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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.


JULY 2005 KEY POINTS

Trend

The July 2005 trend estimate (81,678) for the sales of new motor vehicles decreased 0.6% over the June 2005 estimate. It represents the fifth consecutive month of decline, however the trend estimate for July 2005 is 2.9% higher than the July 2004 estimate (79,356).

In July 2005, decreases were recorded in the trend estimate for sales of new passenger vehicles (-0.5%) and sport utility vehicles (-1.9%) compared with June 2005, while sales of other vehicles remained stable. Compared with July 2004, increases were recorded for sales of passenger vehicles (4.5%) and other vehicles (3.6%), however sales of sports utility vehicles decreased 2.9%.

Most states and territories recorded decreases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles in July 2005 compared with June 2005. South Australia (-1.6%) and New South Wales (-1.4%) recorded the largest decreases, while the Northern Territory recorded the largest increase (0.8%) over the same period. When compared with July 2004, all states and territories excluding New South Wales and South Australia recorded increases in July 2005, with the Northern Territory (9.5%) and Queensland (8.5%) recording the largest increases.

Seasonally adjusted

The seasonally adjusted estimate for sales of new motor vehicles for July 2005 (82,114) recorded an increase (0.4%) over June 2005. When compared with July 2004 (78,279) the seasonally adjusted estimate increased 4.9%.

Increases were recorded in the seasonally adjusted sales of new passenger vehicles (0.5%) and sports utility vehicles (2.1%) in July 2005 compared with June 2005, while sales of other new motor vehicles decreased (-1.3%).

Most states and territories recorded decreases in the seasonally adjusted estimates for sales of new motor vehicles in July 2005 compared with June 2005. Tasmania (-8.1%) and the Northern Territory (-4.7%) recorded the largest decreases, while the Australian Capital Territory (6.8%) and Western Australia (4.4%) recorded the largest increases.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle Sales
Seasonally Adjusted	25,285	21,252	18,378	5,137	8,317	1,642	825	1,278	82,114
Trend	24,939	21,202	18,481	5,215	8,122	1,675	832	1,212	81,678
Percentage Change From Previous Month
Seasonally Adjusted	1.9	-0.4	-1.1	-2.3	4.4	-8.1	-4.7	6.8	0.4
Trend	-1.4	-0.3	0.1	-1.6	-0.0	-0.7	0.8	-1.2	-0.6
Percentage Change From Previous Year
Seasonally Adjusted	0.4	7.5	6.9	0.7	9.9	3.6	21.0	6.9	4.9
Trend	-1.5	3.4	8.5	-1.0	6.4	0.9	9.5	1.5	2.9

Table 1: New Motor Vehicle Sales

		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	May	46,168	15,052	17,059	78,279	4.7	21.9	14.7	9.8
	June	58,284	17,981	20,947	97,212	26.2	19.5	22.8	24.2
	July	46,724	14,442	15,869	77,035	-19.8	-19.7	-24.2	-20.8
	August	48,649	14,910	15,685	79,244	4.1	3.2	-1.2	2.9
	September	49,911	14,715	15,826	80,452	2.6	-1.3	0.9	1.5
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	May	47,831	14,659	15,983	78,473	-1.4	9.0	1.1	0.9
	June	49,247	14,460	15,523	79,230	3.0	-1.4	-2.9	1.0
	July	47,483	14,742	16,054	78,279	-3.6	2.0	3.4	-1.2
	August	48,396	14,946	15,891	79,233	1.9	1.4	-1.0	1.2
	September	50,012	15,219	16,205	81,436	3.3	1.8	2.0	2.8
	October	51,650	15,429	16,450	83,529	3.3	1.4	1.5	2.6
	November	50,121	15,045	15,793	80,959	-3.0	-2.5	-4.0	-3.1
	December	48,006	14,378	16,109	78,493	-4.2	-4.4	2.0	-3.0
2005	January	52,429	15,933	17,018	85,380	9.2	10.8	5.6	8.8
	February	52,627	16,205	16,085	84,917	0.4	1.7	-5.5	-0.5
	March	50,281	15,831	15,604	81,716	-4.5	-2.3	-3.0	-3.8
	April	51,230	14,995	16,860	83,085	1.9	-5.3	8.0	1.7
	May	51,138	14,553	16,529	82,220	-0.2	-2.9	-2.0	-1.0
	June	50,906	14,314	16,583	81,803	-0.5	-1.6	0.3	-0.5
	July	51,136	14,617	16,361	82,114	0.5	2.1	-1.3	0.4
Trend
2004	May	48,338	14,134	15,963	78,435	-0.3	2.0	-0.2	0.2
	June	48,400	14,473	15,932	78,805	0.1	2.4	-0.2	0.5
	July	48,660	14,775	15,921	79,356	0.5	2.1	-0.1	0.7
	August	49,019	14,975	15,968	79,962	0.7	1.4	0.3	0.8
	September	49,473	15,087	16,078	80,638	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.8
	October	49,952	15,202	16,176	81,330	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.9
	November	50,388	15,365	16,229	81,982	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.8
	December	50,750	15,546	16,250	82,546	0.7	1.2	0.1	0.7
2005	January	51,012	15,657	16,263	82,932	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.5
	February	51,148	15,639	16,293	83,080	0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.2
	March	51,236	15,475	16,340	83,051	0.2	-1.0	0.3	-0.0
	April	51,255	15,205	16,394	82,854	0.0	-1.7	0.3	-0.2
	May	51,179	14,895	16,442	82,516	-0.1	-2.0	0.3	-0.4
	June	51,103	14,614	16,480	82,197	-0.1	-1.9	0.2	-0.4
	July	50,849	14,341	16,488	81,678	-0.5	-1.9	0.0	-0.6

