MARCH KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	26 791	23 428	18 349	5 464	9 862	1 224	870	1 297	87 286
Seasonally Adjusted	27 482	24 241	18 601	5 796	10 044	1 292	900	1 337	89 694
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-	1.1	0.2	1.6	1.2	-0.7	-0.2	-0.8	0.6
Seasonally Adjusted	4.2	4.7	2.0	6.9	3.2	5.0	8.3	9.5	4.0
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	4.7	6.1	8.3	6.8	9.0	-13.5	8.5	0.4	6.1
Seasonally Adjusted	2.1	5.2	1.2	13.0	9.7	-9.7	6.3	1.2	4.0
- 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.

MARCH KEY POINTS


TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• The March 2012 trend estimate (87 286) has increased by 0.6% when compared with February 2012.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The March 2012 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (89 694) increased by 4.0% when compared with February 2012.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

• When comparing national trend estimates for March 2012 with February 2012, sales of Passenger and Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.1% and 1.9% respectively. Over the same period sales of Other vehicles decreased by 7 units.
• Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for March 2012 with February 2012, sales of Passenger, Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 3.3%, 7.5% and 1.4% respectively.

SALES BY STATE

• Five of the eight states and territories have experienced an increase in the trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales when comparing March 2012 with February 2012. South Australia recorded the largest percentage increase (1.6%), followed by the Western Australia (1.2%) and Victoria (1.1%). Sales in the Australian Capital Territory have decreased by 0.8% over the same period.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles increased in all eight states and territories when comparing March 2012 with February 2012. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage increase, with 9.5%, followed by the Northern Territory (8.3%) and South Australia (6.9%).

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
April 2012	15 May 2012
May 2012	18 June 2012
June 2012	17 July 2012
July 2012	14 August 2012
August 2012	17 September 2012
September 2012	15 October 2012

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for March 2012.


DATA NOTES

Recent flooding in Thailand may have had an impact on new vehicle sales in Australia due to associated delays in delivery of Thai manufactured vehicles and vehicle parts. Impacts from the flooding could continue to disrupt the supply of new motor vehicles to Australia from Thailand in coming months.


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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
2011
	January	47 977	19 006	17 436	84 419	-0.4	-1.8	1.3	-0.4
	February	47 381	18 604	17 493	83 477	-1.2	-2.1	0.3	-1.1
	March	46 640	18 288	17 361	82 289	-1.6	-1.7	-0.8	-1.4
	April	45 978	18 237	17 126	81 342	-1.4	-0.3	-1.4	-1.2
	May	45 652	18 495	16 952	81 099	-0.7	1.4	-1.0	-0.3
	June	45 788	19 087	16 981	81 855	0.3	3.2	0.2	0.9
	July	46 251	19 944	17 178	83 373	1.0	4.5	1.2	1.9
	August	46 813	20 932	17 371	85 116	1.2	5.0	1.1	2.1
	September	47 234	21 805	17 402	86 441	0.9	4.2	0.2	1.6
	October	47 355	22 398	17 207	86 960	0.3	2.7	-1.1	0.6
	November	47 179	22 737	16 840	86 756	-0.4	1.5	-2.1	-0.2
	December	46 940	23 024	16 478	86 442	-0.5	1.3	-2.2	-0.4
2012
	January	46 815	23 418	16 261	86 494	-0.3	1.7	-1.3	0.1
	February	46 782	23 829	16 181	86 792	-0.1	1.8	-0.5	0.3
	March	46 829	24 282	16 174	87 286	0.1	1.9	-	0.6
Seasonally Adjusted
2011
	January	47 837	18 489	17 363	83 690	-7.0	0.8	-1.3	-4.2
	February	47 308	19 536	17 618	84 461	-1.1	5.7	1.5	0.9
	March	47 002	21 145	18 081	86 228	-0.6	8.2	2.6	2.1
	April	47 009	19 017	17 202	83 229	-	-10.1	-4.9	-3.5
	May	43 591	16 910	16 503	77 004	-7.3	-11.1	-4.1	-7.5
	June	44 915	17 234	15 772	77 921	3.0	1.9	-4.4	1.2
	July	46 875	20 775	17 550	85 200	4.4	20.5	11.3	9.3
	August	47 588	22 875	17 587	88 050	1.5	10.1	0.2	3.3
	September	47 026	21 730	18 110	86 865	-1.2	-5.0	3.0	-1.3
	October	48 566	21 594	17 442	87 602	3.3	-0.6	-3.7	0.8
	November	46 647	23 087	17 309	87 043	-4.0	6.9	-0.8	-0.6
	December	46 494	22 778	15 234	84 506	-0.3	-1.3	-12.0	-2.9
2012
	January	46 714	23 618	15 656	85 989	0.5	3.7	2.8	1.8
	February	46 253	23 290	16 660	86 203	-1.0	-1.4	6.4	0.2
	March	47 763	25 032	16 899	89 694	3.3	7.5	1.4	4.0
Original
2011
	January	43 539	17 032	13 013	73 584	-14.7	-8.2	-23.4	-15.0
	February	45 455	18 916	16 525	80 896	4.4	11.1	27.0	9.9
	March	50 228	23 066	20 690	93 984	10.5	21.9	25.2	16.2
	April	41 565	17 054	15 595	74 214	-17.2	-26.1	-24.6	-21.0
	May	r42 577	17 121	17 703	r77 401	2.4	0.4	13.5	4.3
	June	54 322	21 518	20 317	96 157	27.6	25.7	14.8	24.2
	July	45 701	19 383	15 907	80 991	-15.9	-9.9	-21.7	-15.8
	August	48 423	22 111	17 548	88 082	6.0	14.1	10.3	8.8
	September	47 700	20 778	18 341	86 819	-1.5	-6.0	4.5	-1.4
	October	47 536	20 400	17 260	85 196	-0.3	-1.8	-5.9	-1.9
	November	46 712	24 182	17 760	88 654	-1.7	18.5	2.9	4.1
	December	45 764	22 367	14 328	82 459	-2.0	-7.5	-19.3	-7.0
2012
	January	42 555	22 123	12 105	76 783	-7.0	-1.1	-15.5	-6.9
	February	46 019	23 448	16 256	85 723	8.1	6.0	34.3	11.6
	March	51 161	27 363	19 092	97 616	11.2	16.7	17.4	13.9
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
r revised

