FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	32 515	27 124	18 706	5 788	7 778	1 594	855	1 572	95 932
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	32 167	26 417	18 753	5 663	7 798	1 584	882	1 521	94 786
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	-0.5	-0.5	-0.2	-1.0	-0.4	-2.6	0.1	-	-0.5
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-1.8	-7.7	1.9	-3.3	-0.2	-0.9	2.3	-1.1	-2.7
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	-1.8	1.4	-4.4	-3.6	-10.7	1.3	-4.5	3.1	-2.3
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-4.1	-2.2	-4.1	-6.3	-10.7	4.2	-7.9	1.7	-4.1
- 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.

FEBRUARY TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The February 2017 trend estimate (95,932) decreased by 0.5% when compared with January 2017.
• When comparing national trend estimates for February 2017 with January 2017, sales for Passenger vehicles, Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles decreased by 0.6%, 0.5% and 0.3% respectively.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (-2.6%), continuing a downward trend that began in November 2016.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (0.1%).

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
	December	41 431	36 264	20 226	97 921	-0.9	0.5	2.6	0.3
2016
	January	41 118	36 317	20 674	98 109	-0.8	0.1	2.2	0.2
	February	40 929	36 249	20 970	98 148	-0.5	-0.2	1.4	-
	March	40 864	36 110	21 083	98 058	-0.2	-0.4	0.5	-0.1
	April	40 858	36 018	21 080	97 956	-	-0.3	-	-0.1
	May	40 801	36 091	21 003	97 896	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	-0.1
	June	40 653	36 436	20 881	97 970	-0.4	1.0	-0.6	0.1
	July	40 385	36 923	20 793	98 101	-0.7	1.3	-0.4	0.1
	August	40 094	37 369	20 786	98 249	-0.7	1.2	-	0.2
	September	39 853	37 574	20 793	98 221	-0.6	0.5	-	-
	October	39 642	37 503	20 768	97 912	-0.5	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3
	November	39 444	37 277	20 695	97 416	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.5
	December	39 239	37 041	20 618	96 898	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.5
2017
	January	39 016	36 854	20 538	96 408	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5
	February	38 764	36 688	20 480	95 932	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.5
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	December	42 257	35 462	19 106	96 824	0.9	-0.4	-6.3	-1.1
2016
	January	40 047	37 118	21 177	98 342	-5.2	4.7	10.8	1.6
	February	41 185	36 760	20 927	98 872	2.8	-1.0	-1.2	0.5
	March	41 618	36 376	22 015	100 010	1.1	-1.0	5.2	1.2
	April	41 055	35 276	20 757	97 088	-1.4	-3.0	-5.7	-2.9
	May	39 939	35 862	20 547	96 348	-2.7	1.7	-1.0	-0.8
	June	42 351	36 083	20 636	99 070	6.0	0.6	0.4	2.8
	July	40 170	36 685	21 152	98 007	-5.1	1.7	2.5	-1.1
	August	39 410	37 590	20 776	97 776	-1.9	2.5	-1.8	-0.2
	September	40 152	38 702	21 071	99 924	1.9	3.0	1.4	2.2
	October	39 326	38 065	20 103	97 494	-2.1	-1.6	-4.6	-2.4
	November	38 939	36 725	21 007	96 672	-1.0	-3.5	4.5	-0.8
	December	40 422	35 482	21 026	96 930	3.8	-3.4	0.1	0.3
2017
	January	39 307	37 949	20 186	97 442	-2.8	7.0	-4.0	0.5
	February	37 615	36 754	20 417	94 786	-4.3	-3.1	1.1	-2.7
Original
2015
	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
	September	42 076	39 497	21 123	102 696	8.0	8.5	7.9	8.2
	October	37 817	36 442	19 098	93 357	-10.1	-7.7	-9.6	-9.1
	November	39 852	37 536	21 549	98 937	5.4	3.0	12.8	6.0
	December	42 385	34 936	21 442	98 763	6.4	-6.9	-0.5	-0.2
2017
	January	34 920	34 127	15 863	84 910	-17.6	-2.3	-26.0	-14.0
	February	34 740	35 497	18 788	89 025	-0.5	4.0	18.4	4.8
- 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
	December	32 667	26 696	19 815	5 949	8 858	1 589	849	1 497	97 921
2016
	January	32 884	26 744	19 710	5 998	8 812	1 585	872	1 504	98 109
	February	33 097	26 762	19 576	6 007	8 711	1 574	895	1 525	98 148
	March	33 232	26 764	19 467	5 982	8 591	1 559	913	1 549	98 058
	April	33 247	26 814	19 410	5 959	8 487	1 552	923	1 565	97 956
	May	33 173	26 923	19 379	5 942	8 423	1 565	925	1 565	97 896
	June	33 083	27 145	19 348	5 936	8 391	1 601	919	1 548	97 970
	July	33 031	27 375	19 300	5 947	8 362	1 653	907	1 527	98 101
	August	33 059	27 569	19 231	5 967	8 310	1 702	892	1 519	98 249
	September	33 104	27 667	19 117	5 975	8 220	1 733	877	1 526	98 221
	October	33 077	27 642	18 988	5 962	8 099	1 737	864	1 543	97 912
	November	32 964	27 531	18 885	5 932	7 975	1 714	856	1 558	97 416
	December	32 816	27 400	18 812	5 891	7 880	1 677	853	1 568	96 898
2017
	January	32 665	27 274	18 751	5 845	7 809	1 637	854	1 572	96 408
	February	32 515	27 124	18 706	5 788	7 778	1 594	855	1 572	95 932
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	December	31 947	26 916	19 277	5 878	8 852	1 689	828	1 437	96 824
2016
	January	32 602	26 639	20 186	6 121	8 919	1 570	837	1 468	98 342
	February	33 550	27 019	19 553	6 041	8 737	1 520	958	1 495	98 872
	March	34 079	26 739	20 334	6 053	8 688	1 572	925	1 619	100 010
	April	33 101	26 885	18 838	5 750	8 440	1 584	895	1 595	97 088
	May	32 758	26 250	19 198	6 020	8 053	1 578	934	1 558	96 348
	June	32 923	27 542	20 049	5 966	8 370	1 548	932	1 742	99 070
	July	32 936	27 179	19 419	5 807	8 715	1 562	871	1 517	98 007
	August	32 897	27 639	18 862	6 014	8 279	1 714	914	1 458	97 776
	September	33 724	28 054	19 231	6 211	8 341	1 878	917	1 566	99 924
	October	33 314	27 729	18 689	5 695	7 988	1 766	819	1 495	97 494
	November	32 093	27 613	19 117	5 998	7 766	1 680	849	1 556	96 672
	December	33 382	26 319	19 043	5 992	8 011	1 667	840	1 676	96 930
2017
	January	32 744	28 624	18 405	5 856	7 814	1 599	862	1 538	97 442
	February	32 167	26 417	18 753	5 663	7 798	1 584	882	1 521	94 786
Original
2015
	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
	September	34 424	28 766	19 702	6 551	8 668	2 074	880	1 631	102 696
	October	31 850	27 546	16 870	5 450	7 580	1 937	713	1 411	93 357
	November	32 955	28 991	18 733	6 259	7 657	1 903	808	1 631	98 937
	December	33 632	27 065	19 252	6 464	8 026	1 918	734	1 672	98 763
2017
	January	29 068	24 535	15 709	5 134	7 037	1 337	652	1 438	84 910
	February	30 221	24 917	17 474	5 354	7 526	1 334	760	1 439	89 025
(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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