JULY KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	23 118	20 020	15 819	4 813	7 942	1 285	795	1 213	75 006
Change from previous month (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	-5.2	-6.5	-7.7	-5.6	-10.4	-15.8	7.5	-11.7	-6.9
Change from previous year (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	-7.1	-10.1	-9.7	-9.8	-19.2	-21.6	-14.2	-7.0	-10.4
np not available for publication (a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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

JULY KEY POINTS


SUSPENSION OF TREND ESTIMATES

Following the Federal Government Budget in May 2009, the eligibility period for the Small Business and General Business Tax Break was extended to December 2009. The rebate level was also increased for small businesses, allowing eligible businesses to claim an increased tax deduction on the purchase of new motor vehicles.

The trend series attempts to measure the underlying behaviour in new motor vehicle sales. In the short term, this measurement may be significantly affected by unusual influences in the original and seasonally adjusted data, like those observed in May and June 2009. If the trend estimates in the publication were to be calculated without fully accounting for this irregular event, they would be likely to provide a misleading view of the underlying trend in new motor vehicle sales activity.

The new motor vehicle sales trend series has therefore been suspended from May 2009. The trend series will be reintroduced when more certainty emerges in the underlying behaviour of new car sales.

Seasonally adjusted estimates can still be produced and will continue to be published as usual.

This publication shows the trend series to April 2009 and seasonally adjusted series to July 2009.


TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - The July 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (75 006) decreased by 6.9% when compared to June 2009.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of two of the three vehicle types decreased in seasonally adjusted terms when comparing July 2009 with June 2009. Other vehicles decreased 25.7% and sports utility vehicles decreased 3.8%. Passenger vehicles increased 0.3% over that period.

SALES BY STATE

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of new motor vehicles in seven states or territories decreased in seasonally adjusted terms for July 2009 compared to June 2009. Tasmania recorded the largest decrease at 15.8%, followed by the Australian Capital Territory, down 11.7%. The Northern Territory rose 7.4%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
August 2009	21 September 2009
September 2009	21 October 2009
October 2009	23 November 2009
November 2009	21 December 2009
December 2009	21 January 2010
January 2010	22 February 2010

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details from the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for July 2009.


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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

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(a)
2008
	May	51 675	17 015	18 878	87 569	-1.3	-2.9	-1.5	-1.7
	June	50 772	16 425	18 590	85 787	-1.7	-3.5	-1.5	-2.0
	July	49 645	15 816	18 328	83 789	-2.2	-3.7	-1.4	-2.3
	August	48 424	15 256	18 129	81 808	-2.5	-3.5	-1.1	-2.4
	September	47 326	14 791	17 919	80 036	-2.3	-3.0	-1.2	-2.2
	October	46 418	14 441	17 625	78 484	-1.9	-2.4	-1.6	-1.9
	November	45 602	14 187	17 163	76 951	-1.8	-1.8	-2.6	-2.0
	December	44 812	14 026	16 586	75 424	-1.7	-1.1	-3.4	-2.0
2009
	January	44 057	13 996	16 061	74 115	-1.7	-0.2	-3.2	-1.7
	February	43 474	14 108	15 693	73 275	-1.3	0.8	-2.3	-1.1
	March	43 184	14 359	15 505	73 048	-0.7	1.8	-1.2	-0.3
	April	43 197	14 684	15 452	73 333	-	2.3	-0.3	0.4
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	July	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	May	51 699	16 487	18 432	86 618	-1.4	-6.3	-7.9	-3.8
	June	51 485	17 081	18 123	86 689	-0.4	3.6	-1.7	0.1
	July	49 669	15 510	18 520	83 699	-3.5	-9.2	2.2	-3.4
	August	47 882	15 094	17 809	80 786	-3.6	-2.7	-3.8	-3.5
	September	47 381	14 950	17 679	80 009	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7	-1.0
	October	46 252	14 515	18 834	79 601	-2.4	-2.9	6.5	-0.5
	November	44 884	13 666	16 666	75 216	-3.0	-5.8	-11.5	-5.5
	December	45 340	14 330	16 926	76 596	1.0	4.9	1.6	1.8
2009
	January	45 426	14 259	15 825	75 509	0.2	-0.5	-6.5	-1.4
	February	43 609	14 139	15 128	72 875	-4.0	-0.8	-4.4	-3.5
	March	41 120	13 741	15 512	70 373	-5.7	-2.8	2.5	-3.4
	April	42 652	14 440	15 113	72 205	3.7	5.1	-2.6	2.6
	May	43 857	15 371	16 896	76 124	2.8	6.5	11.8	5.4
	June	44 687	15 982	19 890	80 559	1.9	4.0	17.7	5.8
	July	44 842	15 379	14 785	75 006	0.3	-3.8	-25.7	-6.9
Original
2008
	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
2009
	January	41 309	13 435	12 335	67 079	-9.6	-6.8	-24.7	-12.3
	February	42 463	13 699	14 079	70 241	2.8	2.0	14.1	4.7
	March	43 484	15 022	17 144	75 650	2.4	9.7	21.8	7.7
	April	36 697	13 092	14 176	63 965	-15.6	-12.8	-17.3	-15.4
	May	42 245	15 562	17 634	75 441	15.1	18.9	24.4	17.9
	June	55 837	20 459	26 551	102 847	32.2	31.5	50.6	36.3
	July	46 099	14 752	14 482	75 333	-17.4	-27.9	-45.5	-26.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) np not available for publication (a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009.

