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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aus
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	23 073	19 938	16 033	5 044	8 795	1 398	828	1 209	76 319
Seasonally Adjusted	23 188	20 362	16 320	5 025	8 662	1 377	850	1 256	77 039
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-1.2	-1.5	-1.2	-1.0	-2.1	-2.9	-0.9	0.3	-1.4
Seasonally Adjusted	0.3	3.7	3.7	-0.5	-0.3	-4.9	2.3	4.1	1.8
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	-16.5	-14.3	-20.8	-8.2	-15.2	-18.5	-5.7	-14.6	-16.1
Seasonally Adjusted	-16.0	-12.2	-22.3	-5.1	-16.8	-17.7	-0.5	-11.6	-15.7
(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.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

• Trend - The December 2008 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (76 319) decreased 1.4% when compared with November 2008. The trend estimate has continued to show a decrease for 12 months. When compared with December 2007, the trend estimate decreased by 16.1%.
• Seasonally adjusted - The December 2008 estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (77 039) increased by 1.8% compared with November 2008.

• Trend - When comparing December 2008 with November 2008, trend estimates decreased for all vehicle types, with sports utility vehicles decreasing by 1.9%, passenger vehicles, 1.4% and other vehicles by 0.8%. When compared with the same period 12 months ago all vehicles decreased, sports utility vehicles by 23.5%, passenger vehicles by 16.2% and other vehicles by 8.9%.
• Seasonally adjusted - When comparing December 2008 with November 2008, sports utility vehicles increased by 3.5%, other vehicles by 3.1% and passenger vehicles by 0.7%.

• Trend - When comparing December 2008 with November 2008, Australian Capital Territory showed the only increase in the trend estimate of total vehicle sales by 0.2%. The largest decreases were in Tasmania by 2.9%, Western Australia by 2.1% and Victoria, 1.5%.
• Seasonally adjusted - When comparing December 2008 to November 2008, three states showed decreases in total vehicle sales, Tasmania, 4.8%, South Australia, 0.5% and Western Australia, 0.3%. The largest increases were in the Australian Capital Territory, 4.1%, then Victoria and Queensland both increased by 3.7%.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle
		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
2007
	October	53 244	17 812	18 812	89 868	0.6	1.9	1.8	1.1
	November	53 509	18 043	19 078	90 630	0.5	1.3	1.4	0.8
	December	53 604	18 116	19 265	90 985	0.2	0.4	1.0	0.4
2008
	January	53 466	18 089	19 351	90 906	-0.3	-0.1	0.4	-0.1
	February	53 100	17 994	19 332	90 427	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1	-0.5
	March	52 590	17 806	19 219	89 614	-1.0	-1.0	-0.6	-0.9
	April	52 029	17 488	19 011	88 528	-1.1	-1.8	-1.1	-1.2
	May	51 439	17 048	18 768	87 255	-1.1	-2.5	-1.3	-1.4
	June	50 721	16 503	18 526	85 750	-1.4	-3.2	-1.3	-1.7
	July	49 779	15 924	18 287	83 990	-1.9	-3.5	-1.3	-2.1
	August	48 644	15 372	18 097	82 113	-2.3	-3.5	-1.0	-2.2
	September	47 480	14 877	17 960	80 318	-2.4	-3.2	-0.8	-2.2
	October	46 440	14 460	17 828	78 729	-2.2	-2.8	-0.7	-2.0
	November	45 565	14 129	17 693	77 386	-1.9	-2.3	-0.8	-1.7
	December	44 910	13 858	17 550	76 319	-1.4	-1.9	-0.8	-1.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2007
	October	52 528	18 147	18 474	89 149	1.2	2.6	-0.8	1.1
	November	54 219	17 796	19 946	91 961	3.2	-1.9	8.0	3.2
	December	54 537	17 736	19 164	91 438	0.6	-0.3	-3.9	-0.6
2008
	January	54 136	18 438	19 091	91 665	-0.7	4.0	-0.4	0.2
	February	52 272	17 992	18 846	89 111	-3.4	-2.4	-1.3	-2.8
	March	52 345	17 920	19 504	89 768	0.1	-0.4	3.5	0.7
	April	50 974	17 374	19 780	88 128	-2.6	-3.0	1.4	-1.8
	May	52 010	16 697	18 463	87 170	2.0	-3.9	-6.7	-1.1
	June	51 924	17 458	18 161	87 543	-0.2	4.6	-1.6	0.4
	July	49 934	15 419	18 271	83 624	-3.8	-11.7	0.6	-4.5
	August	47 946	15 160	17 928	81 035	-4.0	-1.7	-1.9	-3.1
	September	47 288	14 902	17 889	80 078	-1.4	-1.7	-0.2	-1.2
	October	46 512	14 534	18 794	79 841	-1.6	-2.5	5.1	-0.3
	November	45 031	13 744	16 939	75 714	-3.2	-5.4	-9.9	-5.2
	December	45 341	14 229	17 469	77 039	0.7	3.5	3.1	1.8
Original
2007
	October	53 336	17 748	18 205	89 289	6.3	11.8	4.5	6.9
	November	54 195	17 702	20 184	92 081	1.6	-0.3	10.9	3.1
	December	51 722	17 114	17 414	86 250	-4.6	-3.3	-13.7	-6.3
2008
	January	49 295	17 646	15 329	82 270	-4.7	3.1	-12.0	-4.6
	February	53 030	18 277	18 591	89 898	7.6	3.6	21.3	9.3
	March	53 122	18 425	19 738	91 285	0.2	0.8	6.2	1.5
	April	47 639	16 654	19 768	84 061	-10.3	-9.6	0.2	-7.9
	May	51 416	17 279	19 945	88 640	7.9	3.8	0.9	5.4
	June	61 524	21 388	23 629	106 541	19.7	23.8	18.5	20.2
	July	51 068	14 842	18 066	83 976	-17.0	-30.6	-23.5	-21.2
	August	46 114	14 233	16 977	77 324	-9.7	-4.1	-6.0	-7.9
	September	48 865	14 200	17 873	80 938	6.0	-0.2	5.3	4.7
	October	45 978	14 357	18 770	79 105	-5.9	1.1	5.0	-2.3
	November	43 019	12 736	15 862	71 617	-6.4	-11.3	-15.5	-9.5
	December	45 696	14 422	16 392	76 510	6.2	13.2	3.3	6.8

