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JULY KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	26 378	23 904	17 174	5 658	9 718	1 536	886	1 409	86 662
Seasonally Adjusted	25 773	23 339	16 633	5 539	9 929	1 493	909	1 404	85 019
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-	-0.2	-1.1	0.4	0.7	-2.1	0.9	0.7	-0.2
Seasonally Adjusted	-3.3	-3.1	-4.4	-3.6	3.7	-5.0	7.8	0.9	-2.6
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	12.0	19.5	5.7	14.6	20.2	9.1	16.7	16.1	13.7
Seasonally Adjusted	9.3	15.1	2.6	12.4	25.9	11.9	19.2	16.1	11.6
- 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.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

• Trend - The July 2010 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (86 662) decreased by 0.2% when compared with June 2010.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The July 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (85 019) decreased by 2.6% when compared to June 2010.

• Trend - When comparing trend estimates for July 2010 to June 2010, sales decreased for Passenger vehicles (0.9%) and Other vehicles (0.3%). Sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 1.7% over the same period.
• Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for July 2010 to June 2010, sales decreased for Passenger vehicles (4.3%) and Other vehicles (4.2%), while Sports utility vehicles increased by 3.2%

• Trend - Three out of eight states and territories contributed to the national decrease in trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales when comparing July 2010 with June 2010. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease with 2.1%, followed by Queensland (1.1%) and Victoria (0.2%). This was offset by increases in other states and territories. Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage increase with 0.9%, followed by Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, both with 0.7%.
• Seasonally Adjusted - In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles decreased in five of the eight states or territories for July 2010 when compared to June 2010. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease of 5.0%, followed by Queensland (4.4%) and South Australia (3.6%). The largest percentage increase for new motor vehicle sales occurred in the Northern Territory (7.8%) and Western Australia (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 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
2009
	May	43 367	14 694	15 392	73 453	1.1	1.7	0.2	1.0
	June	44 231	14 917	15 509	74 657	2.0	1.5	0.8	1.6
	July	45 229	15 216	15 748	76 193	2.3	2.0	1.5	2.1
	August	46 086	15 646	16 097	77 829	1.9	2.8	2.2	2.1
	September	46 700	16 233	16 549	79 482	1.3	3.8	2.8	2.1
	October	47 130	16 921	17 020	81 072	0.9	4.2	2.8	2.0
	November	47 558	17 612	17 390	82 560	0.9	4.1	2.2	1.8
	December	48 078	18 182	17 586	83 845	1.1	3.2	1.1	1.6
2010
	January	48 722	18 545	17 612	84 879	1.3	2.0	0.1	1.2
	February	49 338	18 728	17 542	85 608	1.3	1.0	-0.4	0.9
	March	49 769	18 868	17 486	86 123	0.9	0.7	-0.3	0.6
	April	49 942	19 092	17 480	86 513	0.3	1.2	-	0.5
	May	49 862	19 407	17 471	86 740	-0.2	1.7	-	0.3
	June	49 618	19 737	17 447	86 802	-0.5	1.7	-0.1	0.1
	July	49 192	20 068	17 403	86 662	-0.9	1.7	-0.3	-0.2
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	May	43 676	15 473	16 789	75 937	3.8	9.0	10.4	6.3
	June	44 790	16 160	20 006	80 955	2.5	4.4	19.2	6.6
	July	45 683	15 301	15 204	76 188	2.0	-5.3	-24.0	-5.9
	August	45 965	15 031	15 394	76 390	0.6	-1.8	1.3	0.3
	September	46 776	15 727	16 490	78 993	1.8	4.6	7.1	3.4
	October	47 331	16 555	18 549	82 435	1.2	5.3	12.5	4.4
	November	47 755	18 372	20 265	86 391	0.9	11.0	9.2	4.8
	December	46 995	19 074	23 043	89 112	-1.6	3.8	13.7	3.1
2010
	January	49 162	18 400	18 762	86 323	4.6	-3.5	-18.6	-3.1
	February	49 093	18 532	17 460	85 085	-0.1	0.7	-6.9	-1.4
	March	49 617	18 318	17 140	85 075	1.1	-1.2	-1.8	-
