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The Publication

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 2006 KEY POINTS

Trend

The August 2006 trend estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (79,449) increased 0.1% compared with the July estimate. The slight increase in the August 2006 trend estimate follows sixteen consecutive months of decline.

Passenger vehicles recorded an increase (0.5%) from July 2006 to August 2006. Over the same period, both sports utility vehicles and other vehicles trend decreased, 0.7% and 0.4% respectively.

The recent upward trend of passenger vehicles continues, with the last three months recording increases. For sports utility vehicles, the trend estimate has been declining since October 2005, while trend estimate for other vehicles has been declining since September 2005.

Western Australia (1.4%) and Northern Territory (0.8%), recorded the largest increases in their trend estimate from July 2006 to Aug 2006, while Tasmania (1.4%) and South Australia (0.6) recorded the largest decreases.

Seasonally adjusted

The August 2006 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (78,974) decreased 2.3% compared to the July 2006 estimate.

From July 2006 to Aug 2006, all vehicle types decreased, sports utility vehicles 7.2%, other vehicles 1.8% and passenger vehicles 1.1%.

All states and territories excluding Northern Territory recorded decreases during this period. Queensland (5.8%), South Australia (4.4%) and Tasmania (4.3%) recorded the largest seasonally adjusted decreases, while the Northern Territory increased 7.6%.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	23,736	20,196	17,295	4,923	9,432	1,437	796	1,159	78,974
Trend	23,692	20,016	17,784	5,052	9,458	1,516	764	1,167	79,449
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	-1.3	-0.7	-5.8	-4.4	-0.8	-4.3	7.6	-0.9	-2.3
Trend	-0.2	0.1	0.3	-0.6	1.4	-1.4	0.8	-0.3	0.1
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	-7.9	-7.7	-5.6	-6.6	9.0	-13.5	-0.5	-11.0	-5.6
Trend	-6.1	-7.0	-2.1	-3.8	10.1	-10.1	-5.3	-7.2	-3.7

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
September 2006	20 October 2006
October 2006	21 November 2006
November 2006	21 December 2006
December 2006 January 2007 February 2007	22 January 2007 21 February 2007 21 March 2007

Table 1: New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle

		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
2005	June	60,781	18,317	23,047	102,145	20.4	18.7	27.6	21.7
	July	49,016	13,822	15,803	78,641	-19.4	-24.5	-31.4	-23.0
	August	53,648	15,173	17,356	86,177	9.4	9.8	9.8	9.6
	September	52,118	15,080	17,242	84,440	-2.9	-0.6	-0.7	-2.0
	October	48,434	12,503	15,181	76,118	-7.1	-17.1	-12.0	-9.9
	November	52,751	14,252	16,535	83,538	8.9	14.0	8.9	9.7
	December	47,945	15,046	16,286	79,277	-9.1	5.6	-1.5	-5.1
2006	January	43,761	13,251	12,991	70,003	-8.7	-11.9	-20.2	-11.7
	February	48,483	13,506	15,457	77,446	10.8	1.9	19.0	10.6
	March	53,188	15,896	18,072	87,156	9.7	17.7	16.9	12.5
	April	42,307	11,901	14,442	68,650	-20.5	-25.1	-20.1	-21.2
	May	50,683	14,816	17,958	83,457	19.8	24.5	24.3	21.6
	June	57,026	18,079	21,343	96,448	12.5	22.0	18.8	15.6
	July	48,798	13,279	15,485	77,562	-14.4	-26.6	-27.4	-19.6
	August	52,030	13,539	16,092	81,661	6.6	2.0	3.9	5.3
Seasonally adjusted
2005	June	51,396	14,337	16,931	82,664	0.8	-2.7	1.5	0.3
	July	50,903	14,700	16,567	82,170	-1.0	2.5	-2.1	-0.6
	August	51,291	15,086	17,287	83,664	0.8	2.6	4.3	1.8
	September	51,720	15,855	17,192	84,767	0.8	5.1	-0.5	1.3
	October	48,676	14,004	16,270	78,950	-5.9	-11.7	-5.4	-6.9
	November	50,041	14,078	16,502	80,621	2.8	0.5	1.4	2.1
	December	49,605	14,927	16,737	81,269	-0.9	6.0	1.4	0.8
2006	January	51,352	14,709	16,943	83,004	3.5	-1.5	1.2	2.1
	February	50,083	14,170	16,635	80,888	-2.5	-3.7	-1.8	-2.5
	March	48,656	13,984	16,589	79,229	-2.8	-1.3	-0.3	-2.1
	April	49,219	13,875	16,304	79,398	1.2	-0.8	-1.7	0.2
	May	49,558	13,892	16,359	79,809	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.5
	June	48,790	14,230	15,593	78,613	-1.5	2.4	-4.7	-1.5
	July	50,540	14,052	16,218	80,810	3.6	-1.3	4.0	2.8
	August	50,004	13,040	15,930	78,974	-1.1	-7.2	-1.8	-2.3
Trend
2005	June	51,222	14,872	16,801	82,895	-0.1	-1.3	0.9	-0.1
	July	51,066	14,764	16,902	82,732	-0.3	-0.7	0.6	-0.2
	August	50,857	14,754	16,911	82,522	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
	September	50,595	14,762	16,842	82,199	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.4
	October	50,339	14,727	16,767	81,833	-0.5	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4
	November	50,155	14,636	16,722	81,513	-0.4	-0.6	-0.3	-0.4
	December	50,029	14,499	16,702	81,230	-0.3	-0.9	-0.1	-0.3
2006	January	49,898	14,356	16,680	80,934	-0.3	-1.0	-0.1	-0.4
	February	49,735	14,254	16,629	80,618	-0.3	-0.7	-0.3	-0.4
	March	49,570	14,175	16,530	80,275	-0.3	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4
	April	49,422	14,067	16,370	79,859	-0.3	-0.8	-1.0	-0.5
	May	49,388	13,951	16,200	79,539	-0.1	-0.8	-1.0	-0.4
	June	49,494	13,850	16,068	79,412	0.2	-0.7	-0.8	-0.2
	July	49,648	13,739	15,964	79,351	0.3	-0.8	-0.6	-0.1
	August	49,906	13,640	15,903	79,449	0.5	-0.7	-0.4	0.1

