9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Jan 2014

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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)

Trend	30 179	25 512	19 455	5 777	9 773	1 643	910	1 568	94 816
Seasonally Adjusted	30 125	24 391	19 550	5 669	9 455	1 582	893	1 566	93 232
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	0.8	-0.5	0.8	-0.4	-0.7	0.3	-1.3	1.9	0.2
Seasonally Adjusted	-1.4	-6.3	-1.2	-1.5	-7.9	-4.7	-5.4	-1.1	-3.5
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	4.0	1.0	-3.4	-3.9	-12.8	5.5	-5.8	3.2	-0.9
Seasonally Adjusted	4.9	-5.3	-1.6	-12.3	-14.7	-8.0	-3.6	3.4	-3.0

(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.

JANUARY KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend estimates: The January 2014 trend estimate (94 816) has increased by 0.2% when compared with December 2013.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The January 2014 seasonally adjusted estimate (93 232) has decreased by 3.5% when compared with December 2013.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for January 2014 with December 2013, sales of Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 0.3% and 0.9% respectively. Over the same period, Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.2%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for January 2014 with December 2013, sales of Passenger, Sports utility and Other vehicles decreased by 2.1%, 4.6% and 5.1% respectively.

SALES BY STATE

Trend estimates: Four of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing January 2014 with December 2013. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage increase (1.9%) followed by both New South Wales and Queensland with 0.8% each. Over the same period, sales in the Northern Territory and Western Australia decreased by 1.3% and 0.7% respectively. Sales in Western Australia have decreased for thirteen consecutive months.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: All eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing January 2014 with December 2013. Western Australia recorded the largest percentage decrease (7.9%) followed by Victoria (6.3%) and the Northern Territory (5.4%).

NOTES

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for January 2014.

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term

Footnote(s): Break in time series for trend between June and July 2000. See paragraph 13 of the Expanatory Notes.

Source(s): Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term

Source(s): Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia

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

2012
	November	49 193	26 563	20 678	96 434	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.3
	December	48 839	26 758	20 609	96 205	-0.7	0.7	-0.3	-0.2
2013
	January	48 201	27 018	20 456	95 675	-1.3	1.0	-0.7	-0.6
	February	47 582	27 302	20 288	95 171	-1.3	1.0	-0.8	-0.5
	March	47 227	27 551	20 073	94 851	-0.7	0.9	-1.1	-0.3
	April	47 179	27 702	19 824	94 705	-0.1	0.5	-1.2	-0.2
	May	47 306	27 721	19 577	94 605	0.3	0.1	-1.2	-0.1
	June	47 468	27 671	19 359	94 498	0.3	-0.2	-1.1	-0.1
	July	47 532	27 685	19 227	94 443	0.1	-	-0.7	-0.1
	August	47 481	27 745	19 194	94 420	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	-
	September	47 420	27 812	19 190	94 422	-0.1	0.2	-	-
	October	47 339	27 890	19 227	94 456	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-
	November	47 234	27 976	19 343	94 554	-0.2	0.3	0.6	0.1
	December	47 109	28 048	19 470	94 628	-0.3	0.3	0.7	0.1
2014
	January	47 038	28 123	19 655	94 816	-0.2	0.3	0.9	0.2
Seasonally Adjusted

2012
	November	50 419	24 756	20 333	95 508	2.9	-7.9	-0.3	-0.8
	December	50 243	26 465	19 953	96 661	-0.3	6.9	-1.9	1.2
2013
	January	46 524	28 231	21 316	96 071	-7.4	6.7	6.8	-0.6
	February	46 090	27 801	21 552	95 444	-0.9	-1.5	1.1	-0.7
	March	47 860	27 405	19 376	94 642	3.8	-1.4	-10.1	-0.8
	April	47 308	27 409	18 730	93 447	-1.2	-	-3.3	-1.3
	May	47 049	27 560	19 470	94 079	-0.5	0.6	4.0	0.7
	June	48 249	28 049	20 620	96 919	2.6	1.8	5.9	3.0
	July	46 976	27 374	19 306	93 656	-2.6	-2.4	-6.4	-3.4
	August	47 828	28 186	18 494	94 508	1.8	3.0	-4.2	0.9
	September	47 146	27 686	19 132	93 964	-1.4	-1.8	3.5	-0.6
	October	47 281	27 085	18 939	93 306	0.3	-2.2	-1.0	-0.7
	November	47 435	28 389	19 455	95 280	0.3	4.8	2.7	2.1
	December	47 469	28 838	20 266	96 573	0.1	1.6	4.2	1.4
2014
	January	46 470	27 523	19 240	93 232	-2.1	-4.6	-5.1	-3.5
Original

