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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	23 593	19 496	16 023	4 835	7 995	1 454	777	1 215	75 388
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	1.6	-2.1	0.5	0.4	0.6	12.4	-1.8	0.9	0.3
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	-1.4	-8.0	-3.1	-7.8	-17.4	-14.9	-13.4	-0.3	-6.2
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(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.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

• Following the Federal Government 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 August 2009.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - The August 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (75 388) increased by 0.3% when compared to July 2009. The August 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total new motor vehicle sales is 6.2% lower than the August 2008 estimate.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of two of the three vehicle types increased in seasonally adjusted terms when comparing August 2009 with July 2009. Passenger vehicles increased by 1.0% and other vehicles increased 0.8%. Sports utility vehicles decreased 1.9% over that period. Sales of all three vehicle types have decreased in seasonally adjusted terms when comparing August 2009 to August 2008. Other vehicles decreased by 16.5%, passenger vehicles was down 3.8% and sports utility vehicles was down 1.7%.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of new motor vehicles increased in six of the states or territories in seasonally adjusted terms for August 2009 compared to July 2009. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage increase, rising 12.5%, followed by New South Wales, rising 1.5%. Victoria and the Northern Territory decreased 2.1% and 1.8% respectively over this period.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short 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)
2008
	June	50 816	16 418	18 584	85 818	-1.8	-3.4	-1.5	-2.1
	July	49 619	15 826	18 327	83 772	-2.4	-3.6	-1.4	-2.4
	August	48 338	15 276	18 135	81 748	-2.6	-3.5	-1.0	-2.4
	September	47 210	14 817	17 931	79 958	-2.3	-3.0	-1.1	-2.2
	October	46 307	14 467	17 641	78 414	-1.9	-2.4	-1.6	-1.9
	November	45 524	14 206	17 178	76 909	-1.7	-1.8	-2.6	-1.9
	December	44 777	14 037	16 598	75 412	-1.6	-1.2	-3.4	-1.9
2009
	January	44 057	13 998	16 066	74 121	-1.6	-0.3	-3.2	-1.7
	February	43 445	14 101	15 685	73 231	-1.4	0.7	-2.4	-1.2
	March	43 149	14 349	15 485	72 983	-0.7	1.8	-1.3	-0.3
	April	43 253	14 658	15 435	73 345	0.2	2.1	-0.3	0.5
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	June	51 743	17 081	18 064	86 888	-0.1	3.7	-2.1	0.2
	July	49 788	15 445	18 549	83 783	-3.8	-9.6	2.7	-3.6
	August	47 366	15 225	17 810	80 402	-4.9	-1.4	-4.0	-4.0
	September	47 265	14 984	17 677	79 927	-0.2	-1.6	-0.7	-0.6
	October	46 232	14 475	18 850	79 558	-2.2	-3.4	6.6	-0.5
	November	44 841	13 700	16 712	75 252	-3.0	-5.4	-11.3	-5.4
	December	45 366	14 345	16 941	76 653	1.2	4.7	1.4	1.9
2009
	January	45 411	14 259	15 804	75 473	0.1	-0.6	-6.7	-1.5
	February	43 587	14 146	15 118	72 851	-4.0	-0.8	-4.3	-3.5
	March	41 149	13 708	15 512	70 368	-5.6	-3.1	2.6	-3.4
