9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Apr 2015

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APRIL KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)

Trend	30 526	26 204	19 615	5 888	8 988	1 630	952	1 485	95 288
Seasonally Adjusted	30 461	26 292	19 474	5 824	8 857	1 587	956	1 438	94 888
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	0.3	0.4	1.1	0.5	-0.1	1.6	0.9	0.8	0.5
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.7	0.1	-4.8	0.4	-2.8	-0.6	3.2	-6.1	-1.5
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	4.1	5.1	5.2	1.0	-9.3	10.9	2.4	4.1	3.0
Seasonally Adjusted	3.6	7.6	3.6	1.1	-11.0	6.2	-7.7	2.9	2.8

(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.

APRIL KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend estimates: The April 2015 trend estimate (95 288) has increased by 0.5% when compared with March 2015. This was the highest April result on record.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The April 2015 seasonally adjusted estimate (94 888) has decreased by 1.5% when compared with March 2015.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for April 2015 with March 2015, sales of Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 1.9% and 0.1% respectively. Over the same period, Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.4%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for April 2015 with March 2015 sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 8.3% and 0.6% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 7.4%.

SALES BY STATE

Trend estimates: Seven of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing April 2015 with March 2015. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage increase (1.6%), followed by Queensland (1.1%) and the Northern Territory (0.9%). Over the same period, Western Australia was the only jurisdiction to record a decrease in sales (0.1%).
Seasonally adjusted estimates: Five of the states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing April 2015 with March 2015. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease (6.1%) followed by Queensland (4.8%) and Western Australia (2.8%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory recorded the largest increase in sales (3.2%).

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term

Footnote(s): Break in time series for trend between June and July 2000. See paragraph 13 of the Expanatory Notes.

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term-graph_update

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term-graph_update

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle by month

		Passenger vehicles	Sports utility vehicles	Other vehicles	Total vehicles	Change Passenger vehicles	Change Sports utility vehicles	Change Other vehicles	Change Total vehicles
		no.	no.	no.	no.	%	%	%	%
Trend

2014
	February	45 773	28 256	18 941	92 970	-1.2	0.5	-0.6	-0.6
	March	45 269	28 442	18 892	92 603	-1.1	0.7	-0.3	-0.4
	April	44 868	28 681	18 935	92 484	-0.9	0.8	0.2	-0.1
	May	44 605	29 001	19 043	92 648	-0.6	1.1	0.6	0.2
	June	44 432	29 356	19 131	92 919	-0.4	1.2	0.5	0.3
	July	44 227	29 678	19 157	93 062	-0.5	1.1	0.1	0.2
	August	43 949	29 890	19 136	92 976	-0.6	0.7	-0.1	-0.1
	September	43 618	30 082	19 113	92 813	-0.8	0.6	-0.1	-0.2
	October	43 342	30 289	19 128	92 759	-0.6	0.7	0.1	-0.1
	November	43 176	30 553	19 211	92 939	-0.4	0.9	0.4	0.2
	December	43 074	30 948	19 336	93 358	-0.2	1.3	0.7	0.5
2015
	January	42 990	31 467	19 414	93 871	-0.2	1.7	0.4	0.5
	February	42 864	32 064	19 455	94 382	-0.3	1.9	0.2	0.5
	March	42 688	32 659	19 483	94 830	-0.4	1.9	0.1	0.5
	April	42 504	33 278	19 506	95 288	-0.4	1.9	0.1	0.5
Seasonally Adjusted

2014
	February	46 095	26 947	18 880	91 922	0.1	-3.4	-0.3	-1.0
	March	44 265	29 259	18 603	92 127	-4.0	8.6	-1.5	0.2
	April	45 392	28 501	18 388	92 281	2.5	-2.6	-1.2	0.2
	May	44 224	29 201	19 120	92 545	-2.6	2.5	4.0	0.3
	June	44 671	29 347	20 467	94 486	1.0	0.5	7.0	2.1
	July	44 553	29 909	18 542	93 004	-0.3	1.9	-9.4	-1.6
	August	43 707	29 168	18 887	91 762	-1.9	-2.5	1.9	-1.3
	September	43 769	31 245	19 131	94 144	0.1	7.1	1.3	2.6
	October	43 450	29 993	19 158	92 600	-0.7	-4.0	0.1	-1.6
	November	42 982	30 528	18 785	92 294	-1.1	1.8	-1.9	-0.3
	December	44 068	30 887	20 039	94 994	2.5	1.2	6.7	2.9
2015
	January	43 494	30 319	19 292	93 104	-1.3	-1.8	-3.7	-2.0
	February	43 024	33 384	19 240	95 648	-1.1	10.1	-0.3	2.7
	March	44 912	31 853	19 580	96 345	4.4	-4.6	1.8	0.7
	April	41 194	34 225	19 468	94 888	-8.3	7.4	-0.6	-1.5
Original