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2004	May	25,649	20,106	16,373	5,215	7,296	1,513	918	1,209	78,279
	June	31,438	23,929	22,026	6,436	8,969	1,982	958	1,474	97,212
	July	25,031	19,410	17,141	4,949	7,228	1,449	646	1,181	77,035
	August	24,795	20,850	17,269	5,414	7,513	1,585	677	1,141	79,244
	September	25,241	20,821	17,188	5,289	8,177	1,855	739	1,142	80,452
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	May	25,251	20,332	16,640	5,208	7,512	1,527	789	1,214	78,473
	June	25,519	20,484	16,980	5,245	7,244	1,818	718	1,222	79,230
	July	25,188	19,778	17,184	5,100	7,567	1,585	682	1,195	78,279
	August	25,109	20,676	17,075	5,326	7,640	1,546	735	1,126	79,233
	September	25,633	20,914	17,267	5,408	8,415	1,773	809	1,217	81,436
	October	25,913	22,817	17,304	5,649	7,891	1,937	764	1,254	83,529
	November	25,641	21,437	16,975	5,252	8,027	1,680	708	1,239	80,959
	December	25,153	21,063	16,849	4,740	7,153	1,673	703	1,159	78,493
2005	January	27,219	22,315	17,975	5,605	8,352	1,847	742	1,325	85,380
	February	27,144	21,686	18,421	5,614	8,123	1,721	862	1,346	84,917
	March	26,162	21,030	17,564	5,352	7,719	1,749	783	1,357	81,716
	April	25,993	21,266	18,580	5,439	8,259	1,626	780	1,142	83,085
	May	25,342	21,430	18,299	5,412	8,058	1,664	792	1,223	82,220
	June	24,807	21,339	18,586	5,258	7,963	1,787	866	1,197	81,803
	July	25,285	21,252	18,378	5,137	8,317	1,642	825	1,278	82,114
Trend
2004	May	25,334	20,285	16,781	5,172	7,339	1,566	762	1,196	78,435
	June	25,296	20,328	16,925	5,215	7,471	1,614	761	1,195	78,805
	July	25,307	20,505	17,032	5,268	7,630	1,660	760	1,194	79,356
	August	25,337	20,796	17,092	5,313	7,775	1,701	754	1,194	79,962
	September	25,436	21,158	17,132	5,342	7,894	1,731	748	1,197	80,638
	October	25,627	21,499	17,168	5,362	7,965	1,752	745	1,212	81,330
	November	25,896	21,725	17,247	5,375	7,988	1,767	746	1,238	81,982
	December	26,197	21,782	17,404	5,391	7,989	1,768	750	1,265	82,546
2005	January	26,409	21,700	17,632	5,413	7,982	1,755	759	1,282	82,932
	February	26,431	21,553	17,885	5,430	7,994	1,731	774	1,282	83,080
	March	26,264	21,434	18,110	5,437	8,027	1,715	792	1,272	83,051
	April	25,963	21,372	18,277	5,415	8,061	1,705	806	1,255	82,854
	May	25,608	21,317	18,389	5,363	8,088	1,696	817	1,238	82,516
	June	25,288	21,276	18,470	5,301	8,123	1,687	825	1,227	82,197
	July	24,939	21,202	18,481	5,215	8,122	1,675	832	1,212	81,678
(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.