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The Publication

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 2007 KEY POINTS

Trend

The April 2007 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (87 241) increased 0.7% when compared with the March 2007 estimate. This was the eleventh consecutive positive trend estimate. Compared to April 2006, the trend estimate increased by 9.6%.

All vehicle types recorded increases. Other vehicle types and sports utility vehicles showed the largest increases from March 2007 to April 2007 (1.4% and 1.3% respectively) while passenger vehicles rose 0.3% over the same period.

All states and territories have shown increases in the trend estimate of total sales of new motor vehicles from the previous month. From March 2007 to April 2007, the Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest increase (1.9%) while all other states and territories increased between 0.3% and 0.8%.

Seasonally adjusted

The April 2007 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (86 111) decreased by 1.1% from March 2007. Sports utility vehicles increased by 4.3%, while passenger vehicles decreased by 3.1%. Other vehicle types remained stable.

From March 2007 to April 2007, three states or territories recorded increases. Western Australia rose 2.8%, the Northern Territory 2.0% and the Australian Capital Territory 1.3%. Victoria recorded the largest decrease (3.0%).

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	26 453	21 281	19 292	5 228	10 038	1 563	849	1 407	86 111
Trend	26 655	21 924	19 494	5 310	9 998	1 602	844	1 414	87 241
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	-0.9	-3.0	-1.5	-1.0	2.8	-2.9	2.0	1.3	-1.1
Trend	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.9	0.7
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	9.5	3.3	11.0	-1.0	13.4	3.2	14.0	18.1	8.0
Trend	9.7	8.9	11.1	3.2	12.2	0.8	10.9	18.7	9.6

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
May 2007 June 2007 July 2007	20 June 2007 20 July 2007 22 August 2007
August 2007	21 September 2007
September 2007	19 October 2007
October 2007	21 November 2007

Table 1: New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle

		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
2006	February	48 483	13 506	15 457	77 446	10.8	1.9	19.0	10.6
	March	53 188	15 896	18 072	87 156	9.7	17.7	16.9	12.5
	April	42 307	11 901	14 442	68 650	-20.5	-25.1	-20.1	-21.2
	May	50 683	14 816	17 958	83 457	19.8	24.5	24.3	21.6
	June	57 026	18 079	21 343	96 448	12.5	22.0	18.8	15.6
	July	48 798	13 279	15 485	77 562	-14.4	-26.6	-27.4	-19.6
	August	52 030	13 539	16 092	81 661	6.6	2.0	3.9	5.3
	September	51 388	13 208	15 397	79 993	-1.2	-2.4	-4.3	-2.0
	October	50 532	13 921	15 477	79 930	-1.7	5.4	0.5	-0.1
	November	51 850	15 193	16 254	83 297	2.6	9.1	5.0	4.2
	December	48 348	14 258	14 457	77 063	-6.8	-6.2	-11.1	-7.5
2007	January	49 189	14 303	13 444	76 936	1.7	0.3	-7.0	-0.2
	February	52 628	14 912	16 200	83 740	7.0	4.3	20.5	8.8
	March	57 757	17 589	19 046	94 392	9.7	18.0	17.6	12.7
	April	45 109	14 274	16 231	75 614	-21.9	-18.8	-14.8	-19.9
Seasonally adjusted
2006	February	49 561	14 074	16 553	80 188	-2.0	-3.0	-1.6	-2.1
	March	48 338	13 963	16 444	78 745	-2.5	-0.8	-0.7	-1.8
	April	49 695	13 800	16 233	79 728	2.8	-1.2	-1.3	1.2
	May	49 544	13 907	16 312	79 763	-0.3	0.8	0.5	0.0
	June	48 851	14 416	15 580	78 847	-1.4	3.7	-4.5	-1.1
	July	50 877	14 138	16 136	81 151	4.1	-1.9	3.6	2.9
	August	50 204	13 110	15 942	79 256	-1.3	-7.3	-1.2	-2.3
	September	50 960	14 554	15 967	81 481	1.5	11.0	0.2	2.8
	October	50 417	15 022	16 351	81 790	-1.1	3.2	2.4	0.4
	November	50 364	14 868	16 122	81 354	-0.1	-1.0	-1.4	-0.5
	December	51 614	14 863	15 678	82 155	2.5	-0.0	-2.8	1.0
2007	January	54 249	15 361	17 005	86 615	5.1	3.4	8.5	5.4
	February	53 675	15 504	17 303	86 482	-1.1	0.9	1.8	-0.2
	March	53 850	15 656	17 602	87 108	0.3	1.0	1.7	0.7
	April	52 184	16 322	17 605	86 111	-3.1	4.3	0.0	-1.1
Trend
2006	February	49 481	14 195	16 589	80 265	-0.4	-0.8	-0.6	-0.5
	March	49 333	14 105	16 451	79 889	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	-0.5
	April	49 298	13 999	16 270	79 567	-0.1	-0.8	-1.1	-0.4
	May	49 426	13 906	16 100	79 432	0.3	-0.7	-1.0	-0.2
	June	49 700	13 907	16 008	79 615	0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.2
	July	49 963	13 991	15 968	79 922	0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.4
	August	50 194	14 131	15 951	80 276	0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.4
	September	50 440	14 327	15 963	80 730	0.5	1.4	0.1	0.6
	October	50 855	14 562	16 033	81 450	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.9
	November	51 448	14 820	16 194	82 462	1.2	1.8	1.0	1.2
	December	52 100	15 087	16 438	83 625	1.3	1.8	1.5	1.4
2007	January	52 723	15 327	16 749	84 799	1.2	1.6	1.9	1.4
	February	53 198	15 548	17 077	85 823	0.9	1.4	2.0	1.2
	March	53 482	15 758	17 385	86 625	0.5	1.4	1.8	0.9
	April	53 645	15 959	17 637	87 241	0.3	1.3	1.4	0.7

