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APRIL KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	26 877	25 395	17 798	5 641	11 339	1 677	851	1 356	90 935
Change from previous month (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	5.8	8.0	5.8	6.5	26.7	-2.5	-	2.5	8.4
Change from previous year (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	21.7	39.4	19.7	26.2	47.0	22.1	17.8	11.0	28.7
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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

• Following the Commonwealth Budget in May 2009, the eligibility period for the Small Business and General Business Tax Break was extended to December 2009. The rebate level was also increased for small businesses, allowing eligible businesses to claim an increased tax deduction on the purchase of new motor vehicles.
• The trend series attempts to measure the underlying behaviour in new motor vehicle sales. In the short term, this measurement may be significantly affected by unusual influences in the original and seasonally adjusted data, like those observed in May and June 2009. If the trend estimates in the publication were to be calculated without fully accounting for this irregular event, they would be likely to provide a misleading view of the underlying trend in new motor vehicle sales activity.
• The new motor vehicle sales trend series has therefore been suspended from May 2009. The trend series will be reintroduced when more certainty emerges in the underlying behaviour of new car sales.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates can still be produced and will continue to be published as usual.
• This publication shows the trend series to April 2009 and seasonally adjusted series to April 2010.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The April 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (90 935) increased by 8.4% when compared to March 2010. The April 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for total new motor vehicle sales increased by 28.7% when compared to the April 2009 estimate.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• When comparing April 2010 with March 2010 sales of all vehicle types increased. Passenger vehicle sales increased by 7.8%, Sports utility vehicle sales increased by 16.1% and Other vehicle sales increased by 1.9%.
• When comparing April 2010 to April 2009, sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 46.5%, Passenger vehicle sales increased by 27.9% and Other vehicle sales increased by 14.0%.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles increased in seven of the eight states or territories for April 2010 compared to March 2010. Western Australia recorded the largest percentage increase, rising by 26.7%, followed by Victoria and South Australia, with increases of 8.0% and 6.5% respectively. Vehicle sales for Tasmania decreased by 2.5% over this period.
• Vehicle sales in all states and territories increased when comparing April 2010 to April 2009. Western Australia and Victoria recorded the largest percentage increases of 47.0% and 39.4% respectively.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long 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(a)
2009
	February	43 413	14 092	15 650	73 155	-1.6	-0.1	-3.2	-1.6
	March	42 974	14 157	15 253	72 384	-1.0	0.5	-2.5	-1.1
	April	42 940	14 281	15 010	72 231	-0.1	0.9	-1.6	-0.2
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	July	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	August	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	September	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	October	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	November	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	December	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
2010
	January	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	February	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	March	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	April	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	February	43 802	14 280	15 392	73 474	-3.3	-1.6	-4.1	-3.1
	March	41 320	13 580	15 255	70 155	-5.7	-4.9	-0.9	-4.5
	April	41 942	14 033	14 694	70 669	1.5	3.3	-3.7	0.7
	May	43 860	15 225	17 088	76 173	4.6	8.5	16.3	7.8
	June	44 837	16 249	19 926	81 012	2.2	6.7	16.6	6.4
	July	45 208	15 045	14 643	74 896	0.8	-7.4	-26.5	-7.5
	August	45 799	14 880	14 926	75 605	1.3	-1.1	1.9	0.9
	September	46 626	15 353	16 698	78 676	1.8	3.2	11.9	4.1
	October	47 286	16 399	18 697	82 381	1.4	6.8	12.0	4.7
	November	47 854	18 938	20 577	87 368	1.2	15.5	10.1	6.1
	December	47 162	19 745	23 641	90 549	-1.4	4.3	14.9	3.6
2010
	January	49 234	18 917	19 704	87 856	4.4	-4.2	-16.7	-3.0
	February	49 380	18 891	17 983	86 253	0.3	-0.1	-8.7	-1.8
	March	49 723	17 711	16 442	83 876	0.7	-6.2	-8.6	-2.8
	April	53 623	20 560	16 752	90 935	7.8	16.1	1.9	8.4
Original
2009
	February	42 463	13 699	14 079	70 241	2.8	2.0	14.1	4.7
	March	43 484	15 022	17 144	75 650	2.4	9.7	21.8	7.7
	April	36 697	13 092	14 176	63 965	-15.6	-12.8	-17.3	-15.4
	May	42 245	15 562	17 634	75 441	15.1	18.9	24.4	17.9
	June	55 837	20 459	26 551	102 847	32.2	31.5	50.6	36.3
	July	46 099	14 752	14 482	75 333	-17.4	-27.9	-45.5	-26.8
	August	44 918	13 972	14 397	73 287	-2.6	-5.3	-0.6	-2.7
	September	47 284	14 443	16 404	78 131	5.3	3.4	13.9	6.6
	October	46 544	15 741	18 528	80 813	-1.6	9.0	12.9	3.4
	November	47 059	18 360	20 414	85 833	1.1	16.6	10.2	6.2
	December	46 623	19 616	22 469	88 708	-0.9	6.8	10.1	3.3
2010
	January	43 580	16 900	14 384	74 864	-6.5	-13.8	-36.0	-15.6
	February	47 829	18 073	16 317	82 219	9.7	6.9	13.4	9.8
	March	53 717	21 643	19 384	94 744	12.3	19.8	18.8	15.2
	April	47 156	18 067	16 178	81 401	-12.2	-16.5	-16.5	-14.1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) (a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009.

