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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.


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

From the August 2004 reference month, SUVs are separately identified in the original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimates. Data on SUVs have been included as a separate category back to January 1994 and are available in Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Electronic Delivery (cat. no. 9314.0.55.001). Previous to this, SUVs were included in the other vehicles category.

AUGUST 2004 KEY POINTS

Trend

The trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles fell slightly to 78,510 in August 2004 compared with July 2004 (78,548). When compared with August 2003 (78,683) the trend estimate has shown a decrease of 0.2%.

Sales of new passenger vehicles recorded a trend decrease for the fourth consecutive month, declining 0.4% for August 2004. Sports utility vehicle sales increased 1.8%, continuing the increasing trend since September 2003. Sales of other new vehicles decreased 0.6% in August 2004.

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania recorded increases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles in August 2004. All other states and territories recorded decreases.

Seasonally adjusted

The seasonally adjusted estimate for sales of new motor vehicles rose 0.8% to 78,469 in August 2004. Passenger vehicle sales increased 1.3% to 47,872 and sales of sports utility vehicles increased 2.2% to 15,016. Sales of other new vehicles decreased 2.2% to 15,581 in August 2004.

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FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
September 2004	21 October 2004
October 2004	19 November 2004
November 2004	21 December 2004
December 2004	20 January 2005
January 2005 February 2005	21 February 2005 22 March 2005

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
2003	June	57,086	15,601	19,371	92,058	15.0	15.2	28.5	17.6
	July	51,450	13,102	14,969	79,521	-9.9	-16.0	-22.7	-13.6
	August	49,869	12,181	14,123	76,173	-3.1	-7.0	-5.7	-4.2
	September	51,749	11,590	14,452	77,791	3.8	-4.9	2.3	2.1
	October	52,180	12,318	14,727	79,225	0.8	6.3	1.9	1.8
	November	48,482	12,892	14,738	76,112	-7.1	4.7	0.1	-3.9
	December	49,834	13,296	14,656	77,786	2.8	3.1	-0.6	2.2
2004	January	40,715	12,291	11,791	64,797	-18.3	-7.6	-19.5	-16.7
	February	47,876	12,865	15,136	75,877	17.6	4.7	28.4	17.1
	March	53,728	15,005	17,313	86,046	12.2	16.6	14.4	13.4
	April	44,079	12,351	14,875	71,305	-18.0	-17.7	-14.1	-17.1
	May	46,168	15,052	17,059	78,279	4.7	21.9	14.7	9.8
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2003	June	50,082	13,139	14,162	77,383	-0.1	3.0	3.1	1.0
	July	50,010	12,582	14,894	77,486	-0.1	-4.2	5.2	0.1
	August	50,995	12,739	14,542	78,276	2.0	1.2	-2.4	1.0
	September	53,191	12,679	14,994	80,864	4.3	-0.5	3.1	3.3
	October	49,311	12,680	15,150	77,141	-7.3	0.0	1.0	-4.6
	November	48,372	13,126	14,906	76,404	-1.9	3.5	-1.6	-1.0
	December	46,157	13,118	14,884	74,159	-4.6	-0.1	-0.1	-2.9
2004	January	49,609	13,941	15,665	79,215	7.5	6.3	5.2	6.8
	February	50,055	13,299	16,027	79,381	0.9	-4.6	2.3	0.2
	March	49,198	13,468	16,348	79,014	-1.7	1.3	2.0	-0.5
	April	48,133	13,266	15,939	77,338	-2.2	-1.5	-2.5	-2.1
	May	48,031	14,550	16,190	78,771	-0.2	9.7	1.6	1.9
	June	49,904	14,579	15,389	79,872	3.9	0.2	-4.9	1.4
	July	47,252	14,692	15,932	77,876	-5.3	0.8	3.5	-2.5
	August	47,872	15,016	15,581	78,469	1.3	2.2	-2.2	0.8
Trend
2003	June	50,408	12,761	14,262	77,431	1.6	1.0	2.0	1.6
	July	51,026	12,775	14,516	78,317	1.2	0.1	1.8	1.1
	August	51,209	12,757	14,717	78,683	0.4	-0.1	1.4	0.5
	September	50,934	12,764	14,845	78,543	-0.5	0.1	0.9	-0.2
	October	50,373	12,865	14,968	78,206	-1.1	0.8	0.8	-0.4
	November	49,718	13,019	15,118	77,855	-1.3	1.2	1.0	-0.4
	December	49,115	13,183	15,335	77,633	-1.2	1.3	1.4	-0.3
2004	January	48,755	13,331	15,598	77,684	-0.7	1.1	1.7	0.1
	February	48,689	13,468	15,843	78,000	-0.1	1.0	1.6	0.4
	March	48,815	13,635	15,996	78,446	0.3	1.2	1.0	0.6
	April	48,860	13,851	16,030	78,741	0.1	1.6	0.2	0.4
	May	48,664	14,128	15,965	78,757	-0.4	2.0	-0.4	0.0
	June	48,382	14,425	15,859	78,666	-0.6	2.1	-0.7	-0.1
	July	48,101	14,699	15,748	78,548	-0.6	1.9	-0.7	-0.2
	August	47,894	14,966	15,650	78,510	-0.4	1.8	-0.6	-0.0

