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MARCH KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	25 069	23 469	16 702	5 286	8 845	1 715	853	1 307	83 245
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	-4.6	2.2	-5.5	-2.5	-6.9	4.0	5.9	-0.5	-2.7
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	17.6	28.8	14.6	14.5	11.1	22.4	38.7	14.9	19.2
(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

• Following the Commonwealth 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 March 2010.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The March 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (83 245) decreased by 2.7% when compared to February 2010. The March 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for total new motor vehicle sales increased by 19.2% when compared to the March 2009 estimate.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - When comparing March 2010 with February 2010, Other vehicles decreased by 7.4% and Sports utility vehicles by 7.1%. Passenger vehicles increased by 0.7% over the same period. When comparing March 2010 to March 2009, sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 29.6%, Other vehicles by 8.0%, and Passenger vehicles by 19.9%.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of new motor vehicles decreased for five of the eight states or territories in seasonally adjusted terms for March 2010 compared to February 2010. Western Australia reported the largest percentage decrease of 6.9% followed by Queensland and New South Wales, with decreases of 5.5% and 4.6% respectively. The Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage increase by 5.9%, followed by Tasmania and Victoria, with increases of 4.0% and 2.2% respectively.
• All states and territories increased when comparing March 2010 to March 2009 with the Northern Territory showing the largest percentage increase of 38.7%.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle
		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
2009
	January	43 934	14 035	16 119	74 087	-1.6	-0.4	-3.3	-1.8
	February	43 338	14 051	15 636	73 025	-1.4	0.1	-3.0	-1.4
	March	43 023	14 160	15 278	72 460	-0.7	0.8	-2.3	-0.8
	April	43 099	14 326	15 065	72 490	0.2	1.2	-1.4	-
	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
	August	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	September	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	October	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	November	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	December	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
2010
	January	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	February	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	March	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	January	45 096	14 467	15 961	75 524	-0.9	0.9	-6.2	-1.8
	February	43 503	14 200	15 286	72 988	-3.5	-1.8	-4.2	-3.4
	March	41 110	13 434	15 300	69 844	-5.5	-5.4	0.1	-4.3
	April	42 704	14 246	14 915	71 866	3.9	6.0	-2.5	2.9
	May	44 001	15 326	17 103	76 431	3.0	7.6	14.7	6.4
	June	45 056	16 341	19 977	81 374	2.4	6.6	16.8	6.5
	July	45 305	15 102	14 661	75 068	0.6	-7.6	-26.6	-7.7
	August	45 733	14 896	14 904	75 533	0.9	-1.4	1.7	0.6
	September	46 580	15 309	16 682	78 570	1.9	2.8	11.9	4.0
	October	47 281	16 429	18 656	82 365	1.5	7.3	11.8	4.8
	November	47 744	18 875	20 514	87 133	1.0	14.9	10.0	5.8
	December	46 947	19 677	23 526	90 150	-1.7	4.2	14.7	3.5
2010
	January	48 957	18 731	19 561	87 249	4.3	-4.8	-16.9	-3.2
	February	48 989	18 754	17 841	85 584	0.1	0.1	-8.8	-1.9
	March	49 311	17 416	16 518	83 245	0.7	-7.1	-7.4	-2.7
Original
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
	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
- 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
	January	22 622	19 432	15 563	4 730	8 368	1 392	753	1 228	74 087
	February	22 367	19 120	15 355	4 641	8 195	1 391	730	1 225	73 025
	March	22 245	18 944	15 251	4 599	8 091	1 397	715	1 217	72 460
	April	22 301	18 942	15 278	4 608	8 040	1 401	715	1 207	72 490
	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
	August	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	September	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	October	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	November	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	December	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
2010
	January	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	February	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	March	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	January	23 315	19 942	15 661	4 778	8 411	1 409	746	1 260	75 524
	February	22 384	19 088	15 427	4 455	8 256	1 377	761	1 240	72 988
	March	21 310	18 228	14 577	4 615	7 961	1 401	615	1 138	69 844
	April	22 303	18 472	15 236	4 558	7 941	1 389	723	1 243	71 866
	May	23 469	20 296	16 044	4 932	8 288	1 443	750	1 208	76 431
	June	24 713	21 468	17 388	5 179	8 949	1 553	741	1 383	81 374
	July	23 236	19 925	15 889	4 850	7 873	1 295	795	1 206	75 068
	August	23 690	19 380	16 144	4 890	7 997	1 448	772	1 212	75 533
	September	24 391	20 676	16 897	5 212	8 024	1 379	762	1 230	78 570
	October	25 072	21 929	17 580	5 580	8 597	1 524	763	1 319	82 365
	November	26 604	23 631	18 589	5 758	8 844	1 491	885	1 330	87 133
	December	28 124	23 180	19 672	6 003	9 225	1 828	809	1 310	90 150
2010
	January	26 123	23 344	18 340	5 912	9 549	1 746	917	1 318	87 249
	February	26 270	22 962	17 668	5 420	9 497	1 649	806	1 313	85 584
	March	25 069	23 469	16 702	5 286	8 845	1 715	853	1 307	83 245
Original
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
	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
(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.