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
2011
	January	26 101	23 069	16 928	5 351	9 285	1 551	807	1 326	84 419
	February	25 887	22 645	16 938	5 240	9 167	1 482	806	1 312	83 477
	March	25 588	22 085	16 946	5 116	9 045	1 414	802	1 293	82 289
	April	25 318	21 608	16 975	5 042	8 956	1 369	799	1 275	81 342
	May	25 219	21 412	17 066	5 057	8 917	1 359	802	1 266	81 099
	June	25 423	21 576	17 279	5 158	8 949	1 380	816	1 275	81 855
	July	25 905	22 007	17 593	5 291	9 031	1 413	833	1 300	83 373
	August	26 510	22 491	17 964	5 392	9 142	1 434	852	1 330	85 116
	September	27 002	22 817	18 300	5 410	9 259	1 430	868	1 354	86 441
	October	27 229	22 909	18 470	5 354	9 363	1 397	878	1 360	86 960
	November	27 167	22 843	18 447	5 281	9 444	1 345	878	1 350	86 756
	December	26 983	22 823	18 356	5 256	9 523	1 294	874	1 333	86 442
2012
	January	26 852	22 952	18 318	5 297	9 627	1 257	871	1 319	86 494
	February	26 781	23 162	18 318	5 377	9 741	1 233	872	1 308	86 792
	March	26 791	23 428	18 349	5 464	9 862	1 224	870	1 297	87 286
Seasonally Adjusted
2011
	January	26 350	23 240	15 769	5 394	9 102	1 541	948	1 346	83 690
	February	25 892	23 244	17 304	5 393	9 122	1 415	750	1 342	84 461
	March	26 917	23 040	18 385	5 132	9 157	1 431	847	1 321	86 228
	April	25 687	22 171	17 683	5 004	9 198	1 373	827	1 284	83 229
	May	24 490	19 542	16 206	4 666	8 802	1 322	800	1 176	77 004
	June	24 050	20 904	16 150	4 989	8 535	1 287	775	1 232	77 921
	July	26 282	22 690	17 954	5 649	9 014	1 429	814	1 368	85 200
	August	27 453	23 407	18 567	5 448	9 474	1 549	819	1 334	88 050
	September	26 752	22 939	18 392	5 699	9 346	1 437	948	1 353	86 865
	October	27 545	23 063	18 749	5 203	9 271	1 445	939	1 388	87 602
	November	27 832	22 637	18 427	5 194	9 505	1 262	831	1 354	87 043
	December	26 429	22 324	17 899	5 136	9 307	1 338	778	1 296	84 506
2012
	January	26 492	22 746	18 399	5 148	9 684	1 171	969	1 379	85 989
	February	26 374	23 144	18 241	5 424	9 737	1 230	831	1 221	86 203
	March	27 482	24 241	18 601	5 796	10 044	1 292	900	1 337	89 694
Original
2011
	January	23 560	20 323	13 300	4 792	8 289	1 309	772	1 239	73 584
	February	25 048	22 446	16 283	5 128	8 686	1 273	680	1 352	80 896
	March	29 750	24 808	20 395	5 360	9 718	1 520	995	1 438	93 984
	April	22 570	19 535	16 403	4 467	8 101	1 124	862	1 152	74 214
	May	24 470	r19 570	16 519	4 782	8 703	1 268	942	1 147	r77 401
	June	29 685	25 091	21 062	6 057	10 424	1 443	985	1 410	96 157
	July	24 893	21 743	17 341	5 255	8 433	1 196	800	1 330	80 991
	August	27 274	23 436	18 298	5 446	9 903	1 581	802	1 342	88 082
	September	26 661	22 845	18 040	5 853	9 731	1 494	881	1 314	86 819
	October	26 608	22 996	17 972	5 041	8 974	1 439	808	1 358	85 196
	November	28 966	23 049	18 038	5 304	9 650	1 435	799	1 413	88 654
	December	25 109	22 356	17 225	5 275	8 880	1 687	666	1 261	82 459
2012
	January	24 004	20 278	15 732	4 622	9 014	1 008	820	1 305	76 783
	February	26 391	23 270	17 839	5 344	9 673	1 148	776	1 282	85 723
	March	30 209	26 177	20 718	6 037	10 644	1 361	1 052	1 418	97 616
r revised
(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.