		NSW (No.)	Vic. (No.)	Qld (No.)	SA (No.)	WA (No.)	Tas. (No.)	NT (No.)	ACT (No.)	Aust. (No.)
Original
2003	June	31,168	24,132	18,084	6,089	8,662	1,549	866	1,508	92,058
	July	26,983	21,248	15,716	5,298	6,973	1,407	635	1,261	79,521
	August	25,391	19,799	15,248	5,263	7,048	1,589	555	1,280	76,173
	September	25,738	21,200	15,293	5,222	6,894	1,639	593	1,212	77,791
	October	25,533	21,337	15,521	5,430	7,487	2,008	607	1,302	79,225
	November	25,099	20,254	15,058	5,214	6,925	1,717	630	1,215	76,112
	December	25,113	21,071	15,265	5,404	7,161	1,860	593	1,319	77,786
2004	January	21,216	16,857	13,403	4,334	6,249	1,193	498	1,047	64,797
	February	24,955	19,727	15,901	5,059	7,113	1,297	686	1,139	75,877
	March	28,118	22,137	18,611	5,561	8,086	1,343	912	1,278	86,046
	April	23,033	19,083	14,831	4,670	6,529	1,229	812	1,118	71,305
	May	25,649	20,106	16,373	5,215	7,296	1,513	918	1,209	78,279
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2003	June	25,958	20,788	14,904	5,085	7,220	1,482	662	1,284	77,383
	July	25,771	20,754	15,171	5,245	7,167	1,498	642	1,238	77,486
	August	26,272	20,462	15,560	5,305	7,198	1,564	599	1,316	78,276
	September	27,370	21,323	15,890	5,410	7,298	1,595	688	1,290	80,864
	October	24,736	20,324	15,667	5,332	7,213	1,986	623	1,260	77,141
	November	24,636	20,356	15,528	5,278	7,105	1,633	645	1,223	76,404
	December	24,352	20,010	14,612	5,114	6,942	1,251	636	1,242	74,159
2004	January	26,126	20,822	16,272	5,368	7,234	1,529	643	1,221	79,215
	February	26,315	20,710	16,437	5,215	7,208	1,537	752	1,207	79,381
	March	25,759	20,508	16,795	5,170	7,366	1,405	807	1,204	79,014
	April	25,155	20,386	16,193	5,107	7,061	1,474	758	1,204	77,338
	May	25,360	20,364	16,751	5,204	7,572	1,537	779	1,204	78,771
	June	25,543	20,364	17,629	5,335	7,200	1,851	737	1,213	79,872
	July	25,188	19,595	17,092	4,997	7,580	1,556	662	1,206	77,876
	August	24,739	20,477	17,003	5,268	7,589	1,544	726	1,123	78,469
Trend
2003	June	26,017	20,659	15,081	5,182	7,067	1,484	659	1,282	77,431
	July	26,286	20,818	15,320	5,236	7,173	1,547	649	1,288	78,317
	August	26,322	20,869	15,457	5,285	7,225	1,597	639	1,289	78,683
	September	26,155	20,824	15,497	5,313	7,216	1,623	632	1,283	78,543
	October	25,918	20,741	15,522	5,318	7,182	1,620	632	1,273	78,206
	November	25,698	20,652	15,574	5,300	7,146	1,585	642	1,258	77,855
	December	25,547	20,580	15,677	5,263	7,136	1,528	663	1,239	77,633
2004	January	25,503	20,543	15,862	5,231	7,151	1,478	694	1,222	77,684
	February	25,556	20,517	16,138	5,208	7,184	1,459	727	1,211	78,000
	March	25,635	20,487	16,448	5,196	7,236	1,483	752	1,209	78,446
	April	25,613	20,430	16,716	5,189	7,296	1,531	760	1,206	78,741
	May	25,455	20,326	16,903	5,184	7,355	1,577	755	1,202	78,757
	June	25,271	20,223	17,039	5,181	7,413	1,605	740	1,194	78,666
	July	25,098	20,140	17,132	5,179	7,472	1,619	725	1,183	78,548
	August	24,969	20,099	17,211	5,189	7,531	1,630	707	1,174	78,510