	81,667
	November	26,619	23,052	17,117	5,450	8,157	1,944	694	1,302	84,335
	December	24,315	21,700	16,537	4,998	7,341	2,245	647	1,197	78,980
2005	January	22,467	18,015	14,530	4,466	6,931	1,478	560	1,118	69,565
	February	25,754	20,580	17,837	5,489	7,880	1,431	776	1,262	81,009
	March	27,474	21,963	19,114	5,452	8,623	1,571	888	1,341	86,426
	April	24,329	19,497	16,789	5,034	7,329	1,371	858	1,123	76,330
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	February	25,602	20,485	16,333	5,131	7,175	1,535	745	1,207	78,213
	March	25,839	20,381	16,815	5,218	7,361	1,402	771	1,191	78,978
	April	25,333	20,600	16,202	5,185	7,115	1,509	762	1,234	77,940
	May	25,085	20,355	16,590	5,193	7,491	1,541	783	1,188	78,226
	June	25,480	20,421	17,360	5,242	7,196	1,808	724	1,205	79,436
	July	25,229	19,759	17,139	5,053	7,619	1,569	689	1,211	78,268
	August	24,990	20,649	17,043	5,319	7,623	1,534	732	1,125	79,015
	September	25,586	20,994	17,263	5,421	8,418	1,801	809	1,206	81,498
	October	25,954	22,751	17,259	5,611	7,911	1,908	762	1,259	83,415
	November	25,553	21,445	16,943	5,262	8,028	1,677	710	1,233	80,851
	December	25,209	21,082	16,726	4,745	7,166	1,679	702	1,169	78,478
2005	January	27,166	22,371	17,947	5,599	8,363	1,854	738	1,316	85,354
	February	27,199	21,716	18,426	5,642	8,143	1,730	860	1,349	85,065
	March	26,280	21,035	17,476	5,391	7,733	1,766	783	1,363	81,827
	April	26,319	21,278	18,562	5,467	8,287	1,621	782	1,174	83,490
Trend
2004	February	25,555	20,460	16,195	5,205	7,199	1,466	720	1,215	78,015
	March	25,525	20,433	16,424	5,189	7,221	1,484	743	1,208	78,227
	April	25,447	20,353	16,639	5,175	7,257	1,519	757	1,203	78,350
	May	25,334	20,274	16,827	5,175	7,330	1,566	763	1,196	78,465
	June	25,267	20,314	16,986	5,207	7,463	1,611	764	1,193	78,805
	July	25,261	20,490	17,088	5,255	7,624	1,655	760	1,190	79,323
	August	25,287	20,783	17,122	5,296	7,775	1,695	755	1,191	79,904
	September	25,391	21,151	17,122	5,328	7,900	1,725	748	1,194	80,559
	October	25,589	21,502	17,127	5,353	7,973	1,748	745	1,211	81,248
	November	25,845	21,727	17,190	5,372	7,994	1,764	744	1,235	81,871
	December	26,117	21,775	17,358	5,390	7,989	1,769	749	1,261	82,408
2005	January	26,352	21,690	17,588	5,410	7,991	1,757	761	1,280	82,829
	February	26,526	21,571	17,831	5,441	8,017	1,738	775	1,292	83,191
	March	26,634	21,449	18,059	5,470	8,045	1,717	788	1,294	83,456
	April	26,686	21,283	18,264	5,492	8,106	1,698	801	1,290	83,620
(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For further information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.