JULY KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	32 149	26 264	19 606	5 624	8 740	1 613	902	1 494	96 392
Seasonally Adjusted	31 999	26 583	19 433	5 634	8 740	1 622	860	1 517	96 388
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	1.1	0.3	0.2	-0.9	-0.5	-0.2	-1.3	0.3	0.4
Seasonally Adjusted	-2.2	1.7	-3.5	-0.9	-2.2	-2.1	-4.1	0.2	-1.3
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	8.1	3.4	6.6	-4.2	-11.0	13.2	-1.4	2.9	3.7
Seasonally Adjusted	7.9	4.7	6.2	-3.5	-11.8	11.8	-7.4	2.3	3.7
(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.

JULY KEY POINTS


TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• Trend estimates: The July 2015 trend estimate (96 392) has increased by 0.4% when compared with June 2015.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

• Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for July 2015 with June 2015, all vehicle types recorded an increase in sales. Sales of Passenger and Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.2% and 0.7% respectively while Other vehicles increased by 0.4%.

SALES BY STATE

• Trend estimates: Four of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing July 2015 with June 2015. New South Wales recorded the largest percentage increase (1.1%), followed by both Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory (0.3%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory recorded the largest decrease in sales (1.3%).

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

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
2014
	May	44 604	29 039	19 034	92 677	-0.7	1.1	0.5	0.1
	June	44 384	29 386	19 119	92 890	-0.5	1.2	0.4	0.2
	July	44 152	29 692	19 146	92 990	-0.5	1.0	0.1	0.1
	August	43 876	29 887	19 131	92 894	-0.6	0.7	-0.1	-0.1
	September	43 565	30 070	19 118	92 754	-0.7	0.6	-0.1	-0.2
	October	43 327	30 277	19 144	92 748	-0.5	0.7	0.1	-
	November	43 198	30 559	19 230	92 987	-0.3	0.9	0.4	0.3
	December	43 067	30 961	19 345	93 373	-0.3	1.3	0.6	0.4
2015
	January	42 961	31 438	19 427	93 826	-0.2	1.5	0.4	0.5
	February	42 895	31 951	19 449	94 295	-0.2	1.6	0.1	0.5
	March	42 868	32 450	19 463	94 780	-0.1	1.6	0.1	0.5
	April	42 885	32 867	19 478	95 230	-	1.3	0.1	0.5
	May	42 941	33 195	19 503	95 640	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.4
	June	43 043	33 468	19 524	96 035	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.4
	July	43 108	33 690	19 594	96 392	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	May	44 386	29 470	19 154	93 010	-2.5	3.2	4.1	0.6
	June	44 255	29 311	20 345	93 910	-0.3	-0.5	6.2	1.0
	July	44 552	29 804	18 588	92 944	0.7	1.7	-8.6	-1.0
	August	43 718	29 193	18 879	91 790	-1.9	-2.0	1.6	-1.2
	September	43 687	31 216	19 124	94 027	-0.1	6.9	1.3	2.4
	October	43 430	29 986	19 186	92 602	-0.6	-3.9	0.3	-1.5
	November	43 030	30 589	18 779	92 398	-0.9	2.0	-2.1	-0.2
	December	44 082	30 829	20 110	95 020	2.4	0.8	7.1	2.8
2015
	January	43 549	30 310	19 283	93 142	-1.2	-1.7	-4.1	-2.0
	February	43 142	33 296	19 235	95 673	-0.9	9.9	-0.3	2.7
	March	45 080	31 779	19 534	96 392	4.5	-4.6	1.6	0.8
	April	41 108	34 161	19 467	94 735	-8.8	7.5	-0.3	-1.7
	May	42 367	32 209	19 444	94 019	3.1	-5.7	-0.1	-0.8
	June	44 723	33 295	19 657	97 675	5.6	3.4	1.1	3.9
	July	42 831	34 007	19 549	96 388	-4.2	2.1	-0.5	-1.3
Original
2014
	May	43 819	30 730	20 013	94 562	12.3	21.2	22.5	17.2
	June	53 844	36 846	27 619	118 309	22.9	19.9	38.0	25.1
	July	43 464	28 805	17 598	89 867	-19.3	-21.8	-36.3	-24.0
	August	42 658	27 543	17 956	88 157	-1.9	-4.4	2.0	-1.9
	September	45 194	30 027	19 757	94 978	5.9	9.0	10.0	7.7
	October	43 126	28 835	19 275	91 236	-4.6	-4.0	-2.4	-3.9
