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	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	29 469	24 673	19 029	5 859	9 778	1 512	889	1 491	92 699
Seasonally Adjusted	29 026	24 898	18 650	5 990	9 804	1 491	877	1 434	92 168
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-0.3	-1.0	-0.2	0.3	-0.3	-2.6	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.8	1.6	-2.0	2.7	-1.2	-2.7	-3.0	-2.1	-0.3
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	1.7	-2.5	-3.7	-1.3	-10.6	-5.8	-6.6	-0.7	-2.4
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.5	2.1	-8.1	4.3	-11.4	-11.3	-9.9	-6.6	-2.8
(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.

MARCH KEY POINTS


TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• Trend estimates: The March 2014 trend estimate (92 699) has decreased by 0.5% when compared with February 2014.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: The March 2014 seasonally adjusted estimate (92 168) has decreased by 0.3% when compared with February 2014.

• Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for March 2014 with February 2014, sales of Other and Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.9% and 0.8% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.2%.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for March 2014 with February 2014, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 3.2% and 0.9% respectively. Over the same period, sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 4.9%.

• Trend estimates: Seven of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing March 2014 with February 2014. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease (2.6%), followed by Victoria (1.0%) and the Australian Capital Territory (0.7%). Over the same period, South Australia was the only jurisdiction to record an increase of 0.3%.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: Six of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing March 2014 with February 2014. The Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease (3.0%) followed by Tasmania (2.7%) and the Australian Capital Territory (2.1%).

Footnote(s): Break in time series for trend between June and July 2000. See paragraph 13 of the Expanatory Notes.

