JULY KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	33 658	28 723	20 271	6 271	7 991	1 588	976	1 605	101 083
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	33 336	28 349	19 872	6 269	7 987	1 563	948	1 587	99 911
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.2	0.3	0.3	1.9	1.3	0.7
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-0.9	-3.2	-3.9	0.6	1.7	-2.6	-6.3	-4.1	-2.0
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	2.1	5.2	5.3	5.6	-4.3	-4.2	8.0	5.1	3.3
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	0.9	4.4	2.2	8.1	-7.8	-1.5	8.7	3.7	1.8
(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


JULY TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The July 2017 trend estimate (101,083) increased by 0.7% when compared with June 2017.
• When comparing national trend estimates for July 2017 with June 2017, sales for Passenger, Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles increased by 0.5%,1.0% and 0.5% respectively.
• All states and territories reported an increase in vehicle sales on a trend basis.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (1.9%), continuing an upward trend that began in January 2017.

NOTES

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This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for July 2017.


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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle by month
		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
2016
	May	40 721	36 150	20 835	97 706	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	-0.2
	June	40 551	36 436	20 749	97 737	-0.4	0.8	-0.4	-
	July	40 301	36 863	20 727	97 891	-0.6	1.2	-0.1	0.2
	August	40 056	37 265	20 793	98 114	-0.6	1.1	0.3	0.2
	September	39 896	37 457	20 839	98 193	-0.4	0.5	0.2	0.1
	October	39 725	37 429	20 821	97 975	-0.4	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
	November	39 447	37 235	20 786	97 468	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	-0.5
	December	39 084	36 989	20 847	96 920	-0.9	-0.7	0.3	-0.6
2017
	January	38 734	36 878	21 066	96 678	-0.9	-0.3	1.1	-0.2
	February	38 437	37 062	21 414	96 913	-0.8	0.5	1.7	0.2
	March	38 300	37 534	21 793	97 627	-0.4	1.3	1.8	0.7
	April	38 319	38 131	22 125	98 575	-	1.6	1.5	1.0
	May	38 434	38 724	22 376	99 534	0.3	1.6	1.1	1.0
	June	38 553	39 295	22 535	100 383	0.3	1.5	0.7	0.9
	July	38 737	39 706	22 641	101 083	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.7
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	May	39 434	35 950	20 500	95 884	-4.0	0.6	0.3	-1.4
	June	42 213	35 953	20 412	98 578	7.0	-	-0.4	2.8
	July	40 224	36 652	21 221	98 098	-4.7	1.9	4.0	-0.5
	August	39 463	37 353	20 781	97 597	-1.9	1.9	-2.1	-0.5
	September	40 069	38 560	21 099	99 729	1.5	3.2	1.5	2.2
	October	39 478	38 089	20 282	97 849	-1.5	-1.2	-3.9	-1.9
	November	38 883	36 711	21 113	96 706	-1.5	-3.6	4.1	-1.2
	December	40 512	35 483	21 231	97 226	4.2	-3.3	0.6	0.5
2017
	January	39 244	37 956	20 552	97 752	-3.1	7.0	-3.2	0.5
	February	37 601	36 803	20 752	95 156	-4.2	-3.0	1.0	-2.7
	March	37 046	37 897	22 003	96 946	-1.5	3.0	6.0	1.9
	April	38 161	37 097	22 851	98 108	3.0	-2.1	3.9	1.2
	May	39 698	38 634	22 517	100 850	4.0	4.1	-1.5	2.8
	June	38 983	40 427	22 541	101 950	-1.8	4.6	0.1	1.1
	July	38 139	39 733	22 039	99 911	-2.2	-1.7	-2.2	-2.0
Original
2016
	May	38 222	36 230	22 220	96 672	4.2	14.0	16.2	10.4
	June	53 832	46 011	28 726	128 569	40.8	27.0	29.3	33.0
	July	38 033	33 817	19 481	91 331	-29.3	-26.5	-32.2	-29.0
	August	38 945	36 396	19 568	94 909	2.4	7.6	0.4	3.9
	September	42 076	39 497	21 123	102 696	8.0	8.5	7.9	8.2
	October	37 817	36 442	19 098	93 357	-10.1	-7.7	-9.6	-9.1