	November	43 063	31 032	18 137	92 232	-0.1	7.6	-5.9	1.1
	December	45 051	30 666	21 092	96 809	4.6	-1.2	16.3	5.0
2015
	January	39 799	27 679	14 638	82 116	-11.7	-9.7	-30.6	-15.2
	February	40 775	32 039	17 610	90 424	2.5	15.8	20.3	10.1
	March	48 185	35 503	21 366	105 054	18.2	10.8	21.3	16.2
	April	35 015	29 664	16 977	81 656	-27.3	-16.4	-20.5	-22.3
	May	40 592	32 530	20 205	93 327	15.9	9.7	19.0	14.3
	June	56 386	42 256	27 208	125 850	38.9	29.9	34.7	34.8
	July	41 420	32 679	18 209	92 308	-26.5	-22.7	-33.1	-26.7
- 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
2014
	May	29 386	25 170	18 558	5 840	9 918	1 452	927	1 426	92 677
	June	29 537	25 322	18 474	5 864	9 895	1 438	922	1 438	92 890
	July	29 731	25 390	18 388	5 874	9 816	1 426	914	1 451	92 990
	August	29 893	25 416	18 280	5 853	9 678	1 414	905	1 455	92 894
	September	30 005	25 449	18 212	5 814	9 514	1 414	899	1 446	92 754
	October	30 099	25 510	18 241	5 775	9 359	1 431	899	1 435	92 748
	November	30 177	25 619	18 398	5 757	9 240	1 463	904	1 431	92 987
	December	30 217	25 764	18 626	5 766	9 150	1 502	914	1 435	93 373
2015
	January	30 279	25 876	18 889	5 789	9 079	1 540	929	1 446	93 826
	February	30 432	25 939	19 133	5 803	9 018	1 571	939	1 459	94 295
	March	30 707	25 980	19 326	5 798	8 962	1 594	943	1 470	94 780
	April	31 068	26 028	19 442	5 767	8 903	1 606	939	1 478	95 230
	May	31 449	26 095	19 513	5 720	8 839	1 611	929	1 483	95 640
	June	31 810	26 174	19 571	5 675	8 785	1 616	914	1 490	96 035
	July	32 149	26 264	19 606	5 624	8 740	1 613	902	1 494	96 392
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	May	29 460	25 514	18 553	5 751	10 028	1 462	830	1 411	93 010
	June	29 707	25 712	18 624	6 005	9 943	1 490	981	1 448	93 910
	July	29 643	25 389	18 304	5 836	9 911	1 450	929	1 483	92 944
	August	29 649	25 180	17 989	5 861	9 408	1 395	858	1 451	91 790
	September	30 194	25 362	18 875	5 883	9 722	1 601	907	1 483	94 027
	October	30 461	25 252	17 992	5 760	9 386	1 433	905	1 413	92 602
	November	29 836	25 967	17 924	5 779	9 148	1 430	892	1 421	92 398
	December	30 434	25 951	20 309	5 550	9 018	1 411	952	1 394	95 020
2015
	January	29 961	25 622	18 960	5 694	9 038	1 585	844	1 438	93 142
	February	30 671	25 749	19 749	6 154	9 188	1 659	1 009	1 493	95 673
	March	30 767	26 286	20 423	5 771	9 088	1 601	920	1 535	96 392
	April	30 454	26 359	19 373	5 769	8 809	1 578	957	1 436	94 735
	May	31 327	25 483	19 049	5 593	8 626	1 554	957	1 430	94 019
	June	32 706	26 138	20 144	5 685	8 934	1 656	897	1 514	97 675
	July	31 999	26 583	19 433	5 634	8 740	1 622	860	1 517	96 388
Original
2014
	May	29 788	26 042	19 252	5 764	9 920	1 409	978	1 409	94 562
	June	37 575	31 327	24 643	7 531	12 440	1 743	1 258	1 792	118 309
	July	28 587	24 756	17 767	5 514	9 556	1 302	913	1 472	89 867
	August	28 404	24 184	17 169	5 618	9 137	1 418	807	1 420	88 157
	September	30 388	25 670	18 890	6 099	9 882	1 734	904	1 411	94 978
	October	29 839	25 559	16 990	5 628	9 534	1 488	826	1 372	91 236
	November	30 419	26 282	16 814	5 888	8 876	1 650	841	1 462	92 232
	December	30 257	26 783	20 853	5 830	9 143	1 645	894	1 404	96 809
2015
	January	26 796	22 211	16 570	5 039	8 101	1 364	662	1 373	82 116
	February	28 975	24 742	18 212	5 915	8 851	1 409	877	1 443	90 424
	March	33 773	28 536	22 499	6 173	9 823	1 560	1 064	1 626	105 054
	April	26 264	22 160	17 335	4 843	7 609	1 280	948	1 217	81 656
	May	30 996	25 231	19 312	5 429	8 353	1 440	1 144	1 422	93 327
	June	42 105	32 615	27 270	7 286	11 503	1 989	1 189	1 893	125 850
	July	30 332	25 902	18 700	5 256	8 341	1 445	836	1 496	92 308
(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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