9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Aug 2011

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ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 15/09/2011

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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

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

Trend	26 031	22 214	17 525	5 372	9 042	1 438	797	1 300	83 720
Seasonally Adjusted	27 384	23 501	18 409	5 498	9 469	1 551	799	1 323	87 935
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	1.3	1.7	0.8	2.3	0.6	2.2	-	1.4	1.3
Seasonally Adjusted	4.1	3.5	3.3	-3.2	5.4	7.6	-0.9	-4.1	3.3
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	-0.7	-4.2	2.5	-2.7	-6.9	-6.6	-8.5	-6.4	-2.1
Seasonally Adjusted	4.9	2.7	10.9	1.5	-1.3	10.4	-4.9	-4.0	4.4

- 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.

AUGUST KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

The August 2011 trend estimate (83 720) has increased by 1.3% when compared with July 2011.
Seasonally Adjusted - The August 2011 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (87 935) increased by 3.3% when compared with July 2011.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend - When comparing national trend estimates for August 2011 with July 2011, sales of Passenger, Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 0.6%, 3.9% and 0.2% respectively.
Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for August 2011 with July 2011, sales of Passenger, Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 1.2%, 10.1% and 0.8% respectively.

SALES BY STATE

Seven of the eight states and territories have experienced an increase in the trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales when comparing August 2011 with July 2011. South Australia recorded the largest percentage increase (2.3%), followed by Tasmania (2.2%) and Victoria (1.7%). Over the same period the Northern Territory remained steady with 797 sales for the second consecutive month.
In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles increased in five of the eight states and territories when comparing August 2011 with July 2011. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage increase of 7.6%, followed by New South Wales (4.1%) and Victoria (3.5%). Over the same period the Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease of 4.1%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

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September 2011	17 October 2011
October 2011	15 November 2011
November 2011	15 December 2011
December 2011	18 January 2012
January 2012	15 February 2012
February 2012	15 March 2012

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for August 2011.

DATA NOTES

The earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan on 11 March 2011 may have affected new motor vehicle sales in Australia due to associated delays in delivery of Japanese manufactured vehicles. Although the quality of the estimates in this publication are not affected, impacts from the earthquake and tsunami could continue to disrupt supply of new motor vehicles to Australia.

Widespread flooding in the eastern states, particularly Queensland, and other natural disasters in early 2011 have not adversely affected the quality of estimates in this release. These events may have had an impact on the number of new vehicles sales since February 2011. However, as new motor vehicle sales are influenced by a range of factors, it is not possible to quantify the specific impact of these events.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term
Graph: New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles—Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term
Graph: New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles—Short term

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

2010
	June	49 426	19 826	17 490	86 742	-1.1	1.7	-0.3	-0.3
	July	48 714	20 115	17 352	86 181	-1.4	1.5	-0.8	-0.6
	August	48 149	20 229	17 156	85 534	-1.2	0.6	-1.1	-0.8
	September	47 845	20 147	16 947	84 938	-0.6	-0.4	-1.2	-0.7
	October	47 803	19 897	16 847	84 547	-0.1	-1.2	-0.6	-0.5
	November	47 965	19 598	16 932	84 495	0.3	-1.5	0.5	-0.1
	December	48 067	19 313	17 155	84 535	0.2	-1.5	1.3	-
2011
	January	47 860	18 981	17 353	84 194	-0.4	-1.7	1.2	-0.4
	February	47 321	18 591	17 411	83 323	-1.1	-2.1	0.3	-1.0
	March	46 679	18 333	17 326	82 338	-1.4	-1.4	-0.5	-1.2
	April	46 145	18 341	17 140	81 626	-1.1	-	-1.1	-0.9
	May	45 853	18 611	16 964	81 427	-0.6	1.5	-1.0	-0.2
	June	45 812	19 123	16 874	81 809	-0.1	2.8	-0.5	0.5
	July	45 955	19 819	16 881	82 656	0.3	3.6	-	1.0
	August	46 215	20 586	16 919	83 720	0.6	3.9	0.2	1.3
Seasonally Adjusted

2010
	June	50 056	19 798	17 944	87 799	-4.0	-1.8	-	-2.7
	July	47 480	20 070	16 847	84 396	-5.1	1.4	-6.1	-3.9
	August	47 170	19 634	17 413	84 216	-0.7	-2.2	3.4	-0.2
	September	48 311	20 772	16 917	86 000	2.4	5.8	-2.8	2.1
	October	47 433	20 382	16 626	84 440	-1.8	-1.9	-1.7	-1.8
	November	48 181	20 047	16 713	84 941	1.6	-1.6	0.5	0.6
	December	50 900	17 977	17 265	86 142	5.6	-10.3	3.3	1.4
2011
	January	47 888	18 622	17 018	83 528	-5.9	3.6	-1.4	-3.0
	February	46 975	19 343	17 635	83 953	-1.9	3.9	3.6	0.5
	March	47 363	21 331	18 366	87 059	0.8	10.3	4.1	3.7
	April	47 116	19 051	17 103	83 270	-0.5	-10.7	-6.9	-4.4
	May	43 612	16 892	16 339	76 844	-7.4	-11.3	-4.5	-7.7
	June	44 996	17 228	15 866	78 090	3.2	2.0	-2.9	1.6
	July	46 867	20 828	17 451	85 147	4.2	20.9	10.0	9.0
	August	47 412	22 926	17 597	87 935	1.2	10.1	0.8	3.3
Original

