AUGUST KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	32 077	25 932	19 357	5 386	8 683	1 645	848	1 495	95 423
Seasonally Adjusted	31 748	25 574	19 079	5 232	8 695	1 677	831	1 495	94 332
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	0.5	-0.2	-0.3	-1.8	-0.4	0.8	-3.3	0.3	-0.1
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.2	-3.3	-1.5	-6.0	-0.4	3.2	-2.4	-1.3	-1.6
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	7.3	1.9	5.8	-8.1	-10.3	15.9	-6.6	2.7	2.6
Seasonally Adjusted	6.7	0.6	5.5	-11.9	-7.7	18.8	-5.2	2.8	2.1
(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 TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The August 2015 trend estimate for total new motor vehicle sales (95 423) has decreased by 0.1% when compared with July 2015.

• When comparing national trend estimates for August 2015 with those from July 2015, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 0.3% and 0.7% respectively. Over the same period sales for Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.5%.

• Five of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing August 2015 with July 2015. The Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease (3.3%), followed by South Australia (1.8%) and Western Australia (0.4%). Over the same period, Tasmania recorded the largest increase in sales (0.8%).

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

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
2014
	June	44 355	29 384	19 085	92 824	-0.5	1.2	0.6	0.3
	July	44 147	29 697	19 157	93 000	-0.5	1.1	0.4	0.2
	August	43 900	29 896	19 186	92 982	-0.6	0.7	0.2	-
	September	43 621	30 076	19 200	92 897	-0.6	0.6	0.1	-0.1
	October	43 399	30 278	19 227	92 904	-0.5	0.7	0.1	-
	November	43 265	30 556	19 291	93 111	-0.3	0.9	0.3	0.2
	December	43 109	30 953	19 376	93 438	-0.4	1.3	0.4	0.4
2015
	January	42 972	31 428	19 431	93 831	-0.3	1.5	0.3	0.4
	February	42 896	31 939	19 453	94 288	-0.2	1.6	0.1	0.5
	March	42 857	32 437	19 459	94 753	-0.1	1.6	-	0.5
	April	42 817	32 871	19 421	95 109	-0.1	1.3	-0.2	0.4
	May	42 754	33 217	19 346	95 317	-0.1	1.1	-0.4	0.2
	June	42 671	33 524	19 252	95 447	-0.2	0.9	-0.5	0.1
	July	42 556	33 816	19 142	95 514	-0.3	0.9	-0.6	0.1
	August	42 448	33 968	19 006	95 423	-0.3	0.5	-0.7	-0.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	June	44 169	29 310	20 179	93 658	-0.5	-0.4	5.7	0.8
	July	44 406	29 834	18 460	92 700	0.5	1.8	-8.5	-1.0
	August	43 937	29 184	19 241	92 362	-1.1	-2.2	4.2	-0.4
	September	43 769	31 229	19 211	94 208	-0.4	7.0	-0.2	2.0
	October	43 402	30 010	19 217	92 629	-0.8	-3.9	-	-1.7
	November	43 118	30 548	18 794	92 459	-0.7	1.8	-2.2	-0.2
	December	44 162	30 855	20 134	95 151	2.4	1.0	7.1	2.9
2015
	January	43 575	30 259	19 283	93 117	-1.3	-1.9	-4.2	-2.1
	February	43 134	33 293	19 232	95 659	-1.0	10.0	-0.3	2.7
	March	44 918	31 827	19 507	96 252	4.1	-4.4	1.4	0.6
	April	41 072	34 105	19 424	94 602	-8.6	7.2	-0.4	-1.7
	May	42 248	32 231	19 325	93 804	2.9	-5.5	-0.5	-0.8
	June	44 638	33 336	19 483	97 456	5.7	3.4	0.8	3.9
	July	42 541	34 043	19 313	95 896	-4.7	2.1	-0.9	-1.6
	August	41 523	34 320	18 489	94 332	-2.4	0.8	-4.3	-1.6
Original
2014
	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
	September	45 194	30 027	19 757	94 978	5.9	9.0	10.0	7.7
	October	43 126	28 835	19 275	91 236	-4.6	-4.0	-2.4	-3.9
	November	43 063	31 032	18 137	92 232	-0.1	7.6	-5.9	1.1
	December	45 051	30 666	21 092	96 809	4.6	-1.2	16.3	5.0
2015
