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This publication contains 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, other vehicles and total vehicles at the State/Territory and National levels.


August 2002 KEY POINTS

Trend

The trend estimate for total new motor vehicle sales increased by 0.8% in August. The main component of the increase was other vehicles, which continued to show strong growth, rising 1.7% since July. New passenger vehicle sales rose marginally (0.3%).

Over the twelve months to August 2002, the trend estimate for total new vehicle sales rose 8.1%. The strongest growth was in Queensland (18.3%), with sales increasing in both passenger vehicles (17.3%) and other vehicles (19.7%). Victoria (-1.5%) and the Northern Territory (-1.0%) were the only state/territory to show negative growth in new passenger vehicle sales over the year.

Seasonally Adjusted

Seasonally adjusted sales of total new motor vehicles increased by 4.1% in August 2002 with sales of other vehicles increasing by 5.9% and passenger vehicles increasing by 3.2%. Passenger vehicle sales in Tasmania declined by -0.6% in seasonally adjusted terms from July, the only state/territory to do so.


NOTES


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Due to a processing problem with the data supplier for heavy truck sales, other vehicles were understated by 367 units in the July issue of this publication. These missing units have been included in the August sales data for other vehicles. The impact on the original series is as follows: New South Wales (119 units), Victoria (63 units), Queensland (84 units), South Australia (18 units), Western Australia (65 units), Tasmania (14 units) and the Northern Territory (4 units).

		Passenger vehicles (No.)	Other vehicles (a) (No.)	Total vehicles (No.)	Change Passenger vehicles (%)	Change Other vehicles (%)	Change Total vehicles (%)
Original
2001	June	49,122	24,435	73,557	11.2	15.9	12.7
	July	46,230	19,955	66,185	-5.9	-18.3	-10.0
	August	44,861	21,137	65,998	-3.0	5.9	-0.3
	September	40,257	18,992	59,249	-10.3	-10.1	-10.2
	October	45,575	20,805	66,380	13.2	9.5	12.0
	November	47,510	23,252	70,762	4.2	11.8	6.6
	December	48,193	20,838	69,031	1.4	-10.4	-2.4
2002	January	39,779	18,778	58,557	-17.5	-9.9	-15.2
	February	42,776	22,019	64,795	7.5	17.3	10.7
	March	44,828	22,996	67,824	4.8	4.4	4.7
	April	42,052	21,834	63,886	-6.2	-5.1	-5.8
	May	46,448	26,675	73,123	10.5	22.2	14.5
	June	49,101	29,680	78,781	5.7	11.3	7.7
	July	45,923	23,859	69,782	-6.5	-19.6	-11.4
	August	45,122	24,525	69,647	-1.7	2.8	-0.2
Seasonally Adjusted
2001	June	42,934	17,824	60,758	0.0	-7.9	-2.5
	July	45,537	21,050	66,587	6.1	18.1	9.6
	August	43,344	21,124	64,468	-4.8	0.4	-3.2
	September	44,281	21,858	66,139	2.2	3.5	2.6
	October	43,579	21,162	64,741	-1.6	-3.2	-2.1
	November	43,719	22,068	65,787	0.3	4.3	1.6
	December	46,970	20,668	67,638	7.4	-6.3	2.8
2002	January	49,327	25,036	74,363	5.0	21.1	9.9
	February	45,836	24,037	69,873	-7.1	-4.0	-6.0
	March	43,275	21,485	64,760	-5.6	-10.6	-7.3
	April	46,228	23,784	70,012	6.8	10.7	8.1
	May	45,205	24,572	69,777	-2.2	3.3	-0.3
	June	44,206	22,533	66,739	-2.2	-8.3	-4.4
	July	43,865	24,134	67,999	-0.8	7.1	1.9
	August	45,256	25,550	70,806	3.2	5.9	4.1
Trend
2001	June	43,196	19,976	63,172	-0.2	1.3	0.3
	July	43,146	20,346	63,492	-0.1	1.9	0.5
	August	43,256	20,720	63,976	0.3	1.8	0.8
	September	43,757	21,186	64,943	1.2	2.2	1.5
	October	44,535	21,681	66,216	1.8	2.3	2.0
	November	45,348	22,103	67,451	1.8	1.9	1.9
	December	45,979	22,491	68,470	1.4	1.8	1.5
2002	January	46,309	22,862	69,171	0.7	1.6	1.0
	February	46,239	23,162	69,401	-0.2	1.3	0.3
	March	45,818	23,343	69,161	-0.9	0.8	-0.3
	April	45,255	23,458	68,713	-1.2	0.5	-0.6
	May	44,800	23,606	68,406	-1.0	0.6	-0.4
	June	44,576	23,852	68,428	-0.5	1.0	0.0
	July	44,452	24,131	68,583	-0.3	1.2	0.2
	August	44,576	24,551	69,127	0.3	1.7	0.8
(a) Other vehicle figures for July and August have been affected by reporting problems. See Notes.

