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APRIL KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aus
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	26 679	23 379	19 666	5 509	10 419	1 765	962	1 396	89 775
Seasonally Adjusted	25 994	23 000	20 167	5 432	10 528	1 830	937	1 367	89 255
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-1.1	-	-0.6	-0.3	0.3	1.1	2.0	-0.4	-0.4
Seasonally Adjusted	-4.2	-1.5	3.5	-0.2	2.0	6.4	-7.3	-5.7	-0.8
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	0.6	7.1	1.5	7.0	4.1	10.3	16.9	0.1	3.5
Seasonally Adjusted	-2.8	7.8	5.4	4.0	4.8	19.1	11.7	-3.9	3.5
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

• Trend - The April 2008 estimate for new motor vehicle sales (89 775) decreased 0.4% when compared with March 2008. The trend estimate has been decreasing from January 2008. When compared with April 2007, the trend estimate increased by 3.5%.
• Seasonally adjusted - The April 2008 estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (89 255) decreased by 0.8% compared with March 2008.

• Trend - When comparing April 2008 with March 2008, trend estimates decreased for passenger vehicles, 0.8%, and sports utility vehicles, 0.4%, and increased for other vehicles, 0.8%. When compared with the same period 12 months ago, passenger vehicles fell by 2.7% while other vehicles and sports utility vehicles rose 13.7% and 13.4% respectively.
• Seasonally adjusted - When comparing April 2008 with March 2008, passenger vehicles and sports utility vehicles decreased by 1.9% and 1.7% respectively, while other vehicles increased by 3.0%.