2012
	November	51 652	26 145	20 550	98 347	4.8	1.6	-	2.9
	December	50 618	25 548	19 261	95 427	-2.0	-2.3	-6.3	-3.0
2013
	January	41 957	26 623	16 850	85 430	-17.1	4.2	-12.5	-10.5
	February	43 338	26 834	20 046	90 218	3.3	0.8	19.0	5.6
	March	48 664	29 148	19 588	97 400	12.3	8.6	-2.3	8.0
	April	42 844	24 384	17 889	85 117	-12.0	-16.3	-8.7	-12.6
	May	46 774	29 152	20 862	96 788	9.2	19.6	16.6	13.7
	June	57 636	34 398	26 724	118 758	23.2	18.0	28.1	22.7
	July	46 318	25 568	18 349	90 235	-19.6	-25.7	-31.3	-24.0
	August	48 060	27 515	17 761	93 336	3.8	7.6	-3.2	3.4
	September	47 149	26 199	19 314	92 662	-1.9	-4.8	8.7	-0.7
	October	46 939	26 258	19 406	92 603	-0.4	0.2	0.5	-0.1
	November	49 089	28 889	18 946	96 924	4.6	10.0	-2.4	4.7
	December	47 686	28 543	20 527	96 756	-2.9	-1.2	8.3	-0.2
2014
	January	41 626	25 868	14 791	82 285	-12.7	-9.4	-27.9	-15.0

- 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

2012
	November	29 309	25 418	20 463	5 952	11 247	1 542	979	1 524	96 434
	December	29 188	25 355	20 342	5 998	11 271	1 551	976	1 525	96 205
2013
	January	29 014	25 269	20 134	6 012	11 205	1 556	966	1 519	95 675
	February	28 898	25 246	19 913	5 993	11 088	1 572	953	1 508	95 171
	March	28 909	25 304	19 710	5 945	10 943	1 595	947	1 498	94 851
	April	29 016	25 401	19 563	5 882	10 783	1 620	951	1 488	94 705
	May	29 150	25 473	19 465	5 821	10 625	1 635	959	1 477	94 605
	June	29 259	25 542	19 374	5 788	10 468	1 637	966	1 465	94 498
	July	29 340	25 660	19 267	5 791	10 331	1 631	968	1 456	94 443
	August	29 389	25 767	19 182	5 814	10 221	1 627	965	1 455	94 420
	September	29 460	25 815	19 142	5 831	10 124	1 628	956	1 465	94 422
	October	29 577	25 821	19 142	5 834	10 023	1 631	944	1 485	94 456
	November	29 752	25 769	19 203	5 822	9 928	1 636	932	1 511	94 554
	December	29 943	25 649	19 299	5 799	9 838	1 638	922	1 539	94 628
2014
	January	30 179	25 512	19 455	5 777	9 773	1 643	910	1 568	94 816
Seasonally Adjusted

2012
	November	28 560	24 792	20 827	5 780	11 362	1 655	1 004	1 527	95 508
	December	29 806	25 289	20 337	6 033	11 221	1 452	970	1 553	96 661
2013
	January	28 731	25 767	19 864	6 465	11 084	1 719	927	1 515	96 071
	February	28 916	25 318	19 982	5 908	11 300	1 548	974	1 499	95 444
	March	28 948	24 549	20 146	5 812	11 055	1 651	958	1 523	94 642
	April	28 618	25 616	18 899	5 910	10 503	1 551	920	1 430	93 447
	May	28 923	25 545	19 243	5 722	10 514	1 666	975	1 489	94 079
	June	30 148	25 959	20 082	5 838	10 698	1 744	927	1 522	96 919
	July	28 995	25 425	19 031	5 735	10 392	1 634	1 017	1 426	93 656
	August	29 737	25 594	19 386	5 832	10 055	1 431	998	1 475	94 508
	September	29 203	25 730	19 033	5 864	10 091	1 710	915	1 417	93 964
	October	29 011	25 572	18 809	5 770	10 106	1 651	936	1 452	93 306
	November	29 825	26 633	18 962	5 989	9 739	1 661	935	1 536	95 280
	December	30 537	26 037	19 794	5 756	10 261	1 660	945	1 584	96 573
2014
	January	30 125	24 391	19 550	5 669	9 455	1 582	893	1 566	93 232
Original

2012
	November	30 030	25 740	20 368	6 024	11 676	2 015	938	1 556	98 347
	December	28 619	25 238	20 116	6 265	11 014	1 772	859	1 544	95 427
2013
	January	26 194	22 583	16 946	5 918	10 198	1 403	748	1 440	85 430
	February	27 427	24 415	18 369	5 696	10 679	1 309	867	1 456	90 218
	March	29 928	25 360	21 135	5 680	11 145	1 564	1 075	1 513	97 400
	April	25 982	23 023	17 666	5 381	9 497	1 273	971	1 324	85 117
	May	29 707	26 226	20 221	5 761	10 610	1 597	1 132	1 534	96 788
	June	37 194	30 647	26 245	6 999	12 782	1 917	1 162	1 812	118 758
	July	27 789	24 584	18 618	5 485	9 848	1 466	1 049	1 396	90 235
	August	29 223	25 210	19 101	5 730	10 177	1 491	967	1 437	93 336
	September	28 702	25 430	18 498	5 847	10 153	1 835	852	1 345	92 662
	October	28 519	25 961	18 057	5 732	10 305	1 737	853	1 439	92 603
	November	30 496	27 547	18 381	6 216	9 815	1 984	904	1 581	96 924
	December	29 966	26 316	19 718	6 039	10 287	2 009	835	1 586	96 756
2014
	January	27 080	21 289	16 660	5 082	8 707	1 280	713	1 474	82 285

(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.