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend(a)
2008
	May	26 170	23 289	18 659	5 473	10 088	1 639	926	1 325	87 569
	June	25 622	22 828	18 150	5 417	9 942	1 630	907	1 292	85 787
	July	25 066	22 237	17 601	5 353	9 780	1 609	886	1 258	83 789
	August	24 549	21 617	17 085	5 292	9 592	1 577	867	1 229	81 808
	September	24 097	21 047	16 697	5 214	9 380	1 534	852	1 214	80 036
	October	23 697	20 575	16 412	5 119	9 146	1 489	836	1 210	78 484
	November	23 309	20 158	16 138	5 000	8 876	1 446	810	1 214	76 951
	December	22 939	19 772	15 834	4 868	8 599	1 413	781	1 219	75 424
2009
	January	22 604	19 438	15 572	4 749	8 373	1 402	752	1 223	74 115
	February	22 377	19 222	15 401	4 672	8 238	1 409	730	1 226	73 275
	March	22 318	19 181	15 361	4 653	8 178	1 413	717	1 226	73 048
	April	22 397	19 307	15 435	4 681	8 161	1 407	716	1 229	73 333
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	July	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	May	26 195	23 294	17 989	5 430	9 976	1 545	885	1 303	86 618
	June	26 065	23 426	18 300	5 524	9 697	1 521	864	1 293	86 689
	July	24 878	22 263	17 519	5 338	9 830	1 639	927	1 304	83 699
	August	24 091	21 151	16 754	5 237	9 666	1 783	895	1 209	80 786
	September	24 300	20 836	16 780	5 203	9 421	1 452	838	1 179	80 009
	October	23 858	20 945	16 782	5 171	9 421	1 427	797	1 200	79 601
	November	23 102	19 524	15 573	4 975	8 576	1 448	813	1 205	75 216
	December	23 127	20 278	16 224	4 958	8 544	1 385	826	1 254	76 596
2009
	January	22 828	20 044	15 835	4 861	8 495	1 445	759	1 243	75 509
	February	22 388	18 911	15 501	4 418	8 278	1 377	752	1 251	72 875
	March	21 572	18 554	14 484	4 612	7 940	1 438	620	1 152	70 373
	April	22 347	18 606	15 310	4 572	8 028	1 381	719	1 240	72 205
	May	23 415	20 161	15 926	4 895	8 314	1 442	751	1 219	76 124
	June	24 397	21 420	17 138	5 097	8 867	1 526	740	1 373	80 559
	July	23 118	20 020	15 819	4 813	7 942	1 285	795	1 213	75 006
Original
2008
	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
2009
	January	21 085	17 493	13 521	4 355	7 648	1 234	588	1 155	67 079
	February	21 969	18 273	14 604	4 336	7 864	1 227	706	1 262	70 241
	March	23 550	19 503	16 124	4 779	8 329	1 388	718	1 259	75 650
	April	19 596	16 395	13 801	4 128	7 043	1 146	772	1 084	63 965
	May	22 958	19 995	15 884	5 025	8 150	1 404	851	1 174	75 441
	June	31 089	26 508	23 509	6 406	10 838	1 814	991	1 692	102 847
	July	23 472	19 884	16 403	4 632	7 817	1 184	761	1 180	75 333
np not available for publication (a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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.