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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.


AUGUST 2005 KEY POINTS

Trend

The August 2005 trend estimate (82,608) for the sales of new motor vehicles increased 0.2% over the July 2005 estimate. The trend estimate for August 2005 is 3.3% higher than the August 2004 estimate (79,963).

In August 2005, increases were recorded in the trend estimate for sales of new passenger vehicles (0.2%) and other vehicles (1.0%) compared with June 2005, while sales of sports utility vehicles decreased (-0.8%). Compared with August 2004, increases were recorded for sales of passenger vehicles (4.7%) and other vehicles (6.3%), however sales of sports utility vehicles decreased 4.3%.

Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory recorded increases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles in August 2005 compared with July 2005. Western Australia (1.5%) and Australian Capital Territory (0.9%) recorded the largest increases, while South Australia (-0.9%) and Tasmania (-0.7%) recorded the largest decreases over the same period.

When compared with August 2004, all states and territories excluding New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania recorded increases in August 2005, with both Western Australia and Northern Territory recording the largest increase of 8.5%.

Seasonally adjusted

The seasonally adjusted estimate for sales of new motor vehicles for August 2005 (83,560) recorded an increase (1.4%) over July 2005.

Increases were recorded in the seasonally adjusted sales of new passenger vehicles (0.6%) and other new motor vehicles (5.0%) in August 2005 compared with July 2005, while sales of sports utility vehicles decreased (-0.2%).

All states and territories excluding Tasmania and Northern Territory recorded increases in the seasonally adjusted estimates for sales of new motor vehicles in August 2005 compared with July 2005. Western Australia (3.2%) and Victoria (2.3%) recorded the largest increases, while Northern Territory (-1.7%) recorded the largest decrease.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle Sales
Seasonally Adjusted	25,774	21,808	18,376	5,220	8,656	1,607	807	1,312	83,560
Trend	25,267	21,530	18,478	5,184	8,429	1,639	819	1,262	82,608
Percentage Change From Previous Month
Seasonally Adjusted	1.2	2.3	0.0	1.2	3.2	-0.6	-1.7	1.2	1.4
Trend	-0.2	0.5	0.1	-0.9	1.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.9	0.2
Percentage Change From Previous Year
Seasonally Adjusted	3.5	5.8	7.2	-1.7	14.2	3.1	8.5	19.1	5.8
Trend	-0.2	3.5	8.0	-2.5	8.5	-3.5	8.5	6.0	3.3

Table 1: New Motor Vehicle Sales

		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
2004	June	58,284	17,981	20,947	97,212	26.2	19.5	22.8	24.2
	July	46,724	14,442	15,869	77,035	-19.8	-19.7	-24.2	-20.8
	August	48,649	14,910	15,685	79,244	4.1	3.2	-1.2	2.9
	September	49,911	14,715	15,826	80,452	2.6	-1.3	0.9	1.5
	October	52,290	13,907	15,470	81,667	4.8	-5.5	-2.2	1.5
	November	52,888	15,257	16,190	84,335	1.1	9.7	4.7	3.3
	December	48,673	14,311	15,996	78,980	-8.0	-6.2	-1.2	-6.3
2005	January	43,075	13,826	12,664	69,565	-11.5	-3.4	-20.8	-11.9
	February	50,645	15,478	14,886	81,009	17.6	11.9	17.5	16.5
	March	53,280	17,348	15,798	86,426	5.2	12.1	6.1	6.7
	April	46,645	13,749	15,936	76,330	-12.5	-20.7	0.9	-11.7
	May	50,420	15,329	17,981	83,730	8.1	11.5	12.8	9.7
	June	60,720	18,229	22,958	101,907	20.4	18.9	27.7	21.7
	July	48,931	13,716	15,652	78,299	-19.4	-24.8	-31.8	-23.2
	August	53,650	15,173	17,356	86,179	9.6	10.6	10.9	10.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	June	49,254	14,461	15,589	79,304	2.9	-1.1	-2.5	1.1
	July	47,540	14,767	16,143	78,450	-3.5	2.1	3.6	-1.1
	August	48,276	14,940	15,748	78,964	1.5	1.2	-2.4	0.7
	September	50,058	15,218	16,218	81,494	3.7	1.9	3.0	3.2
	October	51,681	15,455	16,457	83,593	3.2	1.6	1.5	2.6
	November	50,032	15,029	15,744	80,805	-3.2	-2.8	-4.3	-3.3
	December	48,105	14,387	16,116	78,608	-3.9	-4.3	2.4	-2.7
2005	January	52,373	15,898	16,964	85,235	8.9	10.5	5.3	8.4
	February	52,534	16,196	16,069	84,799	0.3	1.9	-5.3	-0.5
	March	50,236	15,854	15,657	81,747	-4.4	-2.1	-2.6	-3.6
	April	51,255	15,013	16,814	83,082	2.0	-5.3	7.4	1.6
	May	51,115	14,566	16,603	82,284	-0.3	-3.0	-1.3	-1.0
	June	51,015	14,286	16,682	81,983	-0.2	-1.9	0.5	-0.4
	July	51,309	14,659	16,466	82,434	0.6	2.6	-1.3	0.6
	August	51,637	14,635	17,288	83,560	0.6	-0.2	5.0	1.4
Trend
2004	June	48,416	14,471	15,951	78,838	0.1	2.4	-0.2	0.5
	July	48,665	14,776	15,931	79,372	0.5	2.1	-0.1	0.7
	August	49,016	14,981	15,966	79,963	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.7
	September	49,469	15,095	16,062	80,626	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.8
	October	49,946	15,204	16,151	81,301	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.8
	November	50,381	15,361	16,202	81,944	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.8
	December	50,733	15,541	16,224	82,498	0.7	1.2	0.1	0.7
2005	January	50,980	15,652	16,243	82,875	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.5
	February	51,112	15,641	16,270	83,023	0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.2
	March	51,202	15,482	16,320	83,004	0.2	-1.0	0.3	0.0
	April	51,246	15,212	16,410	82,868	0.1	-1.7	0.6	-0.2
	May	51,214	14,906	16,521	82,641	-0.1	-2.0	0.7	-0.3
	June	51,191	14,649	16,659	82,499	0.0	-1.7	0.8	-0.2
	July	51,193	14,459	16,794	82,446	0.0	-1.3	0.8	-0.1
	August	51,301	14,339	16,968	82,608	0.2	-0.8	1.0	0.2