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2005	June	30,745	25,493	24,656	6,586	10,013	2,052	1,185	1,415	102,145
	July	24,998	20,025	17,631	4,813	7,727	1,438	767	1,242	78,641
	August	26,292	22,550	19,330	5,458	8,714	1,689	751	1,393	86,177
	September	25,457	22,044	18,344	5,243	9,125	2,151	793	1,283	84,440
	October	22,949	20,289	16,026	5,030	8,349	1,655	659	1,161	76,118
	November	25,716	22,428	17,181	5,500	9,107	1,667	690	1,249	83,538
	December	23,054	22,110	16,208	5,335	8,664	2,080	690	1,136	79,277
2006	January	21,995	17,876	15,107	4,380	7,604	1,295	616	1,130	70,003
	February	24,495	19,979	16,452	5,085	8,165	1,373	731	1,166	77,446
	March	27,165	21,461	19,833	5,195	9,750	1,540	913	1,299	87,156
	April	21,171	17,636	14,820	4,619	7,507	1,129	764	1,004	68,650
	May	25,124	20,776	18,774	5,601	9,472	1,623	863	1,224	83,457
	June	28,560	23,015	23,091	6,164	11,170	1,936	1,058	1,454	96,448
	July	23,688	19,322	17,910	4,794	8,720	1,334	679	1,115	77,562
	August	24,223	21,043	18,124	5,107	9,736	1,436	768	1,224	81,661
Seasonally adjusted
2005	June	25,069	21,592	18,754	5,323	8,082	1,783	854	1,207	82,664
	July	25,421	21,356	18,103	5,163	8,386	1,628	826	1,287	82,170
	August	25,775	21,879	18,318	5,273	8,655	1,662	800	1,302	83,664
	September	26,117	21,760	18,320	5,320	9,102	2,001	842	1,305	84,767
	October	23,636	20,630	17,429	5,201	8,524	1,605	738	1,187	78,950
	November	24,539	21,304	17,267	5,291	8,822	1,475	715	1,208	80,621
	December	24,682	21,640	17,453	5,245	8,709	1,578	768	1,194	81,269
2006	January	25,884	21,215	18,109	5,309	8,821	1,600	817	1,249	83,004
	February	25,318	20,934	17,238	5,258	8,501	1,628	793	1,218	80,888
	March	24,605	19,955	17,587	4,835	8,671	1,597	769	1,210	79,229
	April	24,045	20,372	17,400	5,317	8,845	1,486	746	1,187	79,398
	May	23,886	20,158	17,798	5,275	9,213	1,581	740	1,158	79,809
	June	23,837	19,471	17,550	5,040	9,031	1,706	767	1,211	78,613
	July	24,037	20,344	18,361	5,147	9,510	1,501	740	1,170	80,810
	August	23,736	20,196	17,295	4,923	9,432	1,437	796	1,159	78,974
Trend
2005	June	25,616	21,521	18,396	5,310	8,285	1,695	822	1,250	82,895
	July	25,416	21,535	18,313	5,266	8,433	1,696	818	1,255	82,732
	August	25,234	21,526	18,165	5,253	8,593	1,686	807	1,258	82,522
	September	25,067	21,482	17,966	5,261	8,715	1,662	790	1,256	82,199
	October	24,958	21,419	17,763	5,266	8,775	1,633	776	1,243	81,833
	November	24,931	21,333	17,616	5,262	8,770	1,604	768	1,229	81,513
	December	24,949	21,213	17,530	5,246	8,724	1,582	769	1,217	81,230
2006	January	24,956	21,024	17,495	5,220	8,682	1,573	773	1,211	80,934
	February	24,897	20,769	17,510	5,196	8,689	1,574	774	1,209	80,618
	March	24,715	20,492	17,566	5,177	8,762	1,586	771	1,206	80,275
	April	24,409	20,238	17,618	5,159	8,885	1,588	765	1,197	79,859
	May	24,106	20,077	17,661	5,140	9,035	1,576	757	1,187	79,539
	June	23,898	20,008	17,708	5,115	9,189	1,559	756	1,179	79,412
	July	23,749	19,989	17,736	5,082	9,328	1,538	758	1,171	79,351
	August	23,692	20,016	17,784	5,052	9,458	1,516	764	1,167	79,449
(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.