	April	42 726	14 427	15 116	72 269	3.8	5.2	-2.6	2.7
	May	44 015	15 287	16 873	76 174	3.0	6.0	11.6	5.4
	June	44 892	15 968	19 868	80 727	2.0	4.5	17.7	6.0
	July	45 112	15 261	14 761	75 133	0.5	-4.4	-25.7	-6.9
	August	45 543	14 968	14 877	75 388	1.0	-1.9	0.8	0.3
Original
2008
	June	61 524	21 388	23 629	106 541	19.7	23.8	18.5	20.2
	July	51 068	14 842	18 066	83 976	-17.0	-30.6	-23.5	-21.2
	August	46 114	14 233	16 977	77 324	-9.7	-4.1	-6.0	-7.9
	September	48 865	14 200	17 873	80 938	6.0	-0.2	5.3	4.7
	October	45 978	14 357	18 770	79 105	-5.9	1.1	5.0	-2.3
	November	43 019	12 736	15 862	71 617	-6.4	-11.3	-15.5	-9.5
	December	45 696	14 422	16 392	76 510	6.2	13.2	3.3	6.8
2009
	January	41 309	13 435	12 335	67 079	-9.6	-6.8	-24.7	-12.3
	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

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)
2008
	June	25 666	22 818	18 150	5 418	9 940	1 627	908	1 290	85 818
	July	25 081	22 238	17 578	5 354	9 779	1 600	886	1 257	83 772
	August	24 529	21 624	17 049	5 292	9 594	1 564	866	1 229	81 748
	September	24 049	21 061	16 663	5 214	9 384	1 522	851	1 215	79 958
	October	23 635	20 592	16 392	5 118	9 151	1 481	834	1 212	78 414
	November	23 253	20 174	16 135	4 998	8 881	1 445	809	1 215	76 909
	December	22 900	19 785	15 843	4 866	8 602	1 417	780	1 219	75 412
2009
	January	22 585	19 446	15 583	4 748	8 376	1 409	751	1 224	74 121
	February	22 352	19 215	15 395	4 667	8 233	1 414	728	1 226	73 231
	March	22 296	19 164	15 348	4 646	8 171	1 416	716	1 227	72 983
	April	22 424	19 281	15 447	4 679	8 158	1 413	717	1 228	73 345
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	June	26 213	23 437	18 349	5 536	9 677	1 522	864	1 290	86 888
	July	24 972	22 220	17 560	5 327	9 826	1 657	924	1 296	83 783
	August	23 922	21 195	16 536	5 242	9 681	1 709	897	1 219	80 402
	September	24 231	20 867	16 738	5 202	9 419	1 452	837	1 180	79 927
	October	23 812	20 913	16 806	5 172	9 426	1 433	796	1 199	79 558
	November	23 050	19 568	15 620	4 966	8 583	1 451	810	1 205	75 252
	December	23 127	20 303	16 245	4 961	8 543	1 394	825	1 255	76 653
2009
	January	22 789	20 033	15 849	4 861	8 497	1 445	757	1 242	75 473
	February	22 385	18 910	15 474	4 414	8 283	1 384	751	1 251	72 851
	March	21 598	18 533	14 465	4 613	7 939	1 447	620	1 153	70 368
	April	22 375	18 626	15 328	4 572	8 019	1 387	721	1 240	72 269
	May	23 454	20 080	16 005	4 895	8 331	1 442	754	1 216	76 174
	June	24 563	21 411	17 153	5 106	8 837	1 544	743	1 370	80 727
	July	23 233	19 905	15 940	4 817	7 949	1 293	791	1 205	75 133
	August	23 593	19 496	16 023	4 835	7 995	1 454	777	1 215	75 388
Original
2008
	June	32 027	27 638	24 335	6 568	11 564	1 778	1 128	1 503	106 541
	July	25 216	22 272	17 963	5 237	9 580	1 510	900	1 298	83 976
	August	22 669	20 575	15 679	5 034	9 652	1 680	855	1 180	77 324
	September	24 513	21 479	16 697	5 074	9 679	1 561	755	1 180	80 938
	October	23 448	21 337	16 024	5 069	9 850	1 478	750	1 149	79 105
	November	22 043	18 756	14 111	4 935	8 284	1 575	743	1 170	71 617
	December	22 421	20 792	16 163	5 028	8 416	1 660	751	1 279	76 510
2009
	January	21 085	17 493	13 521	4 355	7 648	1 234	588	1 155	67 079
	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
np not available for publication (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.