2010
	June	60 820	24 597	23 305	108 722	20.6	22.6	24.6	21.9
	July	47 591	19 032	15 753	82 376	-21.8	-22.6	-32.4	-24.2
	August	46 504	18 515	17 103	82 122	-2.3	-2.7	8.6	-0.3
	September	48 763	19 684	16 607	85 054	4.9	6.3	-2.9	3.6
	October	45 268	19 348	16 309	80 925	-7.2	-1.7	-1.8	-4.9
	November	49 405	20 806	17 131	87 342	9.1	7.5	5.0	7.9
	December	51 039	18 555	16 993	86 587	3.3	-10.8	-0.8	-0.9
2011
	January	43 539	17 032	13 013	73 584	-14.7	-8.2	-23.4	-15.0
	February	45 455	18 916	16 525	80 896	4.4	11.1	27.0	9.9
	March	50 228	23 066	20 690	93 984	10.5	21.9	25.2	16.2
	April	41 565	17 054	15 595	74 214	-17.2	-26.1	-24.6	-21.0
	May	r42 577	17 121	17 703	r77 401	2.4	0.4	13.5	4.3
	June	54 322	21 518	20 317	96 157	27.6	25.7	14.8	24.2
	July	45 701	19 383	15 907	80 991	-15.9	-9.9	-21.7	-15.8
	August	48 423	22 111	17 548	88 082	6.0	14.1	10.3	8.8

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
r revised

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

2010
	June	26 471	23 782	17 345	5 646	9 645	1 573	872	1 409	86 742
	July	26 362	23 487	17 218	5 595	9 697	1 544	874	1 404	86 181
	August	26 225	23 183	17 095	5 520	9 711	1 540	871	1 389	85 534
	September	26 116	22 983	16 949	5 449	9 657	1 555	859	1 370	84 938
	October	26 053	22 937	16 827	5 402	9 555	1 577	842	1 353	84 547
	November	26 071	23 032	16 802	5 385	9 448	1 589	826	1 343	84 495
	December	26 108	23 121	16 857	5 361	9 361	1 578	813	1 335	84 535
2011
	January	26 039	22 995	16 914	5 293	9 285	1 539	807	1 322	84 194
	February	25 811	22 599	16 945	5 187	9 194	1 476	806	1 304	83 323
	March	25 547	22 102	16 991	5 093	9 096	1 418	806	1 285	82 338
	April	25 353	21 701	17 051	5 046	9 016	1 382	806	1 271	81 626
	May	25 310	21 523	17 119	5 065	8 970	1 372	804	1 265	81 427
	June	25 433	21 595	17 222	5 143	8 962	1 383	801	1 270	81 809
	July	25 689	21 848	17 390	5 253	8 989	1 407	797	1 282	82 656
	August	26 031	22 214	17 525	5 372	9 042	1 438	797	1 300	83 720
Seasonally Adjusted

2010
	June	26 885	24 130	17 510	5 811	9 609	1 607	852	1 395	87 799
	July	25 631	23 028	16 516	5 471	9 961	1 493	906	1 390	84 396
	August	26 103	22 879	16 600	5 417	9 596	1 405	840	1 378	84 216
	September	26 245	22 854	17 511	5 615	9 816	1 653	903	1 402	86 000
	October	26 100	23 101	16 996	5 212	9 291	1 550	818	1 372	84 440
	November	26 202	22 813	17 159	5 401	9 632	1 624	837	1 272	84 941
	December	28 045	23 021	16 622	5 397	9 290	1 650	789	1 330	86 142
2011
	January	26 047	23 299	15 800	5 321	9 230	1 524	955	1 353	83 528
	February	25 648	23 081	17 258	5 336	9 121	1 430	753	1 326	83 953
	March	27 174	23 282	18 577	5 133	9 281	1 445	853	1 314	87 059
	April	25 752	22 201	17 654	5 013	9 167	1 391	818	1 274	83 270
	May	24 328	19 479	16 265	4 639	8 848	1 311	802	1 172	76 844
	June	24 075	20 979	16 161	5 015	8 564	1 301	772	1 223	78 090
	July	26 309	22 714	17 829	5 681	8 985	1 442	806	1 379	85 147
	August	27 384	23 501	18 409	5 498	9 469	1 551	799	1 323	87 935
Original

2010
	June	33 240	29 192	22 956	7 109	11 647	1 779	1 133	1 666	108 722
	July	25 050	22 499	16 516	5 208	9 572	1 292	881	1 358	82 376
	August	25 287	22 312	15 966	5 233	9 753	1 407	819	1 345	82 122
	September	26 079	22 511	16 939	5 548	10 121	1 715	785	1 356	85 054
	October	24 451	22 847	15 904	4 974	9 244	1 477	717	1 311	80 925
	November	27 422	23 491	17 025	5 651	9 738	1 902	809	1 304	87 342
	December	27 195	23 873	16 422	5 636	9 238	2 181	714	1 328	86 587
2011
	January	23 560	20 323	13 300	4 792	8 289	1 309	772	1 239	73 584
	February	25 048	22 446	16 283	5 128	8 686	1 273	680	1 352	80 896
	March	29 750	24 808	20 395	5 360	9 718	1 520	995	1 438	93 984
	April	22 570	19 535	16 403	4 467	8 101	1 124	862	1 152	74 214
	May	24 470	r19 570	16 519	4 782	8 703	1 268	942	1 147	r77 401
	June	29 685	25 091	21 062	6 057	10 424	1 443	985	1 410	96 157
	July	24 893	21 743	17 341	5 255	8 433	1 196	800	1 330	80 991
	August	27 274	23 436	18 298	5 446	9 903	1 581	802	1 342	88 082

r revised
(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.