• Trend - When comparing April 2008 with March 2008, half of the states and territories showed decreases in the trend estimate of total sales of new motor vehicles. The largest decreases were in New South Wales, 1.1%, followed by Queensland, 0.6%, and the Australian Capital Territory, 0.4%. The Northern Territory, Tasmania and Western Australia increased by 2.0%, 1.1% and 0.3% respectively.
• Seasonally adjusted - When comparing April 2008 to March 2008, five of the states and territories showed decreases in total sales. The largest decreases were observed in the Northern Territory, 7.3%, followed by the Australian Capital Territory, 5.7%, and New South Wales, 4.2%. Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia showed increases of 6.4%, 3.5% and 2.0% respectively.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle
		Count Passenger vehicles	Count Sports utility vehicles	Count Other vehicles	Count Total vehicles	Change Passenger vehicles	Change Sports utility vehicles	Change Other vehicles	Change Total vehicles
		no.	no.	no.	no.	%	%	%	%
Trend
2007
	February	53 068	15 508	17 029	85 605	0.9	1.4	1.8	1.2
	March	53 403	15 670	17 247	86 320	0.6	1.0	1.3	0.8
	April	53 518	15 825	17 369	86 712	0.2	1.0	0.7	0.5
	May	53 388	16 007	17 425	86 820	-0.2	1.2	0.3	0.1
	June	53 084	16 256	17 503	86 843	-0.6	1.6	0.4	-
	July	52 768	16 573	17 694	87 035	-0.6	2.0	1.1	0.2
	August	52 607	16 946	18 018	87 571	-0.3	2.3	1.8	0.6
	September	52 615	17 334	18 397	88 346	-	2.3	2.1	0.9
	October	52 789	17 690	18 732	89 211	0.3	2.1	1.8	1.0
	November	53 032	17 927	18 982	89 941	0.5	1.3	1.3	0.8
	December	53 225	18 023	19 158	90 406	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5
2008
	January	53 198	18 039	19 300	90 537	-0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1
	February	52 916	18 035	19 445	90 396	-0.5	-	0.8	-0.2
	March	52 516	18 005	19 601	90 122	-0.8	-0.2	0.8	-0.3
	April	52 080	17 941	19 754	89 775	-0.8	-0.4	0.8	-0.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2007
	February	54 036	15 380	17 308	86 724	0.8	1.3	2.3	1.2
	March	53 708	15 601	17 558	86 867	-0.6	1.4	1.4	0.2
	April	52 472	16 488	17 306	86 266	-2.3	5.7	-1.4	-0.7
	May	52 451	15 824	17 290	85 565	-	-4.0	-0.1	-0.8
	June	54 290	15 980	17 347	87 617	3.5	1.0	0.3	2.4
	July	54 007	16 109	17 810	87 926	-0.5	0.8	2.7	0.4
	August	51 662	17 138	17 625	86 425	-4.3	6.4	-1.0	-1.7
	September	51 781	17 495	18 498	87 774	0.2	2.1	5.0	1.6
	October	52 065	18 185	18 767	89 017	0.5	3.9	1.5	1.4
	November	53 098	17 604	19 534	90 236	2.0	-3.2	4.1	1.4
	December	54 630	17 818	19 035	91 483	2.9	1.2	-2.6	1.4
2008
	January	54 064	18 278	19 248	91 590	-1.0	2.6	1.1	0.1
	February	52 026	18 243	19 021	89 290	-3.8	-0.2	-1.2	-2.5
	March	52 356	17 961	19 621	89 938	0.6	-1.5	3.2	0.7
	April	51 383	17 664	20 208	89 255	-1.9	-1.7	3.0	-0.8
Original
2007
	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
	May	52 727	16 912	18 958	88 597	16.9	18.5	16.8	17.2
	June	63 768	18 966	22 363	105 097	20.9	12.1	18.0	18.6
	July	53 589	15 396	17 306	86 291	-16.0	-18.8	-22.6	-17.9
	August	52 748	17 440	18 018	88 206	-1.6	13.3	4.1	2.2
	September	50 197	15 874	17 418	83 489	-4.8	-9.0	-3.3	-5.3
	October	53 336	17 748	18 205	89 289	6.3	11.8	4.5	6.9
	November	54 195	17 702	20 184	92 081	1.6	-0.3	10.9	3.1
	December	51 722	17 114	17 414	86 250	-4.6	-3.3	-13.7	-6.3
2008
	January	49 295	17 646	15 329	82 270	-4.7	3.1	-12.0	-4.6
	February	53 030	18 277	18 591	89 898	7.6	3.6	21.3	9.3
	March	53 122	18 425	19 738	91 285	0.2	0.8	6.2	1.5
	April	47 639	16 654	19 768	84 061	-10.3	-9.6	0.2	-7.9
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aus
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend
2007
	February	26 035	21 497	19 199	5 141	9 955	1 598	821	1 359	85 605
	March	26 321	21 703	19 348	5 163	9 981	1 599	823	1 382	86 320
	April	26 526	21 836	19 376	5 151	10 006	1 600	823	1 394	86 712
	May	26 617	21 921	19 302	5 118	10 046	1 597	822	1 397	86 820
	June	26 646	22 012	19 184	5 091	10 102	1 594	819	1 395	86 843
	July	26 676	22 148	19 157	5 083	10 162	1 598	820	1 391	87 035
	August	26 774	22 327	19 307	5 113	10 216	1 617	823	1 394	87 571
	September	26 937	22 517	19 589	5 182	10 256	1 639	828	1 398	88 346
	October	27 164	22 715	19 887	5 279	10 269	1 657	836	1 404	89 211
	November	27 355	22 913	20 090	5 378	10 274	1 670	852	1 409	89 941
	December	27 439	23 103	20 149	5 458	10 286	1 689	872	1 410	90 406
2008
	January	27 383	23 248	20 069	5 508	10 315	1 709	895	1 410	90 537
	February	27 205	23 336	19 922	5 529	10 349	1 728	920	1 407	90 396
	March	26 969	23 371	19 780	5 528	10 383	1 746	943	1 402	90 122
	April	26 679	23 379	19 666	5 509	10 419	1 765	962	1 396	89 775
Seasonally Adjusted
2007
	February	25 968	22 129	19 280	5 157	10 213	1 751	826	1 400	86 724
	March	26 470	21 932	19 559	5 238	9 850	1 626	813	1 379	86 867
	April	26 731	21 332	19 129	5 225	10 050	1 537	839	1 423	86 266
	May	26 136	21 590	19 335	4 948	9 836	1 530	815	1 375	85 565
	June	26 990	22 291	19 339	5 109	10 095	1 580	824	1 389	87 617
	July	26 875	22 200	19 464	5 148	10 286	1 763	803	1 387	87 926
	August	26 567	22 275	18 531	5 060	10 277	1 499	829	1 387	86 425
	September	26 377	22 722	19 401	5 112	10 296	1 640	821	1 405	87 774
	October	27 319	22 530	19 732	5 336	10 201	1 623	865	1 411	89 017
	November	27 571	22 642	20 468	5 384	10 176	1 773	842	1 380	90 236
	December	27 493	23 145	21 432	5 247	10 253	1 632	846	1 435	91 483
2008
	January	27 803	23 616	19 590	5 934	10 578	1 740	892	1 437	91 590
	February	27 060	23 462	19 218	5 446	10 158	1 687	904	1 355	89 290
	March	27 137	23 360	19 494	5 441	10 325	1 720	1 011	1 450	89 938
	April	25 994	23 000	20 167	5 432	10 528	1 830	937	1 367	89 255
Original
2007
	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
	May	26 649	22 151	20 428	5 237	10 172	1 587	973	1 400	88 597
	June	31 965	25 491	24 997	6 152	11 995	1 750	1 107	1 640	105 097
	July	26 851	21 655	19 600	4 871	9 645	1 561	739	1 369	86 291
	August	26 549	22 958	19 145	5 128	10 730	1 481	791	1 424	88 206
	September	24 946	21 788	18 025	4 738	10 244	1 684	724	1 340	83 489
	October	27 556	23 097	18 933	5 329	10 460	1 708	781	1 425	89 289
	November	27 835	23 644	20 189	5 556	10 435	2 225	803	1 394	92 081
	December	25 290	22 432	19 557	5 078	9 809	2 010	719	1 355	86 250
2008
	January	25 810	21 044	16 972	5 256	9 650	1 490	722	1 326	82 270
	February	27 855	23 803	18 914	5 607	9 952	1 484	876	1 407	89 898
	March	28 128	23 153	20 231	5 334	10 483	1 470	1 108	1 378	91 285
	April	24 489	21 814	19 109	5 293	9 475	1 496	1 049	1 336	84 061
(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.