	April	54 050	20 935	17 485	92 470	8.9	14.3	2.0	8.7
	May	51 257	19 646	17 646	88 549	-5.2	-6.2	0.9	-4.2
	June	49 731	19 778	17 775	87 283	-3.0	0.7	0.7	-1.4
	July	47 581	20 405	17 032	85 019	-4.3	3.2	-4.2	-2.6
Original
2009
	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
	August	44 918	13 972	14 397	73 287	-2.6	-5.3	-0.6	-2.7
	September	47 284	14 443	16 404	78 131	5.3	3.4	13.9	6.6
	October	46 544	15 741	18 528	80 813	-1.6	9.0	12.9	3.4
	November	47 059	18 360	20 414	85 833	1.1	16.6	10.2	6.2
	December	46 623	19 616	22 469	88 708	-0.9	6.8	10.1	3.3
2010
	January	43 580	16 900	14 384	74 864	-6.5	-13.8	-36.0	-15.6
	February	47 829	18 073	16 317	82 219	9.7	6.9	13.4	9.8
	March	53 717	21 643	19 384	94 744	12.3	19.8	18.8	15.2
	April	47 156	18 067	16 178	81 401	-12.2	-16.5	-16.5	-14.1
	May	50 450	20 065	18 703	89 218	7.0	11.1	15.6	9.6
	June	60 820	24 597	23 305	108 722	20.6	22.6	24.6	21.9
	July	47 591	19 032	15 753	82 376	-21.8	-22.6	-32.4	-24.2
- 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
2009
	May	22 555	19 206	15 566	4 701	8 101	1 402	724	1 199	73 453
	June	22 984	19 552	15 870	4 810	8 093	1 405	740	1 202	74 657
	July	23 542	20 000	16 251	4 936	8 083	1 408	759	1 214	76 193
	August	24 131	20 473	16 644	5 066	8 088	1 421	775	1 231	77 829
	September	24 679	20 931	17 037	5 194	8 153	1 449	790	1 249	79 482
	October	25 136	21 390	17 375	5 307	8 301	1 494	802	1 267	81 072
	November	25 498	21 861	17 636	5 391	8 524	1 554	813	1 284	82 560
	December	25 757	22 324	17 798	5 447	8 783	1 614	824	1 298	83 845
2010
	January	25 944	22 759	17 870	5 483	9 019	1 661	832	1 312	84 879
	February	26 079	23 127	17 850	5 508	9 197	1 681	838	1 327	85 608
	March	26 187	23 431	17 772	5 537	9 332	1 672	846	1 346	86 123
	April	26 282	23 685	17 665	5 574	9 442	1 644	855	1 366	86 513
	May	26 349	23 852	17 524	5 610	9 546	1 607	866	1 384	86 740
	June	26 368	23 945	17 356	5 638	9 649	1 569	878	1 399	86 802
	July	26 378	23 904	17 174	5 658	9 718	1 536	886	1 409	86 662
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	May	23 436	20 170	15 830	4 909	8 211	1 438	745	1 200	75 937
	June	24 392	21 503	17 220	5 158	8 984	1 558	751	1 388	80 955
	July	23 576	20 273	16 216	4 930	7 887	1 334	763	1 209	76 188
	August	23 992	19 689	16 300	4 954	7 983	1 480	782	1 209	76 390
	September	24 575	20 729	16 965	5 229	8 103	1 387	769	1 235	78 993
	October	25 137	21 824	17 686	5 558	8 627	1 519	777	1 307	82 435
	November	26 348	23 457	18 381	5 731	8 839	1 461	867	1 307	86 391
	December	27 913	22 795	19 378	5 941	9 158	1 806	804	1 318	89 112
2010
	January	25 998	23 091	18 101	5 860	9 339	1 710	912	1 313	86 323
	February	26 083	22 758	17 673	5 415	9 389	1 640	802	1 324	85 085
	March	25 732	23 640	17 292	5 381	9 120	1 728	851	1 332	85 075
	April	26 864	26 090	18 141	5 695	11 795	1 652	856	1 377	92 470
	May	26 378	24 075	17 758	5 632	10 824	1 584	892	1 405	88 549
	June	26 662	24 089	17 406	5 744	9 579	1 571	843	1 391	87 283
	July	25 773	23 339	16 633	5 539	9 929	1 493	909	1 404	85 019
Original
2009
	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
	August	22 704	18 848	15 661	4 696	8 003	1 476	723	1 176	73 287
	September	24 367	20 857	16 255	5 141	8 217	1 382	698	1 214	78 131
	October	24 251	21 989	16 830	5 506	8 763	1 520	696	1 258	80 813
	November	26 559	23 417	17 719	5 698	8 702	1 619	810	1 309	85 833
	December	26 848	23 398	18 995	6 213	8 967	2 242	737	1 308	88 708
2010
	January	22 820	19 746	15 253	5 151	8 521	1 487	716	1 170	74 864
	February	25 708	21 924	16 744	5 242	9 048	1 474	742	1 337	82 219
	March	29 083	26 380	19 480	5 950	9 636	1 711	1 038	1 466	94 744
	April	23 616	22 660	16 326	4 944	10 331	1 406	872	1 246	81 401
	May	26 531	23 994	18 370	5 798	10 604	1 527	997	1 397	89 218
	June	33 240	29 192	22 956	7 109	11 647	1 779	1 133	1 666	108 722
	July	25 050	22 499	16 516	5 208	9 572	1 292	881	1 358	82 376
(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.