		NSW (No.)	Vic. (No.)	Qld (No.)	SA (No.)	WA (No.)	Tas. (No.)	NT (No.)	ACT (No.)	Aust. (No.)
Original
2001	June	25,616	20,035	13,633	4,677	6,414	1,176	762	1,244	73,557
	July	22,850	20,304	10,872	3,978	5,391	1,072	610	1,108	66,185
	August	22,817	18,702	11,394	4,171	6,011	1,177	586	1,140	65,998
	September	21,272	16,295	10,303	3,670	5,197	1,044	508	960	59,249
	October	23,535	18,442	11,430	4,148	5,725	1,257	618	1,225	66,380
	November	24,667	19,544	12,505	4,515	6,118	1,427	670	1,316	70,762
	December	22,979	19,502	12,045	4,379	6,649	1,873	571	1,033	69,031
2002	January	20,414	15,658	10,737	3,727	5,481	989	525	1,026	58,557
	February	22,108	17,336	12,252	4,168	6,159	1,090	553	1,129	64,795
	March	23,923	18,330	12,694	4,224	5,880	1,093	658	1,022	67,824
	April	22,428	17,250	11,671	3,985	5,642	1,103	624	1,183	63,886
	May	25,763	19,540	13,507	4,648	6,344	1,343	763	1,215	73,123
	June	27,496	20,296	15,035	5,143	7,348	1,294	813	1,356	78,781
	July	24,643	18,721	13,462	4,457	5,562	1,174	579	1,184	69,782
	August	23,456	18,942	13,516	4,537	6,102	1,311	597	1,186	69,647
Seasonally Adjusted
2001	June	21,397	16,955	10,514	3,859	5,262	1,117	570	1,084	60,758
	July	22,218	20,451	11,503	3,955	5,725	1,094	614	1,027	66,587
	August	22,741	18,024	11,179	3,982	5,778	1,071	604	1,089	64,468
	September	23,542	18,040	11,679	4,249	5,834	1,061	616	1,118	66,139
	October	22,973	17,414	11,596	4,032	5,684	1,244	605	1,193	64,741
	November	22,625	18,039	11,991	4,086	5,730	1,351	677	1,288	65,787
	December	23,131	19,154	11,554	4,152	6,724	1,287	605	1,031	67,638
2002	January	25,954	20,074	13,478	4,894	6,629	1,358	721	1,255	74,363
	February	23,861	18,592	13,038	4,582	6,577	1,347	635	1,241	69,873
	March	22,901	17,896	11,820	4,113	5,346	1,156	569	959	64,760
	April	24,649	18,712	12,848	4,401	6,239	1,243	603	1,317	70,012
	May	24,411	18,895	13,093	4,313	5,933	1,347	692	1,093	69,777
	June	23,339	17,610	11,954	4,444	6,275	1,279	629	1,209	66,739
	July	23,122	18,333	13,723	4,295	5,757	1,159	556	1,054	67,999
	August	24,389	19,017	13,796	4,421	6,127	1,235	637	1,184	70,806
Trend
2001	June	22,171	17,552	11,169	3,956	5,555	1,099	588	1,082	63,172
	July	22,317	17,620	11,248	3,972	5,567	1,089	596	1,083	63,492
	August	22,500	17,715	11,340	3,990	5,621	1,107	605	1,098	63,976
	September	22,800	17,917	11,511	4,049	5,766	1,154	617	1,129	64,943
	October	23,154	18,206	11,745	4,145	5,960	1,214	633	1,159	66,216
	November	23,474	18,490	12,003	4,254	6,142	1,267	643	1,178	67,451
	December	23,743	18,725	12,268	4,348	6,254	1,302	646	1,184	68,470
2002	January	23,969	18,872	12,483	4,413	6,297	1,314	644	1,179	69,171
	February	24,108	18,869	12,600	4,441	6,267	1,306	640	1,170	69,401
	March	24,118	18,716	12,646	4,429	6,172	1,286	633	1,161	69,161
	April	24,012	18,508	12,687	4,392	6,065	1,267	626	1,156	68,713
	May	23,869	18,373	12,781	4,357	5,997	1,256	621	1,152	68,406
	June	23,785	18,352	12,950	4,345	5,984	1,246	618	1,148	68,428
	July	23,728	18,383	13,148	4,343	5,991	1,234	614	1,142	68,583
	August	23,827	18,517	13,410	4,372	6,014	1,227	617	1,143	69,127