	January	39 799	27 679	14 638	82 116	-11.7	-9.7	-30.6	-15.2
	February	40 775	32 039	17 610	90 424	2.5	15.8	20.3	10.1
	March	48 185	35 503	21 366	105 054	18.2	10.8	21.3	16.2
	April	35 015	29 664	16 977	81 656	-27.3	-16.4	-20.5	-22.3
	May	40 592	32 530	20 205	93 327	15.9	9.7	19.0	14.3
	June	56 386	42 256	27 208	125 850	38.9	29.9	34.7	34.8
	July	41 420	32 679	18 209	92 308	-26.5	-22.7	-33.1	-26.7
	August	40 673	32 900	17 132	90 705	-1.8	0.7	-5.9	-1.7
- 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
2014
	June	29 506	25 307	18 466	5 856	9 888	1 442	921	1 438	92 824
	July	29 718	25 406	18 391	5 873	9 815	1 430	915	1 451	93 000
	August	29 900	25 458	18 296	5 862	9 684	1 419	907	1 455	92 982
	September	30 028	25 507	18 239	5 831	9 526	1 417	902	1 447	92 897
	October	30 130	25 565	18 271	5 795	9 374	1 431	902	1 437	92 904
	November	30 208	25 656	18 422	5 772	9 253	1 462	906	1 432	93 111
	December	30 241	25 777	18 638	5 774	9 160	1 499	915	1 436	93 438
2015
	January	30 296	25 867	18 886	5 789	9 082	1 536	929	1 446	93 831
	February	30 444	25 929	19 131	5 806	9 014	1 566	940	1 458	94 288
	March	30 709	25 966	19 322	5 802	8 951	1 590	944	1 469	94 753
	April	31 046	25 983	19 416	5 757	8 890	1 603	937	1 476	95 109
	May	31 381	25 994	19 431	5 677	8 823	1 610	921	1 480	95 317
	June	31 680	25 989	19 427	5 581	8 764	1 620	899	1 485	95 447
	July	31 929	25 972	19 408	5 485	8 720	1 632	876	1 491	95 514
	August	32 077	25 932	19 357	5 386	8 683	1 645	848	1 495	95 423
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	June	29 654	25 622	18 596	5 972	9 902	1 491	975	1 446	93 658
	July	29 547	25 315	18 266	5 784	9 925	1 455	925	1 483	92 700
	August	29 756	25 430	18 080	5 936	9 417	1 412	877	1 454	92 362
	September	30 259	25 415	18 905	5 902	9 739	1 598	905	1 485	94 208
	October	30 466	25 255	17 993	5 768	9 405	1 427	903	1 411	92 629
	November	29 815	25 999	17 941	5 798	9 156	1 430	897	1 423	92 459
	December	30 498	25 952	20 356	5 553	9 032	1 412	954	1 395	95 151
2015
	January	29 952	25 614	18 957	5 694	9 037	1 580	844	1 439	93 117
	February	30 685	25 749	19 728	6 152	9 188	1 656	1 009	1 492	95 659
	March	30 822	26 209	20 356	5 747	9 078	1 590	918	1 533	96 252
	April	30 365	26 346	19 365	5 750	8 804	1 582	955	1 435	94 602
	May	31 294	25 385	18 988	5 607	8 600	1 549	954	1 426	93 804
	June	32 683	26 064	20 099	5 637	8 910	1 659	890	1 514	97 456
	July	31 804	26 438	19 363	5 568	8 732	1 625	852	1 514	95 896
	August	31 748	25 574	19 079	5 232	8 695	1 677	831	1 495	94 332
Original
2014
	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
	September	30 388	25 670	18 890	6 099	9 882	1 734	904	1 411	94 978
	October	29 839	25 559	16 990	5 628	9 534	1 488	826	1 372	91 236
	November	30 419	26 282	16 814	5 888	8 876	1 650	841	1 462	92 232
	December	30 257	26 783	20 853	5 830	9 143	1 645	894	1 404	96 809
2015
	January	26 796	22 211	16 570	5 039	8 101	1 364	662	1 373	82 116
	February	28 975	24 742	18 212	5 915	8 851	1 409	877	1 443	90 424
	March	33 773	28 536	22 499	6 173	9 823	1 560	1 064	1 626	105 054
	April	26 264	22 160	17 335	4 843	7 609	1 280	948	1 217	81 656
	May	30 996	25 231	19 312	5 429	8 353	1 440	1 144	1 422	93 327
	June	42 105	32 615	27 270	7 286	11 503	1 989	1 189	1 893	125 850
	July	30 332	25 902	18 700	5 256	8 341	1 445	836	1 496	92 308
	August	30 529	24 608	18 183	5 088	8 371	1 710	767	1 449	90 705
(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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