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2004	June	31,438	23,929	22,026	6,436	8,969	1,982	958	1,474	97,212
	July	25,031	19,410	17,141	4,949	7,228	1,449	646	1,181	77,035
	August	24,795	20,850	17,269	5,414	7,513	1,585	677	1,141	79,244
	September	25,241	20,821	17,188	5,289	8,177	1,855	739	1,142	80,452
	October	25,621	22,747	16,079	5,413	7,875	1,981	709	1,242	81,667
	November	26,619	23,052	17,117	5,450	8,157	1,944	694	1,302	84,335
	December	24,315	21,700	16,537	4,998	7,341	2,245	647	1,197	78,980
2005	January	22,467	18,015	14,530	4,466	6,931	1,478	560	1,118	69,565
	February	25,754	20,580	17,837	5,489	7,880	1,431	776	1,262	81,009
	March	27,474	21,963	19,114	5,452	8,623	1,571	888	1,341	86,426
	April	24,329	19,497	16,789	5,034	7,329	1,371	858	1,123	76,330
	May	26,204	21,882	18,221	5,534	8,066	1,639	912	1,272	83,730
	June	30,695	25,402	24,613	6,561	9,986	2,052	1,183	1,415	101,907
	July	24,905	19,923	17,559	4,794	7,684	1,435	764	1,235	78,299
	August	26,292	22,552	19,330	5,458	8,714	1,689	751	1,393	86,179
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	June	25,560	20,495	17,000	5,231	7,256	1,817	720	1,225	79,304
	July	25,247	19,840	17,182	5,117	7,613	1,570	675	1,206	78,450
	August	24,909	20,621	17,139	5,310	7,581	1,558	744	1,102	78,964
	September	25,699	20,920	17,244	5,428	8,407	1,770	808	1,218	81,494
	October	25,926	22,791	17,357	5,658	7,909	1,927	764	1,261	83,593
	November	25,541	21,393	16,999	5,238	8,009	1,683	708	1,234	80,805
	December	25,293	21,086	16,784	4,745	7,164	1,672	701	1,163	78,608
2005	January	27,126	22,296	17,987	5,578	8,335	1,850	744	1,319	85,235
	February	27,065	21,680	18,392	5,619	8,119	1,725	860	1,339	84,799
	March	26,172	21,086	17,504	5,363	7,722	1,755	782	1,363	81,747
	April	26,008	21,268	18,571	5,435	8,237	1,634	779	1,150	83,082
	May	25,349	21,447	18,294	5,428	8,093	1,656	791	1,226	82,284
	June	24,919	21,364	18,634	5,241	7,980	1,781	863	1,201	81,983
	July	25,466	21,317	18,370	5,157	8,389	1,617	821	1,297	82,434
	August	25,774	21,808	18,376	5,220	8,656	1,607	807	1,312	83,560
Trend
2004	June	25,306	20,337	16,933	5,216	7,476	1,613	761	1,196	78,838
	July	25,303	20,509	17,049	5,271	7,630	1,657	760	1,193	79,372
	August	25,323	20,793	17,115	5,316	7,772	1,698	755	1,191	79,963
	September	25,419	21,146	17,153	5,346	7,889	1,728	750	1,195	80,626
	October	25,609	21,481	17,184	5,364	7,957	1,750	746	1,210	81,301
	November	25,881	21,707	17,250	5,375	7,982	1,766	746	1,237	81,944
	December	26,180	21,770	17,394	5,388	7,983	1,769	750	1,264	82,498
2005	January	26,386	21,697	17,611	5,409	7,975	1,757	759	1,281	82,875
	February	26,407	21,552	17,863	5,430	7,978	1,737	774	1,282	83,023
	March	26,246	21,431	18,098	5,438	8,006	1,721	793	1,271	83,004
	April	25,972	21,380	18,269	5,417	8,060	1,707	806	1,257	82,868
	May	25,673	21,367	18,365	5,361	8,127	1,688	813	1,247	82,641
	June	25,449	21,386	18,424	5,294	8,214	1,669	818	1,245	82,499
	July	25,305	21,429	18,455	5,229	8,307	1,650	820	1,251	82,446
	August	25,267	21,530	18,478	5,184	8,429	1,639	819	1,262	82,608
(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.