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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.


JUNE 2005 KEY POINTS

Trend

The June 2005 trend estimate (82,387) for the sales of new motor vehicles decreased 0.3% over the May 2005 estimate. When compared with June 2004 (78,805), the trend estimate increased 4.5%.

In June 2005, decreases were recorded in the trend estimate for sales of new passenger vehicles (-0.1%) and sport utility vehicles (-2.0%) compared with May 2005, while sales of other new motor vehicles increased (0.3%). Compared with June 2004, increases were recorded for sales of all vehicle types, with passenger vehicles recording the largest increase (5.8%).

Most states and territories recorded decreases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles in June 2005 compared with May 2005. The Australian Capital Territory (-1.9%) and New South Wales (-1.4%) recorded the largest decreases while, the Northern Territory recorded the largest increase (1.3%) over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted

The seasonally adjusted estimate for sales of new motor vehicles for June 2005 (81,914) recorded a decrease (-0.3%) over May 2005. When compared with June 2004 (79,269), the seasonally adjusted estimate increased 3.3%.

Decreases were recorded in the seasonally adjusted sales of new passenger vehicles (-0.4%) and sports utility vehicles (-1.3%) in June 2005 compared with May 2005, while sales of other new motor vehicles increased (0.7%). This is the fourth consecutive month that sales of sports utility vehicles have recorded a decrease.

Most states and territories recorded decreases in the seasonally adjusted estimates for sales of new motor vehicles in June 2005 compared with May 2005. The Australian Capital Territory (-3.2%) and New South Wales (-2.3%) recorded the largest decreases, while the Northern Territory (9.7%) and Tasmania (8.4%) recorded the largest increases.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle Sales
Seasonally Adjusted	24,752	21,376	18,629	5,332	7,975	1,801	868	1,181	81,914
Trend	25,279	21,301	18,587	5,417	8,057	1,712	832	1,202	82,387
Percentage Change From Previous Month
Seasonally Adjusted	-2.3	-0.2	1.7	-1.8	-0.6	8.4	9.7	-3.2	-0.3
Trend	-1.4	-0.2	0.7	-0.3	0.1	-0.1	1.3	-1.9	-0.3
Percentage Change From Previous Year
Seasonally Adjusted	-3.1	4.3	9.9	0.5	10.1	-0.7	20.6	-3.0	3.3
Trend	-0.0	4.8	9.8	3.9	7.7	6.2	9.0	0.6	4.5

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	April	44,079	12,351	14,875	71,305	-18.0	-17.7	-14.1	-17.1
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	April	48,527	13,447	15,812	77,786	-1.0	0.5	-4.2	-1.4
	May	47,840	14,649	16,024	78,513	-1.4	8.9	1.3	0.9
	June	49,259	14,514	15,496	79,269	3.0	-0.9	-3.3	1.0
	July	47,489	14,712	16,016	78,217	-3.6	1.4	3.4	-1.3
	August	48,399	14,912	15,866	79,177	1.9	1.4	-0.9	1.2
	September	49,999	15,186	16,239	81,424	3.3	1.8	2.4	2.8
	October	51,680	15,412	16,444	83,536	3.4	1.5	1.3	2.6
	November	50,143	15,042	15,807	80,992	-3.0	-2.4	-3.9	-3.0
	December	47,922	14,400	16,120	78,442	-4.4	-4.3	2.0	-3.1
2005	January	52,440	15,924	17,064	85,428	9.4	10.6	5.9	8.9
	February	52,629	16,209	16,102	84,940	0.4	1.8	-5.6	-0.6
	March	50,240	15,844	15,554	81,638	-4.5	-2.3	-3.4	-3.9
	April	51,256	15,012	16,894	83,162	2.0	-5.3	8.6	1.9
	May	51,147	14,553	16,499	82,199	-0.2	-3.1	-2.3	-1.2
	June	50,942	14,359	16,613	81,914	-0.4	-1.3	0.7	-0.3
Trend
2004	April	48,470	13,863	15,986	78,319	-0.2	1.5	0.2	0.2
	May	48,345	14,140	15,961	78,446	-0.3	2.0	-0.2	0.2
	June	48,409	14,470	15,926	78,805	0.1	2.3	-0.2	0.5
	July	48,669	14,764	15,910	79,343	0.5	2.0	-0.1	0.7
	August	49,026	14,956	15,958	79,940	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.8
	September	49,476	15,068	16,073	80,617	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.8
	October	49,950	15,186	16,181	81,317	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
	November	50,382	15,354	16,244	81,980	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.8
	December	50,736	15,544	16,265	82,545	0.7	1.2	0.1	0.7
2005	January	50,980	15,653	16,272	82,905	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.4
	February	51,117	15,632	16,295	83,044	0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.2
	March	51,227	15,481	16,341	83,049	0.2	-1.0	0.3	0.0
	April	51,263	15,229	16,405	82,897	0.1	-1.6	0.4	-0.2
	May	51,248	14,940	16,479	82,667	0.0	-1.9	0.5	-0.3
	June	51,218	14,641	16,528	82,387	-0.1	-2.0	0.3	-0.3

