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The 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.


DECEMBER 2005 KEY POINTS

Trend

The December 2005 trend estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (80,692) decreased 0.5% compared with the November 2005 estimate. This is the tenth consecutive month in which the trend estimate has recorded a decrease. Since December 2004, the trend estimate has decreased 2.2%.

Decreases were recorded in December 2005 compared with November 2005 for the trend estimate of sales of passenger vehicles (0.7%), sports utility vehicles (0.2%) and other vehicles (0.2%). Compared with December 2004, decreases were recorded for sales of passenger vehicles (2.5%) and sports utility vehicles (5.8%), while sales of other vehicles showed an increase of 2.1%.

Most states and territories recorded decreases in the trend estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles in December 2005 compared with November 2005, with Tasmania (2.2%) and the Northern Territory (2.1%) recording the largest decreases. South Australia (0.4%), Western Australia (0.3%) and Victoria (0.2%) all recorded increases over this time.

When compared with December 2004, all states and territories recorded decreases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles, except Western Australia which recorded an increase of 11.1%. Tasmania recorded the largest decrease (10.8%).

Seasonally adjusted

The December 2005 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (81,096) increased 0.8% compared with the November 2005 estimate.

Increases were recorded in seasonally adjusted estimates for sports utility vehicles (8.1%) and other vehicles (1.0%) in December 2005 compared with November 2005, while passenger vehicles recorded a decrease of 1.4%.

When the seasonally adjusted estimates for December 2005 were compared with November 2005, five states and territories recorded increases with Tasmania (8.7%) and the Northern Territory (5.7%) recording the largest increases. Western Australia (2.0%), the Australian Capital Territory (1.9%) and South Australia (0.8%) recorded decreases.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	24,455	21,785	17,341	5,275	8,710	1,584	761	1,185	81,096
Trend	24,278	21,466	17,286	5,294	8,871	1,556	737	1,204	80,692
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	0.8	2.0	0.4	-0.8	-2.0	8.7	5.7	-1.9	0.8
Trend	-0.9	0.2	-1.2	0.4	0.3	-2.2	-2.1	-1.6	-0.5
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	-1.1	4.4	1.0	10.1	20.9	-5.5	9.8	-2.1	3.5
Trend	-7.3	-0.6	-1.5	-2.1	11.1	-10.8	-2.5	-5.4	-2.2

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
January 2006	21 February 2006
February 2006	22 March 2006
March 2006	24 April 2006
April 2006	22 May 2006
May 2006	22 June 2006
June 2006	21 July 2006

Table 1: New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle

		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
2004	October	52,290	13,907	15,470	81,667	4.8	-5.5	-2.2	1.5
	November	52,888	15,257	16,190	84,335	1.1	9.7	4.7	3.3
	December	48,673	14,311	15,996	78,980	-8.0	-6.2	-1.2	-6.3
2005	January	43,075	13,826	12,664	69,565	-11.5	-3.4	-20.8	-11.9
	February	50,645	15,478	14,886	81,009	17.6	11.9	17.5	16.5
	March	53,280	17,348	15,798	86,426	5.2	12.1	6.1	6.7
	April	46,645	13,749	15,936	76,330	-12.5	-20.7	0.9	-11.7
	May	50,420	15,329	17,981	83,730	8.1	11.5	12.8	9.7
	June	60,720	18,229	22,958	101,907	20.4	18.9	27.7	21.7
	July	48,931	13,716	15,652	78,299	-19.4	-24.8	-31.8	-23.2
	August	53,650	15,173	17,356	86,179	9.6	10.6	10.9	10.1
	September	52,118	15,080	17,242	84,440	-2.9	-0.6	-0.7	-2.0
	October	48,434	12,503	15,181	76,118	-7.1	-17.1	-12.0	-9.9
	November	52,751	14,252	16,535	83,538	8.9	14.0	8.9	9.7
	December	47,945	15,046	16,286	79,277	-9.1	5.6	-1.5	-5.1
Seasonally adjusted
2004	October	52,259	15,786	16,656	84,701	6.1	4.0	4.0	5.3
	November	50,363	15,129	15,826	81,318	-3.6	-4.2	-5.0	-4.0
	December	48,274	13,982	16,089	78,345	-4.1	-7.6	1.7	-3.7
2005	January	52,748	16,040	17,172	85,960	9.3	14.7	6.7	9.7
	February	52,875	16,219	16,071	85,165	0.2	1.1	-6.4	-0.9
	March	49,944	15,766	15,654	81,364	-5.5	-2.8	-2.6	-4.5
	April	51,115	15,023	16,808	82,946	2.3	-4.7	7.4	1.9
	May	50,970	14,585	16,665	82,220	-0.3	-2.9	-0.9	-0.9
	June	51,000	14,264	16,561	81,825	0.1	-2.2	-0.6	-0.5
	July	50,872	14,656	16,448	81,976	-0.3	2.7	-0.7	0.2
	August	51,604	14,788	17,185	83,577	1.4	0.9	4.5	2.0
	September	51,565	15,930	17,043	84,538	-0.1	7.7	-0.8	1.1
	October	48,618	14,123	16,329	79,070	-5.7	-11.3	-4.2	-6.5
	November	49,963	13,976	16,552	80,491	2.8	-1.0	1.4	1.8
	December	49,273	15,108	16,715	81,096	-1.4	8.1	1.0	0.8
Trend
2004	October	49,486	15,233	16,174	80,893	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.0
	November	50,110	15,379	16,256	81,745	1.3	1.0	0.5	1.1
	December	50,672	15,543	16,298	82,513	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.9
2005	January	51,079	15,634	16,318	83,031	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.6
	February	51,263	15,607	16,329	83,199	0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.2
	March	51,281	15,429	16,347	83,057	0.0	-1.1	0.1	-0.2
	April	51,244	15,175	16,418	82,837	-0.1	-1.6	0.4	-0.3
	May	51,180	14,932	16,531	82,643	-0.1	-1.6	0.7	-0.2
	June	51,107	14,740	16,649	82,496	-0.1	-1.3	0.7	-0.2
	July	51,021	14,667	16,750	82,438	-0.2	-0.5	0.6	-0.1
	August	50,886	14,698	16,781	82,365	-0.3	0.2	0.2	-0.1
	September	50,553	14,721	16,747	82,021	-0.7	0.2	-0.2	-0.4
	October	50,148	14,701	16,710	81,559	-0.8	-0.1	-0.2	-0.6
	November	49,757	14,671	16,672	81,100	-0.8	-0.2	-0.2	-0.6
	December	49,407	14,646	16,639	80,692	-0.7	-0.2	-0.2	-0.5