2014
	February	43 651	25 867	17 300	86 818	4.9	-	17.0	5.5
	March	47 079	30 778	19 410	97 267	7.9	19.0	12.2	12.0
	April	39 027	25 350	16 333	80 710	-17.1	-17.6	-15.9	-17.0
	May	43 819	30 730	20 013	94 562	12.3	21.2	22.5	17.2
	June	53 844	36 846	27 619	118 309	22.9	19.9	38.0	25.1
	July	43 464	28 805	17 598	89 867	-19.3	-21.8	-36.3	-24.0
	August	42 658	27 543	17 956	88 157	-1.9	-4.4	2.0	-1.9
	September	45 194	30 027	19 757	94 978	5.9	9.0	10.0	7.7
	October	43 126	28 835	19 275	91 236	-4.6	-4.0	-2.4	-3.9
	November	43 063	31 032	18 137	92 232	-0.1	7.6	-5.9	1.1
	December	45 051	30 666	21 092	96 809	4.6	-1.2	16.3	5.0
2015
	January	39 799	27 679	14 638	82 116	-11.7	-9.7	-30.6	-15.2
	February	40 775	32 039	17 610	90 424	2.5	15.8	20.3	10.1
	March	48 185	35 503	21 366	105 054	18.2	10.8	21.3	16.2
	April	35 015	29 664	16 977	81 656	-27.3	-16.4	-20.5	-22.3

- 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)	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend

2014
	February	29 454	24 935	18 973	5 834	9 847	1 537	919	1 470	92 970
	March	29 370	24 851	18 816	5 825	9 875	1 497	926	1 442	92 603
	April	29 331	24 937	18 653	5 828	9 910	1 469	930	1 427	92 484
	May	29 416	25 122	18 536	5 841	9 925	1 450	930	1 428	92 648
	June	29 603	25 301	18 457	5 859	9 896	1 439	922	1 442	92 919
	July	29 810	25 400	18 382	5 864	9 809	1 428	912	1 456	93 062
	August	29 961	25 446	18 285	5 843	9 663	1 417	902	1 459	92 976
	September	30 046	25 486	18 221	5 806	9 495	1 416	895	1 449	92 813
	October	30 103	25 541	18 247	5 769	9 338	1 431	896	1 435	92 759
	November	30 158	25 628	18 393	5 749	9 219	1 461	903	1 428	92 939
	December	30 219	25 760	18 633	5 760	9 142	1 500	913	1 432	93 358
2015
	January	30 287	25 888	18 910	5 790	9 087	1 539	924	1 445	93 871
	February	30 367	26 001	19 176	5 826	9 043	1 575	934	1 460	94 382
	March	30 447	26 105	19 397	5 858	9 001	1 604	943	1 473	94 830
	April	30 526	26 204	19 615	5 888	8 988	1 630	952	1 485	95 288
Seasonally Adjusted

2014
	February	29 092	24 443	18 900	5 798	9 837	1 491	908	1 454	91 922
	March	28 832	25 216	18 532	5 952	9 819	1 482	885	1 409	92 127
	April	29 412	24 432	18 792	5 762	9 956	1 494	1 036	1 398	92 281
	May	29 461	25 347	18 393	5 705	9 936	1 450	850	1 403	92 545
	June	29 938	25 766	18 722	6 021	10 088	1 511	977	1 463	94 486
	July	29 674	25 479	18 316	5 820	9 850	1 460	911	1 496	93 004
	August	29 683	25 186	17 984	5 846	9 356	1 389	862	1 455	91 762
	September	30 256	25 432	18 860	5 884	9 738	1 601	901	1 472	94 144
	October	30 446	25 285	18 010	5 756	9 352	1 435	903	1 414	92 600
	November	29 826	25 899	17 943	5 771	9 103	1 425	897	1 430	92 294
	December	30 357	25 975	20 301	5 556	9 060	1 406	952	1 386	94 994
2015
	January	29 916	25 669	18 947	5 691	9 012	1 598	837	1 435	93 104
	February	30 550	25 831	19 773	6 161	9 182	1 656	1 007	1 488	95 648
	March	30 663	26 257	20 456	5 801	9 114	1 597	926	1 532	96 345
	April	30 461	26 292	19 474	5 824	8 857	1 587	956	1 438	94 888
Original

2014
	February	27 585	23 411	17 367	5 567	9 427	1 263	791	1 407	86 818
	March	30 656	26 311	20 073	6 184	10 117	1 457	998	1 471	97 267
	April	25 625	21 108	17 041	4 897	8 604	1 182	1 070	1 183	80 710
	May	29 788	26 042	19 252	5 764	9 920	1 409	978	1 409	94 562
	June	37 575	31 327	24 643	7 531	12 440	1 743	1 258	1 792	118 309
	July	28 587	24 756	17 767	5 514	9 556	1 302	913	1 472	89 867
	August	28 404	24 184	17 169	5 618	9 137	1 418	807	1 420	88 157
	September	30 388	25 670	18 890	6 099	9 882	1 734	904	1 411	94 978
	October	29 839	25 559	16 990	5 628	9 534	1 488	826	1 372	91 236
	November	30 419	26 282	16 814	5 888	8 876	1 650	841	1 462	92 232
	December	30 257	26 783	20 853	5 830	9 143	1 645	894	1 404	96 809
2015
	January	26 796	22 211	16 570	5 039	8 101	1 364	662	1 373	82 116
	February	28 975	24 742	18 212	5 915	8 851	1 409	877	1 443	90 424
	March	33 773	28 536	22 499	6 173	9 823	1 560	1 064	1 626	105 054
	April	26 264	22 160	17 335	4 843	7 609	1 280	948	1 217	81 656

(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.

NOTES

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This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for April 2015.

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