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2006	February	24 495	19 979	16 452	5 085	8 165	1 373	731	1 166	77 446
	March	27 165	21 461	19 833	5 195	9 750	1 540	913	1 299	87 156
	April	21 171	17 636	14 820	4 619	7 507	1 129	764	1 004	68 650
	May	25 124	20 776	18 774	5 601	9 472	1 623	863	1 224	83 457
	June	28 560	23 015	23 091	6 164	11 170	1 936	1 058	1 454	96 448
	July	23 688	19 322	17 910	4 794	8 720	1 334	679	1 115	77 562
	August	24 223	21 043	18 124	5 107	9 736	1 436	768	1 224	81 661
	September	24 267	20 449	17 061	4 903	9 716	1 688	682	1 227	79 993
	October	24 379	20 785	16 625	4 781	9 591	1 797	762	1 210	79 930
	November	25 418	20 739	18 076	5 116	9 972	1 973	733	1 270	83 297
	December	22 927	19 790	16 551	4 700	9 471	1 748	688	1 188	77 063
2007	January	24 429	19 000	16 769	4 620	8 929	1 285	651	1 253	76 936
	February	25 636	21 510	18 221	5 138	9 625	1 463	771	1 376	83 740
	March	29 107	23 408	21 772	5 588	10 530	1 533	978	1 476	94 392
	April	23 245	18 833	16 907	4 616	8 701	1 214	883	1 215	75 614
Seasonally adjusted
2006	February	24 982	20 646	17 256	5 187	8 525	1 611	791	1 190	80 188
	March	24 343	19 772	17 400	4 897	8 772	1 583	776	1 202	78 745
	April	24 169	20 601	17 376	5 280	8 851	1 515	745	1 191	79 728
	May	23 915	20 111	17 771	5 227	9 244	1 606	740	1 149	79 763
	June	24 100	19 413	17 512	5 048	9 076	1 703	759	1 236	78 847
	July	24 262	20 509	18 333	5 121	9 493	1 520	743	1 170	81 151
	August	23 892	20 286	17 241	4 921	9 509	1 417	797	1 193	79 256
	September	24 754	20 795	17 547	5 034	9 658	1 682	766	1 245	81 481
	October	25 124	20 504	17 888	4 903	9 652	1 670	834	1 215	81 790
	November	24 800	19 946	18 400	4 954	9 597	1 623	765	1 269	81 354
	December	25 068	20 380	18 571	4 849	9 823	1 408	802	1 254	82 155
2007	January	26 698	21 774	19 029	5 411	9 967	1 562	840	1 334	86 615
	February	25 976	22 159	19 105	5 236	10 062	1 716	830	1 398	86 482
	March	26 700	21 939	19 593	5 280	9 766	1 609	832	1 389	87 108
	April	26 453	21 281	19 292	5 228	10 038	1 563	849	1 407	86 111
Trend
2006	February	24 666	20 695	17 445	5 190	8 727	1 572	771	1 199	80 265
	March	24 511	20 383	17 486	5 164	8 795	1 586	768	1 196	79 889
	April	24 291	20 135	17 547	5 144	8 909	1 589	761	1 191	79 567
	May	24 099	20 036	17 589	5 124	9 064	1 579	754	1 187	79 432
	June	24 050	20 090	17 621	5 101	9 236	1 576	754	1 187	79 615
	July	24 111	20 182	17 651	5 058	9 385	1 581	761	1 193	79 922
	August	24 277	20 242	17 696	5 003	9 499	1 584	772	1 203	80 276
	September	24 513	20 303	17 786	4 957	9 591	1 581	784	1 215	80 730
	October	24 815	20 433	17 972	4 951	9 672	1 580	793	1 234	81 450
	November	25 169	20 657	18 255	4 995	9 744	1 581	802	1 259	82 462
	December	25 540	20 933	18 587	5 066	9 810	1 585	812	1 292	83 625
2007	January	25 894	21 249	18 905	5 146	9 871	1 587	820	1 327	84 799
	February	26 205	21 542	19 159	5 214	9 924	1 590	829	1 360	85 823
	March	26 457	21 759	19 357	5 267	9 965	1 594	838	1 388	86 625
	April	26 655	21 924	19 494	5 310	9 998	1 602	844	1 414	87 241
(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.