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend(a)
2009
	February	22 396	19 150	15 375	4 646	8 240	1 391	731	1 226	73 155
	March	22 236	18 927	15 222	4 589	8 084	1 394	717	1 215	72 384
	April	22 256	18 880	15 210	4 587	7 984	1 396	715	1 204	72 231
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	July	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	August	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	September	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	October	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	November	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	December	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
2010
	January	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	February	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	March	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	April	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	February	22 494	19 212	15 545	4 489	8 347	1 377	761	1 249	73 474
	March	21 448	18 260	14 632	4 606	8 046	1 401	619	1 142	70 155
	April	22 079	18 215	14 874	4 472	7 713	1 374	722	1 221	70 669
	May	23 420	20 217	15 994	4 924	8 221	1 440	748	1 208	76 173
	June	24 598	21 409	17 343	5 169	8 819	1 546	745	1 384	81 012
	July	23 193	19 845	15 889	4 838	7 849	1 296	779	1 206	74 896
	August	23 694	19 409	16 208	4 897	7 964	1 444	778	1 212	75 605
	September	24 480	20 709	16 881	5 224	8 011	1 380	758	1 234	78 676
	October	25 037	21 966	17 600	5 584	8 588	1 525	769	1 312	82 381
	November	26 607	23 621	18 667	5 774	8 993	1 494	884	1 329	87 368
	December	28 161	23 326	19 717	6 038	9 350	1 836	810	1 312	90 549
2010
	January	26 207	23 510	18 450	5 970	9 726	1 750	919	1 323	87 856
	February	26 429	23 143	17 824	5 469	9 610	1 650	805	1 324	86 253
	March	25 404	23 512	16 821	5 298	8 947	1 720	850	1 323	83 876
	April	26 877	25 395	17 798	5 641	11 339	1 677	851	1 356	90 935
Original
2009
	February	21 969	18 273	14 604	4 336	7 864	1 227	706	1 262	70 241
	March	23 550	19 503	16 124	4 779	8 329	1 388	718	1 259	75 650
	April	19 596	16 395	13 801	4 128	7 043	1 146	772	1 084	63 965
	May	22 958	19 995	15 884	5 025	8 150	1 404	851	1 174	75 441
	June	31 089	26 508	23 509	6 406	10 838	1 814	991	1 692	102 847
	July	23 472	19 884	16 403	4 632	7 817	1 184	761	1 180	75 333
	August	22 704	18 848	15 661	4 696	8 003	1 476	723	1 176	73 287
	September	24 367	20 857	16 255	5 141	8 217	1 382	698	1 214	78 131
	October	24 251	21 989	16 830	5 506	8 763	1 520	696	1 258	80 813
	November	26 559	23 417	17 719	5 698	8 702	1 619	810	1 309	85 833
	December	26 848	23 398	18 995	6 213	8 967	2 242	737	1 308	88 708
2010
	January	22 820	19 746	15 253	5 151	8 521	1 487	716	1 170	74 864
	February	25 708	21 924	16 744	5 242	9 048	1 474	742	1 337	82 219
	March	29 083	26 380	19 480	5 950	9 636	1 711	1 038	1 466	94 744
	April	23 616	22 660	16 326	4 944	10 331	1 406	872	1 246	81 401
(a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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.