9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Aug 2014

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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

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

Trend	29 679	25 475	18 132	5 882	9 748	1 391	903	1 471	92 681
Seasonally Adjusted	29 561	24 958	17 869	5 886	9 422	1 376	861	1 457	91 391
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	0.3	0.2	-0.7	0.1	-0.9	-1.6	-1.5	1.0	-0.1
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.1	-2.7	-2.0	0.8	-4.6	-5.9	-5.6	-3.3	-1.8
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	1.0	-0.9	-5.7	1.5	-4.7	-13.7	-6.4	1.2	-1.8
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.7	-2.1	-8.7	1.4	-7.4	-3.0	-15.6	-2.0	-3.5

(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

Trend estimates: The August 2014 trend estimate (92 681) has decreased by 0.1% when compared with July 2014.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The August 2014 seasonally adjusted estimate (91 391) has decreased by 1.8% when compared with July 2014.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for August 2014 with July 2014, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 0.4% and 0.1% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.3%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for August 2014 with July 2014, sales of Passenger and Sports utility vehicles decreased by 1.8% and 3.7% respectively. Over the same period, sales of Other vehicles increased by 1.4%.

SALES BY STATE

Trend estimates: Four of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing August 2014 with July 2014. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease (1.6%), followed by the Northern Territory (1.5%) and Western Australia (0.9%). Over the same period, the Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage increase in sales of 1.0%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: Seven of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing August 2014 with July 2014. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease (5.9%) followed by the Northern Territory (5.6%) and Western Australia (4.6%). South Australia was the only jurisdiction to record an increase (0.8%).

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term

Footnote(s): Break in time series for trend between June and July 2000. See paragraph 13 of the Expanatory Notes.

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term-graph_update_August_2014

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term-graph_update_August_2014

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

2013
	June	47 654	27 592	19 339	94 586	0.3	-0.2	-1.4	-0.2
	July	47 659	27 605	19 173	94 436	-	-	-0.9	-0.2
	August	47 545	27 689	19 136	94 370	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.1
	September	47 445	27 778	19 168	94 390	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-
	October	47 321	27 844	19 221	94 387	-0.3	0.2	0.3	-
	November	47 105	27 894	19 277	94 276	-0.5	0.2	0.3	-0.1
	December	46 772	27 950	19 257	93 979	-0.7	0.2	-0.1	-0.3
2014
	January	46 316	28 038	19 160	93 515	-1.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.5
	February	45 799	28 209	19 017	93 024	-1.1	0.6	-0.7	-0.5
	March	45 322	28 467	18 911	92 699	-1.0	0.9	-0.6	-0.3
	April	44 928	28 756	18 900	92 585	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.1
	May	44 646	29 064	18 962	92 671	-0.6	1.1	0.3	0.1
	June	44 426	29 310	19 027	92 763	-0.5	0.8	0.3	0.1
	July	44 249	29 478	19 059	92 786	-0.4	0.6	0.2	-
	August	44 091	29 553	19 037	92 681	-0.4	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	June	48 245	27 895	20 377	96 518	1.5	1.6	5.4	2.3
	July	46 911	27 176	19 494	93 580	-2.8	-2.6	-4.3	-3.0
	August	48 043	28 304	18 396	94 743	2.4	4.2	-5.6	1.2
	September	47 099	27 739	19 008	93 846	-2.0	-2.0	3.3	-0.9
	October	47 128	26 956	18 936	93 020	0.1	-2.8	-0.4	-0.9
	November	47 464	28 451	19 339	95 254	0.7	5.5	2.1	2.4
	December	47 101	28 836	20 416	96 353	-0.8	1.4	5.6	1.2
2014
	January	45 961	27 573	18 924	92 457	-2.4	-4.4	-7.3	-4.0
	February	46 229	27 386	18 751	92 366	0.6	-0.7	-0.9	-0.1
	March	44 793	28 761	18 616	92 170	-3.1	5.0	-0.7	-0.2
	April	45 107	28 765	18 359	92 231	0.7	-	-1.4	0.1
	May	44 073	29 291	19 079	92 442	-2.3	1.8	3.9	0.2
	June	44 737	29 370	20 340	94 447	1.5	0.3	6.6	2.2
	July	44 617	30 005	18 428	93 051	-0.3	2.2	-9.4	-1.5
	August	43 816	28 895	18 680	91 391	-1.8	-3.7	1.4	-1.8
Original