Source(s): Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia

Source(s): Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia

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
2013
	January	48 135	27 066	20 476	95 677	-1.2	1.0	-0.6	-0.5
	February	47 573	27 337	20 337	95 248	-1.2	1.0	-0.7	-0.4
	March	47 281	27 564	20 137	94 983	-0.6	0.8	-1.0	-0.3
	April	47 279	27 692	19 883	94 854	-	0.5	-1.3	-0.1
	May	47 418	27 696	19 615	94 729	0.3	-	-1.4	-0.1
	June	47 563	27 645	19 363	94 571	0.3	-0.2	-1.3	-0.2
	July	47 595	27 669	19 202	94 466	0.1	0.1	-0.8	-0.1
	August	47 516	27 754	19 153	94 423	-0.2	0.3	-0.3	-
	September	47 444	27 823	19 166	94 434	-0.2	0.2	0.1	-
	October	47 330	27 866	19 191	94 387	-0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1
	November	47 104	27 913	19 251	94 268	-0.5	0.2	0.3	-0.1
	December	46 803	27 959	19 296	94 058	-0.6	0.2	0.2	-0.2
2014
	January	46 434	27 992	19 240	93 666	-0.8	0.1	-0.3	-0.4
	February	46 030	28 014	19 119	93 163	-0.9	0.1	-0.6	-0.5
	March	45 682	28 077	18 940	92 699	-0.8	0.2	-0.9	-0.5
Seasonally Adjusted
2013
	January	46 314	28 295	21 070	95 679	-7.7	6.9	5.1	-1.1
	February	45 931	28 178	21 793	95 902	-0.8	-0.4	3.4	0.2
	March	48 237	27 064	19 541	94 842	5.0	-4.0	-10.3	-1.1
	April	47 465	27 434	18 714	93 613	-1.6	1.4	-4.2	-1.3
	May	46 996	27 559	19 462	94 016	-1.0	0.5	4.0	0.4
	June	48 383	28 019	20 648	97 050	3.0	1.7	6.1	3.2
	July	47 027	27 376	19 285	93 688	-2.8	-2.3	-6.6	-3.5
	August	47 842	28 222	18 431	94 495	1.7	3.1	-4.4	0.9
	September	47 141	27 622	19 092	93 856	-1.5	-2.1	3.6	-0.7
	October	47 206	27 105	18 845	93 156	0.1	-1.9	-1.3	-0.7
	November	47 379	28 356	19 361	95 095	0.4	4.6	2.7	2.1
	December	47 210	28 835	20 319	96 364	-0.4	1.7	4.9	1.3
2014
	January	46 111	27 496	18 984	92 591	-2.3	-4.6	-6.6	-3.9
	February	46 369	27 283	18 807	92 459	0.6	-0.8	-0.9	-0.1
	March	44 903	28 622	18 643	92 168	-3.2	4.9	-0.9	-0.3
Original
2013
	January	41 957	26 623	16 850	85 430	-17.1	4.2	-12.5	-10.5
	February	43 338	26 834	20 046	90 218	3.3	0.8	19.0	5.6
	March	48 664	29 148	19 588	97 400	12.3	8.6	-2.3	8.0
	April	42 844	24 384	17 889	85 117	-12.0	-16.3	-8.7	-12.6
	May	46 774	29 152	20 862	96 788	9.2	19.6	16.6	13.7
	June	57 636	34 398	26 724	118 758	23.2	18.0	28.1	22.7
	July	46 318	25 568	18 349	90 235	-19.6	-25.7	-31.3	-24.0
	August	48 060	27 515	17 761	93 336	3.8	7.6	-3.2	3.4
	September	47 149	26 199	19 314	92 662	-1.9	-4.8	8.7	-0.7
	October	46 939	26 258	19 406	92 603	-0.4	0.2	0.5	-0.1
	November	49 089	28 889	18 946	96 924	4.6	10.0	-2.4	4.7
	December	47 686	28 543	20 527	96 756	-2.9	-1.2	8.3	-0.2
2014
	January	41 626	25 868	14 791	82 285	-12.7	-9.4	-27.9	-15.0
	February	43 651	25 867	17 300	86 818	4.9	-	17.0	5.5
	March	47 079	30 778	19 410	97 267	7.9	19.0	12.2	12.0
- 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
2013
	January	28 994	25 293	20 129	6 015	11 205	1 557	966	1 517	95 677
	February	28 925	25 268	19 936	5 990	11 086	1 579	955	1 509	95 248
	March	28 974	25 318	19 755	5 937	10 939	1 605	952	1 502	94 983
	April	29 101	25 404	19 619	5 872	10 777	1 631	955	1 494	94 854
	May	29 228	25 465	19 516	5 812	10 618	1 643	962	1 483	94 729
	June	29 311	25 528	19 411	5 780	10 464	1 641	967	1 470	94 571
	July	29 358	25 645	19 289	5 786	10 331	1 631	967	1 460	94 466
	August	29 386	25 780	19 182	5 811	10 218	1 626	963	1 457	94 423
	September	29 454	25 859	19 124	5 830	10 118	1 627	955	1 467	94 434
	October	29 536	25 839	19 098	5 834	10 026	1 627	942	1 484	94 387
	November	29 614	25 722	19 099	5 833	9 951	1 621	928	1 501	94 268
	December	29 669	25 500	19 129	5 830	9 898	1 607	915	1 512	94 058
2014
	January	29 648	25 215	19 123	5 833	9 851	1 581	904	1 511	93 666
	February	29 557	24 927	19 075	5 843	9 812	1 552	895	1 501	93 163
	March	29 469	24 673	19 029	5 859	9 778	1 512	889	1 491	92 699
Seasonally Adjusted
2013
	January	28 518	25 780	19 707	6 442	11 128	1 693	911	1 501	95 679
	February	28 986	25 541	20 080	5 967	11 254	1 580	989	1 505	95 902
	March	29 168	24 374	20 302	5 743	11 067	1 680	974	1 535	94 842
	April	28 727	25 644	18 930	5 903	10 502	1 552	918	1 437	93 613
	May	28 918	25 543	19 176	5 734	10 515	1 666	974	1 491	94 016
	June	30 219	25 952	20 172	5 826	10 684	1 745	927	1 525	97 050
	July	28 980	25 431	19 073	5 740	10 372	1 644	1 017	1 432	93 688
	August	29 731	25 578	19 400	5 814	10 073	1 419	997	1 483	94 495
	September	29 169	25 679	18 999	5 865	10 111	1 717	912	1 404	93 856
	October	28 932	25 579	18 732	5 775	10 122	1 639	931	1 447	93 156
	November	29 698	26 651	18 867	6 010	9 745	1 649	933	1 541	95 095
	December	30 458	26 048	19 690	5 783	10 248	1 636	941	1 561	96 364
2014
	January	29 780	24 355	19 289	5 678	9 504	1 557	879	1 548	92 591
	February	29 272	24 502	19 027	5 835	9 922	1 532	904	1 464	92 459
	March	29 026	24 898	18 650	5 990	9 804	1 491	877	1 434	92 168
Original
2013
	January	26 194	22 583	16 946	5 918	10 198	1 403	748	1 440	85 430
	February	27 427	24 415	18 369	5 696	10 679	1 309	867	1 456	90 218
	March	29 928	25 360	21 135	5 680	11 145	1 564	1 075	1 513	97 400
	April	25 982	23 023	17 666	5 381	9 497	1 273	971	1 324	85 117
	May	29 707	26 226	20 221	5 761	10 610	1 597	1 132	1 534	96 788
	June	37 194	30 647	26 245	6 999	12 782	1 917	1 162	1 812	118 758
	July	27 789	24 584	18 618	5 485	9 848	1 466	1 049	1 396	90 235
	August	29 223	25 210	19 101	5 730	10 177	1 491	967	1 437	93 336
	September	28 702	25 430	18 498	5 847	10 153	1 835	852	1 345	92 662
	October	28 519	25 961	18 057	5 732	10 305	1 737	853	1 439	92 603
	November	30 496	27 547	18 381	6 216	9 815	1 984	904	1 581	96 924
	December	29 966	26 316	19 718	6 039	10 287	2 009	835	1 586	96 756
2014
	January	27 080	21 289	16 660	5 082	8 707	1 280	713	1 474	82 285
	February	27 585	23 411	17 367	5 567	9 427	1 263	791	1 407	86 818
	March	30 656	26 311	20 073	6 184	10 117	1 457	998	1 471	97 267
(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.