AUGUST KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	32 670	27 416	19 419	5 890	8 401	1 642	910	1 543	97 892
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	32 691	27 668	19 156	5 933	8 329	1 752	924	1 476	97 929
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	-0.3	0.6	0.1	-	0.1	1.8	-0.9	-1.5	0.1
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-0.6	2.1	-1.4	2.8	-4.5	12.3	5.5	-2.0	0.1
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	0.7	3.7	-1.6	5.2	-4.1	2.1	8.1	0.1	0.9
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	2.2	7.8	-1.4	12.6	-5.2	2.1	12.3	-3.5	2.9
- 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 TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The August 2016 trend estimate (97 892) increased by 0.1% when compared with July 2016.
• When comparing national trend estimates for August 2016 with July 2016, sales for Passenger vehicles and Other vehicles decreased by 0.5% and 0.1% respectively. By contrast, sales for Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.9%.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (1.8%).
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Australian Capital Territory (-1.5%).

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle by month
		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
2015
	June	42 808	34 004	19 096	95 909	-	1.7	-0.6	0.5
	July	42 867	34 573	19 010	96 450	0.1	1.7	-0.5	0.6
	August	42 889	35 112	18 972	96 974	0.1	1.6	-0.2	0.5
	September	42 736	35 583	19 059	97 378	-0.4	1.3	0.5	0.4
	October	42 387	35 918	19 326	97 630	-0.8	0.9	1.4	0.3
	November	41 948	36 114	19 758	97 820	-1.0	0.5	2.2	0.2
	December	41 520	36 133	20 256	97 910	-1.0	0.1	2.5	0.1
2016
	January	41 148	36 082	20 685	97 915	-0.9	-0.1	2.1	-
	February	40 894	35 996	20 954	97 844	-0.6	-0.2	1.3	-0.1
	March	40 793	35 958	21 035	97 785	-0.2	-0.1	0.4	-0.1
	April	40 754	35 990	21 000	97 745	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-
	May	40 700	36 074	20 931	97 705	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	-
	June	40 612	36 265	20 858	97 735	-0.2	0.5	-0.3	-
	July	40 484	36 521	20 800	97 805	-0.3	0.7	-0.3	0.1
	August	40 270	36 844	20 778	97 892	-0.5	0.9	-0.1	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	June	44 070	33 601	19 239	96 910	3.4	3.8	-0.5	2.7
	July	42 864	34 383	19 279	96 527	-2.7	2.3	0.2	-0.4
	August	41 905	34 690	18 617	95 211	-2.2	0.9	-3.4	-1.4
	September	44 569	37 475	18 600	100 645	6.4	8.0	-0.1	5.7
	October	41 033	36 244	19 193	96 470	-7.9	-3.3	3.2	-4.1
	November	41 754	35 457	20 536	97 747	1.8	-2.2	7.0	1.3
	December	42 863	35 015	19 586	97 463	2.7	-1.2	-4.6	-0.3
2016
	January	40 282	36 849	20 888	98 019	-6.0	5.2	6.6	0.6
	February	40 612	36 515	20 793	97 920	0.8	-0.9	-0.5	-0.1
	March	41 605	36 255	22 070	99 930	2.4	-0.7	6.1	2.1
	April	41 025	35 263	20 719	97 007	-1.4	-2.7	-6.1	-2.9
	May	39 740	35 703	20 454	95 896	-3.1	1.2	-1.3	-1.1
	June	42 389	36 157	20 701	99 247	6.7	1.3	1.2	3.5
	July	40 030	36 732	21 067	97 829	-5.6	1.6	1.8	-1.4
	August	39 520	37 552	20 856	97 929	-1.3	2.2	-1.0	0.1
Original
2015
	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
	September	46 084	36 968	18 340	101 392	13.3	12.4	7.1	11.8
	October	40 856	34 744	18 721	94 321	-11.3	-6.0	2.1	-7.0
	November	41 726	36 070	20 843	98 639	2.1	3.8	11.3	4.6
	December	44 172	35 439	20 005	99 616	5.9	-1.7	-4.0	1.0
2016
	January	35 214	33 073	16 086	84 373	-20.3	-6.7	-19.6	-15.3
	February	39 558	36 865	20 020	96 443	12.3	11.5	24.5	14.3
	March	43 652	38 437	22 423	104 512	10.3	4.3	12.0	8.4
	April	36 671	31 783	19 117	87 571	-16.0	-17.3	-14.7	-16.2
	May	38 222	36 230	22 220	96 672	4.2	14.0	16.2	10.4
	June	53 832	46 011	28 726	128 569	40.8	27.0	29.3	33.0
	July	38 033	33 817	19 481	91 331	-29.3	-26.5	-32.2	-29.0
	August	38 945	36 396	19 568	94 909	2.4	7.6	0.4	3.9
- 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.