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2004	October	25,621	22,747	16,079	5,413	7,875	1,981	709	1,242	81,667
	November	26,619	23,052	17,117	5,450	8,157	1,944	694	1,302	84,335
	December	24,315	21,700	16,537	4,998	7,341	2,245	647	1,197	78,980
2005	January	22,467	18,015	14,530	4,466	6,931	1,478	560	1,118	69,565
	February	25,754	20,580	17,837	5,489	7,880	1,431	776	1,262	81,009
	March	27,474	21,963	19,114	5,452	8,623	1,571	888	1,341	86,426
	April	24,329	19,497	16,789	5,034	7,329	1,371	858	1,123	76,330
	May	26,204	21,882	18,221	5,534	8,066	1,639	912	1,272	83,730
	June	30,695	25,402	24,613	6,561	9,986	2,052	1,183	1,415	101,907
	July	24,905	19,923	17,559	4,794	7,684	1,435	764	1,235	78,299
	August	26,292	22,552	19,330	5,458	8,714	1,689	751	1,393	86,179
	September	25,457	22,044	18,344	5,243	9,125	2,151	793	1,283	84,440
	October	22,949	20,289	16,026	5,030	8,349	1,655	659	1,161	76,118
	November	25,716	22,428	17,181	5,500	9,107	1,667	690	1,249	83,538
	December	23,054	22,110	16,208	5,335	8,664	2,080	690	1,136	79,277
Seasonally adjusted
2004	October	26,070	23,484	17,486	5,670	7,967	1,955	788	1,281	84,701
	November	25,667	21,548	17,177	5,255	8,012	1,700	722	1,237	81,318
	December	24,730	20,870	17,170	4,791	7,204	1,676	693	1,211	78,345
2005	January	27,420	22,656	18,065	5,597	8,316	1,844	756	1,306	85,960
	February	27,469	21,601	18,406	5,656	8,133	1,713	859	1,328	85,165
	March	26,172	20,849	17,371	5,333	7,734	1,760	785	1,360	81,364
	April	26,009	21,213	18,508	5,429	8,269	1,591	780	1,147	82,946
	May	25,378	21,428	18,211	5,413	8,104	1,671	791	1,224	82,220
	June	24,874	21,304	18,663	5,204	7,940	1,795	850	1,195	81,825
	July	25,276	21,211	18,167	5,165	8,424	1,617	819	1,297	81,976
	August	25,921	21,770	18,173	5,227	8,747	1,629	809	1,301	83,577
	September	26,011	21,654	18,388	5,299	9,020	2,014	839	1,313	84,538
	October	23,519	20,840	17,357	5,228	8,599	1,610	727	1,190	79,070
	November	24,269	21,361	17,273	5,317	8,886	1,457	720	1,208	80,491
	December	24,455	21,785	17,341	5,275	8,710	1,584	761	1,185	81,096
Trend
2004	October	25,550	21,111	17,257	5,367	7,942	1,704	746	1,216	80,893
	November	25,851	21,417	17,389	5,387	7,974	1,734	749	1,244	81,745
	December	26,197	21,596	17,550	5,409	7,988	1,744	756	1,273	82,513
2005	January	26,455	21,626	17,736	5,430	7,990	1,741	765	1,288	83,031
	February	26,503	21,541	17,926	5,443	7,994	1,730	779	1,283	83,199
	March	26,330	21,416	18,094	5,440	8,005	1,713	792	1,267	83,057
	April	26,057	21,327	18,239	5,408	8,049	1,697	808	1,252	82,837
	May	25,765	21,303	18,343	5,348	8,131	1,691	817	1,245	82,643
	June	25,506	21,319	18,372	5,280	8,261	1,692	819	1,247	82,496
	July	25,331	21,368	18,313	5,239	8,425	1,692	816	1,254	82,438
	August	25,209	21,411	18,164	5,236	8,591	1,684	807	1,263	82,365
	September	25,010	21,411	17,936	5,244	8,712	1,659	790	1,259	82,021
	October	24,753	21,413	17,700	5,257	8,795	1,627	771	1,243	81,559
	November	24,497	21,429	17,488	5,272	8,846	1,591	753	1,224	81,100
	December	24,278	21,466	17,286	5,294	8,871	1,556	737	1,204	80,692
(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For further information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.