2013
	June	57 636	34 398	26 724	118 758	23.2	18.0	28.1	22.7
	July	46 318	25 568	18 349	90 235	-19.6	-25.7	-31.3	-24.0
	August	48 060	27 515	17 761	93 336	3.8	7.6	-3.2	3.4
	September	47 149	26 199	19 314	92 662	-1.9	-4.8	8.7	-0.7
	October	46 939	26 258	19 406	92 603	-0.4	0.2	0.5	-0.1
	November	49 089	28 889	18 946	96 924	4.6	10.0	-2.4	4.7
	December	47 686	28 543	20 527	96 756	-2.9	-1.2	8.3	-0.2
2014
	January	41 626	25 868	14 791	82 285	-12.7	-9.4	-27.9	-15.0
	February	43 651	25 867	17 300	86 818	4.9	-	17.0	5.5
	March	47 079	30 778	19 410	97 267	7.9	19.0	12.2	12.0
	April	39 027	25 350	16 333	80 710	-17.1	-17.6	-15.9	-17.0
	May	43 819	30 730	20 013	94 562	12.3	21.2	22.5	17.2
	June	53 844	36 846	27 619	118 309	22.9	19.9	38.0	25.1
	July	43 464	28 805	17 598	89 867	-19.3	-21.8	-36.3	-24.0
	August	42 658	27 543	17 956	88 157	-1.9	-4.4	2.0	-1.9

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

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

2013
	June	29 363	25 475	19 428	5 775	10 465	1 636	969	1 474	94 586
	July	29 393	25 559	19 319	5 780	10 335	1 622	970	1 459	94 436
	August	29 399	25 695	19 221	5 795	10 229	1 613	965	1 454	94 370
	September	29 444	25 802	19 170	5 811	10 135	1 612	955	1 462	94 390
	October	29 514	25 836	19 139	5 829	10 038	1 613	936	1 481	94 387
	November	29 580	25 751	19 127	5 844	9 945	1 610	919	1 500	94 276
	December	29 610	25 507	19 134	5 840	9 874	1 597	908	1 508	93 979
2014
	January	29 576	25 185	19 114	5 830	9 833	1 573	907	1 498	93 515
	February	29 482	24 921	19 038	5 821	9 833	1 541	915	1 473	93 024
	March	29 395	24 830	18 909	5 821	9 863	1 509	925	1 448	92 699
	April	29 354	24 923	18 732	5 831	9 895	1 486	931	1 432	92 585
	May	29 404	25 125	18 561	5 848	9 903	1 464	932	1 433	92 671
	June	29 499	25 302	18 409	5 864	9 879	1 440	927	1 443	92 763
	July	29 591	25 430	18 265	5 878	9 834	1 415	917	1 456	92 786
	August	29 679	25 475	18 132	5 882	9 748	1 391	903	1 471	92 681
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	June	30 183	25 810	20 004	5 738	10 614	1 734	922	1 514	96 518
	July	29 020	25 278	19 087	5 753	10 348	1 667	1 009	1 419	93 580
	August	29 767	25 503	19 565	5 806	10 177	1 418	1 020	1 486	94 743
	September	29 164	25 643	19 093	5 814	10 120	1 716	900	1 398	93 846
	October	28 899	25 564	18 642	5 781	10 092	1 657	930	1 454	93 020
	November	29 642	26 732	18 910	6 020	9 820	1 664	935	1 530	95 254
	December	30 397	26 076	19 771	5 780	10 223	1 627	922	1 557	96 353
2014
	January	29 758	24 384	19 209	5 694	9 461	1 548	878	1 526	92 457
	February	29 181	24 536	18 997	5 897	9 874	1 501	908	1 474	92 366
	March	29 022	25 000	18 571	5 918	9 892	1 478	873	1 416	92 170
	April	29 331	24 443	18 881	5 757	9 855	1 513	1 058	1 394	92 231
	May	29 324	25 299	18 482	5 703	9 909	1 473	849	1 402	92 442
	June	29 869	25 796	18 662	6 043	10 127	1 503	979	1 469	94 447
	July	29 583	25 642	18 231	5 841	9 873	1 463	911	1 506	93 051
	August	29 561	24 958	17 869	5 886	9 422	1 376	861	1 457	91 391
Original

2013
	June	37 194	30 647	26 245	6 999	12 782	1 917	1 162	1 812	118 758
	July	27 789	24 584	18 618	5 485	9 848	1 466	1 049	1 396	90 235
	August	29 223	25 210	19 101	5 730	10 177	1 491	967	1 437	93 336
	September	28 702	25 430	18 498	5 847	10 153	1 835	852	1 345	92 662
	October	28 519	25 961	18 057	5 732	10 305	1 737	853	1 439	92 603
	November	30 496	27 547	18 381	6 216	9 815	1 984	904	1 581	96 924
	December	29 966	26 316	19 718	6 039	10 287	2 009	835	1 586	96 756
2014
	January	27 080	21 289	16 660	5 082	8 707	1 280	713	1 474	82 285
	February	27 585	23 411	17 367	5 567	9 427	1 263	791	1 407	86 818
	March	30 656	26 311	20 073	6 184	10 117	1 457	998	1 471	97 267
	April	25 625	21 108	17 041	4 897	8 604	1 182	1 070	1 183	80 710
	May	29 788	26 042	19 252	5 764	9 920	1 409	978	1 409	94 562
	June	37 575	31 327	24 643	7 531	12 440	1 743	1 258	1 792	118 309
	July	28 587	24 756	17 767	5 514	9 556	1 302	913	1 472	89 867
	August	28 404	24 184	17 169	5 618	9 137	1 418	807	1 420	88 157

(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.

NOTES

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