Trend
2015
	June	31 784	26 215	19 532	5 612	8 779	1 600	888	1 498	95 909
	July	32 180	26 325	19 629	5 573	8 757	1 601	865	1 522	96 450
	August	32 453	26 441	19 730	5 598	8 760	1 608	842	1 542	96 974
	September	32 579	26 558	19 805	5 674	8 778	1 612	825	1 547	97 378
	October	32 614	26 651	19 834	5 778	8 795	1 608	817	1 533	97 630
	November	32 664	26 710	19 819	5 884	8 811	1 598	823	1 512	97 820
	December	32 784	26 711	19 727	5 961	8 809	1 585	839	1 495	97 910
2016
	January	32 935	26 690	19 597	5 999	8 763	1 572	863	1 497	97 915
	February	33 075	26 662	19 467	5 996	8 678	1 557	889	1 521	97 844
	March	33 162	26 669	19 394	5 968	8 581	1 547	910	1 555	97 785
	April	33 142	26 744	19 372	5 941	8 492	1 549	922	1 583	97 745
	May	33 023	26 873	19 382	5 918	8 432	1 562	924	1 592	97 705
	June	32 891	27 050	19 398	5 902	8 404	1 585	921	1 584	97 735
	July	32 778	27 240	19 402	5 892	8 396	1 613	918	1 566	97 805
	August	32 670	27 416	19 419	5 890	8 401	1 642	910	1 543	97 892
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	June	32 240	26 056	20 002	5 649	8 945	1 651	877	1 490	96 910
	July	31 993	26 819	19 396	5 671	8 642	1 623	864	1 518	96 527
	August	31 998	25 666	19 428	5 268	8 784	1 716	823	1 529	95 211
	September	33 729	27 508	20 380	5 757	8 892	1 923	823	1 633	100 645
	October	32 319	26 167	19 433	5 871	8 663	1 611	858	1 548	96 470
	November	32 350	26 639	20 273	5 828	8 810	1 549	791	1 508	97 747
	December	32 468	26 915	19 284	6 029	8 840	1 668	823	1 436	97 463
2016
	January	32 771	26 687	19 844	6 075	8 794	1 553	832	1 464	98 019
	February	33 225	26 665	19 448	5 917	8 726	1 513	931	1 495	97 920
	March	33 926	26 701	20 414	6 087	8 703	1 555	935	1 610	99 930
	April	33 115	26 777	18 843	5 727	8 472	1 566	903	1 605	97 007
	May	32 500	26 183	19 114	5 996	8 041	1 569	937	1 557	95 896
	June	32 904	27 631	20 101	5 999	8 434	1 541	937	1 700	99 247
	July	32 877	27 094	19 425	5 773	8 717	1 560	876	1 506	97 829
	August	32 691	27 668	19 156	5 933	8 329	1 752	924	1 476	97 929
Original
2015
	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
	September	33 983	27 675	20 387	5 859	9 009	2 090	785	1 604	101 392
	October	31 196	26 503	18 246	5 825	8 534	1 719	785	1 513	94 321
	November	33 176	27 421	19 249	6 019	8 724	1 764	734	1 552	98 639
	December	32 740	27 785	19 711	6 315	8 969	1 913	733	1 450	99 616
2016
	January	28 392	22 426	17 193	5 208	7 861	1 298	626	1 369	84 373
	February	32 633	26 782	18 711	5 988	8 725	1 319	851	1 434	96 443
	March	35 963	27 716	21 470	6 087	9 054	1 515	1 023	1 684	104 512
	April	29 391	23 963	17 753	5 174	7 601	1 313	969	1 407	87 571
	May	32 867	26 125	19 565	5 949	7 935	1 503	1 180	1 548	96 672
	June	43 449	34 262	27 270	7 613	10 749	1 853	1 240	2 133	128 569
	July	30 219	25 517	18 445	5 210	8 234	1 389	831	1 486	91 331
	August	31 788	27 096	18 062	5 785	8 144	1 743	881	1 410	94 909
(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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