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aus
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend
2007
	October	27 373	22 893	20 038	5 327	10 303	1 678	839	1 417	89 868
	November	27 573	23 100	20 214	5 425	10 343	1 700	856	1 419	90 630
	December	27 618	23 254	20 234	5 493	10 377	1 715	878	1 416	90 985
2008
	January	27 510	23 379	20 071	5 531	10 390	1 717	900	1 408	90 906
	February	27 274	23 477	19 776	5 533	10 358	1 698	917	1 394	90 427
	March	26 933	23 519	19 402	5 510	10 278	1 672	926	1 376	89 614
	April	26 532	23 439	18 994	5 474	10 157	1 654	927	1 351	88 528
	May	26 115	23 222	18 576	5 436	10 025	1 642	919	1 321	87 255
	June	25 662	22 850	18 129	5 396	9 896	1 628	903	1 286	85 750
	July	25 173	22 334	17 634	5 351	9 756	1 604	885	1 254	83 990
	August	24 665	21 743	17 153	5 295	9 589	1 570	869	1 229	82 113
	September	24 170	21 159	16 763	5 225	9 400	1 529	858	1 214	80 318
	October	23 729	20 654	16 460	5 156	9 193	1 483	846	1 207	78 729
	November	23 355	20 242	16 229	5 094	8 984	1 440	836	1 206	77 386
	December	23 073	19 938	16 033	5 044	8 795	1 398	828	1 209	76 319
Seasonally Adjusted
2007
	October	27 462	22 504	19 672	5 362	10 191	1 667	869	1 422	89 149
	November	27 909	23 120	21 067	5 488	10 287	1 832	853	1 404	91 961
	December	27 594	23 178	21 009	5 294	10 413	1 674	854	1 421	91 438
2008
	January	27 951	23 685	19 561	5 869	10 584	1 720	875	1 420	91 665
	February	27 037	23 482	19 153	5 473	10 079	1 635	899	1 354	89 111
	March	27 027	23 423	19 283	5 418	10 479	1 674	1 030	1 434	89 768
	April	25 787	22 961	19 699	5 390	10 262	1 780	914	1 334	88 128
	May	26 337	23 444	18 241	5 484	9 914	1 564	886	1 301	87 170
	June	26 471	23 651	18 541	5 468	9 729	1 533	859	1 292	87 543
	July	24 994	22 210	17 518	5 332	9 774	1 593	914	1 289	83 624
	August	24 097	21 377	16 678	5 282	9 700	1 786	909	1 205	81 035
	September	24 280	20 906	16 740	5 213	9 454	1 457	847	1 182	80 078
	October	23 909	21 038	16 881	5 197	9 397	1 413	808	1 197	79 841
	November	23 115	19 636	15 738	5 052	8 688	1 447	831	1 207	75 714
	December	23 188	20 362	16 320	5 025	8 662	1 377	850	1 256	77 039
Original
2007
	October	27 556	23 097	18 933	5 329	10 460	1 708	781	1 425	89 289
	November	27 835	23 644	20 189	5 556	10 435	2 225	803	1 394	92 081
	December	25 290	22 432	19 557	5 078	9 809	2 010	719	1 355	86 250
2008
	January	25 810	21 044	16 972	5 256	9 650	1 490	722	1 326	82 270
	February	27 855	23 803	18 914	5 607	9 952	1 484	876	1 407	89 898
	March	28 128	23 153	20 231	5 334	10 483	1 470	1 108	1 378	91 285
	April	24 489	21 814	19 109	5 293	9 475	1 496	1 049	1 336	84 061
	May	26 334	23 865	18 672	5 803	10 067	1 585	1 025	1 289	88 640
	June	32 027	27 638	24 335	6 568	11 564	1 778	1 128	1 503	106 541
	July	25 216	22 272	17 963	5 237	9 580	1 510	900	1 298	83 976
	August	22 669	20 575	15 679	5 034	9 652	1 680	855	1 180	77 324
	September	24 513	21 479	16 697	5 074	9 679	1 561	755	1 180	80 938
	October	23 448	21 337	16 024	5 069	9 850	1 478	750	1 149	79 105
	November	22 043	18 756	14 111	4 935	8 284	1 575	743	1 170	71 617
	December	22 421	20 792	16 163	5 028	8 416	1 660	751	1 279	76 510
(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.