	November	39 852	37 536	21 549	98 937	5.4	3.0	12.8	6.0
	December	42 385	34 936	21 442	98 763	6.4	-6.9	-0.5	-0.2
2017
	January	34 920	34 127	15 863	84 910	-17.6	-2.3	-26.0	-14.0
	February	34 740	35 497	18 788	89 025	-0.5	4.0	18.4	4.8
	March	38 972	41 484	24 954	105 410	12.2	16.9	32.8	18.4
	April	32 147	31 368	19 620	83 135	-17.5	-24.4	-21.4	-21.1
	May	38 842	39 629	24 430	102 901	20.8	26.3	24.5	23.8
	June	50 646	51 393	32 132	134 171	30.4	29.7	31.5	30.4
	July	35 792	36 979	19 983	92 754	-29.3	-28.0	-37.8	-30.9
- 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.
Trend
2016
	May	33 077	26 835	19 381	5 938	8 416	1 572	922	1 567	97 706
	June	32 981	27 054	19 322	5 927	8 381	1 608	915	1 549	97 737
	July	32 951	27 305	19 258	5 936	8 352	1 658	904	1 527	97 891
	August	33 019	27 538	19 185	5 959	8 302	1 704	890	1 518	98 114
	September	33 110	27 694	19 069	5 971	8 213	1 734	877	1 525	98 193
	October	33 113	27 709	18 949	5 962	8 095	1 739	864	1 543	97 975
	November	33 002	27 595	18 841	5 934	7 971	1 712	854	1 561	97 468
	December	32 867	27 418	18 774	5 899	7 883	1 664	848	1 568	96 920
2017
	January	32 806	27 322	18 788	5 877	7 855	1 616	850	1 564	96 678
	February	32 860	27 380	18 904	5 895	7 869	1 586	863	1 557	96 913
	March	33 018	27 609	19 130	5 953	7 901	1 577	886	1 553	97 627
	April	33 211	27 930	19 428	6 029	7 930	1 579	910	1 558	98 575
	May	33 382	28 258	19 741	6 114	7 953	1 582	935	1 571	99 534
	June	33 507	28 562	20 024	6 195	7 968	1 584	958	1 585	100 383
	July	33 658	28 723	20 271	6 271	7 991	1 588	976	1 605	101 083
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	May	32 402	26 184	19 188	6 026	7 999	1 582	921	1 582	95 884
	June	32 838	27 353	19 893	5 885	8 421	1 548	930	1 710	98 578
	July	33 038	27 163	19 445	5 800	8 663	1 586	872	1 530	98 098
	August	32 781	27 633	18 839	6 023	8 249	1 710	909	1 453	97 597
	September	33 760	27 948	19 130	6 191	8 357	1 863	922	1 559	99 729
	October	33 327	27 972	18 727	5 734	8 005	1 766	812	1 506	97 849
	November	32 084	27 662	19 110	6 000	7 759	1 683	854	1 555	96 706
	December	33 683	26 333	18 988	6 007	8 041	1 655	845	1 674	97 226
2017
	January	32 758	28 824	18 473	5 886	7 807	1 592	864	1 549	97 752
	February	32 317	26 512	18 876	5 655	7 829	1 560	887	1 520	95 156
	March	32 746	27 189	19 125	6 012	7 932	1 578	826	1 537	96 946
	April	33 521	27 811	18 914	6 020	7 839	1 561	907	1 535	98 108
	May	33 712	28 593	20 077	6 174	8 168	1 614	949	1 563	100 850
	June	33 627	29 284	20 683	6 233	7 853	1 605	1 012	1 654	101 950
	July	33 336	28 349	19 872	6 269	7 987	1 563	948	1 587	99 911
Original
2016
	May	32 867	26 125	19 565	5 949	7 935	1 503	1 180	1 548	96 672
	June	43 449	34 262	27 270	7 613	10 749	1 853	1 240	2 133	128 569
	July	30 219	25 517	18 445	5 210	8 234	1 389	831	1 486	91 331
	August	31 788	27 096	18 062	5 785	8 144	1 743	881	1 410	94 909
	September	34 424	28 766	19 702	6 551	8 668	2 074	880	1 631	102 696
	October	31 850	27 546	16 870	5 450	7 580	1 937	713	1 411	93 357
	November	32 955	28 991	18 733	6 259	7 657	1 903	808	1 631	98 937
	December	33 632	27 065	19 252	6 464	8 026	1 918	734	1 672	98 763
2017
	January	29 068	24 535	15 709	5 134	7 037	1 337	652	1 438	84 910
	February	30 221	24 917	17 474	5 354	7 526	1 334	760	1 439	89 025
	March	35 677	29 252	21 217	6 387	8 712	1 536	946	1 683	105 410
	April	28 565	23 292	16 312	4 951	6 634	1 214	910	1 257	83 135
	May	34 545	29 077	20 674	6 133	8 154	1 540	1 276	1 502	102 901
	June	44 341	37 255	28 768	8 213	10 161	1 953	1 333	2 147	134 171
	July	30 620	26 584	18 540	5 663	7 576	1 376	914	1 481	92 754
(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.