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2004	April	23,033	19,083	14,831	4,670	6,529	1,229	812	1,118	71,305
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	April	25,182	20,588	16,275	5,149	7,124	1,512	756	1,200	77,786
	May	25,210	20,349	16,704	5,217	7,506	1,532	789	1,206	78,513
	June	25,534	20,489	16,949	5,303	7,242	1,814	720	1,218	79,269
	July	25,208	19,732	17,157	5,027	7,628	1,573	685	1,207	78,217
	August	25,075	20,666	17,086	5,320	7,627	1,543	733	1,127	79,177
	September	25,624	20,921	17,234	5,421	8,421	1,782	812	1,209	81,424
	October	25,948	22,811	17,328	5,608	7,900	1,917	763	1,261	83,536
	November	25,616	21,445	17,017	5,269	8,015	1,685	708	1,237	80,992
	December	25,210	21,063	16,744	4,738	7,152	1,673	703	1,159	78,442
2005	January	27,185	22,340	18,021	5,604	8,359	1,851	740	1,328	85,428
	February	27,122	21,691	18,470	5,618	8,104	1,728	861	1,346	84,940
	March	26,153	21,028	17,479	5,381	7,693	1,761	784	1,359	81,638
	April	26,009	21,279	18,614	5,431	8,281	1,625	779	1,144	83,162
	May	25,341	21,412	18,326	5,428	8,020	1,661	791	1,220	82,199
	June	24,752	21,376	18,629	5,332	7,975	1,801	868	1,181	81,914
Trend
2004	April	25,409	20,359	16,643	5,173	7,259	1,521	757	1,198	78,319
	May	25,323	20,283	16,795	5,179	7,343	1,565	763	1,195	78,446
	June	25,287	20,321	16,930	5,216	7,481	1,612	763	1,195	78,805
	July	25,301	20,495	17,031	5,263	7,641	1,656	761	1,195	79,343
	August	25,336	20,785	17,086	5,302	7,786	1,696	755	1,194	79,940
	September	25,439	21,150	17,123	5,330	7,902	1,727	749	1,197	80,617
	October	25,631	21,498	17,162	5,352	7,968	1,749	745	1,212	81,317
	November	25,901	21,730	17,242	5,371	7,986	1,767	745	1,238	81,980
	December	26,198	21,789	17,400	5,390	7,984	1,769	749	1,266	82,545
2005	January	26,397	21,700	17,623	5,409	7,978	1,756	759	1,283	82,905
	February	26,408	21,551	17,873	5,428	7,993	1,733	774	1,284	83,044
	March	26,250	21,440	18,108	5,444	8,023	1,719	792	1,273	83,049
	April	25,964	21,372	18,303	5,445	8,042	1,713	807	1,251	82,897
	May	25,626	21,338	18,464	5,434	8,046	1,713	821	1,225	82,667
	June	25,279	21,301	18,587	5,417	8,057	1,712	832	1,202	82,387
(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.