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	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	30 455	25 947	19 339	5 882	9 081	1 614	935	1 481	94 735
Seasonally Adjusted	30 622	26 089	20 415	5 813	9 183	1 599	922	1 514	96 158
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.7	-0.2	2.1	0.6	1.1	0.4
Seasonally Adjusted	0.1	1.3	3.3	-5.9	-0.3	-3.6	-8.2	1.8	0.5
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	3.6	4.6	2.7	0.9	-7.9	7.6	0.7	2.7	2.3
Seasonally Adjusted	5.8	4.2	10.2	-2.6	-6.7	7.9	4.1	7.8	4.4
(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 2015 trend estimate (94 735) has increased by 0.4% when compared with February 2015.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: The March 2015 seasonally adjusted estimate (96 158) has increased by 0.5% when compared with February 2015.

• Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for March 2015 with February 2015, all vehicle categories recorded an increase in sales. Sports utility vehicles recorded the largest increase (0.7%) while sales for Passenger and Other vehicles increased by 0.3% and 0.2% respectively.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for March 2015 with February 2015 sales of Passenger and Other vehicles increased by 4.5% and 1.8% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles decreased by 5.4%.

• Trend estimates: Seven of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing March 2015 with February 2015. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage increase (2.1%), followed by the Australian Capital Territory (1.1%) and Queensland (1.0%). Over the same period, Western Australia was the only jurisdiction to record a decrease in sales (0.2%). New South Wales and Victoria had a record month for new motor vehicle sales.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: Four of the states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing March 2015 with February 2015. Queensland recorded the largest percentage increase (3.3%) followed by the Australian Capital Territory (1.8%) and Victoria (1.3%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory recorded the largest decrease in sales (8.2%).

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

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term-graph_update

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term-graph_update

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
2014
	January	46 436	28 004	19 048	93 488	-1.1	0.3	-0.5	-0.5
	February	45 843	28 169	18 934	92 946	-1.3	0.6	-0.6	-0.6
	March	45 279	28 412	18 885	92 575	-1.2	0.9	-0.3	-0.4
	April	44 814	28 713	18 930	92 457	-1.0	1.1	0.2	-0.1
	May	44 508	29 078	19 040	92 626	-0.7	1.3	0.6	0.2
	June	44 324	29 451	19 133	92 908	-0.4	1.3	0.5	0.3
	July	44 136	29 768	19 163	93 067	-0.4	1.1	0.2	0.2
	August	43 894	29 961	19 142	92 997	-0.5	0.6	-0.1	-0.1
	September	43 600	30 127	19 116	92 843	-0.7	0.6	-0.1	-0.2
	October	43 326	30 343	19 126	92 796	-0.6	0.7	0.1	-0.1
	November	43 165	30 598	19 211	92 974	-0.4	0.8	0.4	0.2
	December	43 136	30 896	19 339	93 371	-0.1	1.0	0.7	0.4
2015
	January	43 209	31 215	19 426	93 850	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.5
	February	43 342	31 531	19 478	94 351	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.5
	March	43 487	31 736	19 512	94 735	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	January	46 099	27 919	18 943	92 961	-2.7	-2.9	-3.5	-2.9
	February	46 294	26 788	18 884	91 966	0.4	-4.0	-0.3	-1.1
	March	44 453	29 026	18 621	92 100	-4.0	8.4	-1.4	0.1
	April	45 078	28 762	18 309	92 149	1.4	-0.9	-1.7	0.1
	May	44 103	29 298	19 112	92 513	-2.2	1.9	4.4	0.4
	June	44 528	29 396	20 540	94 464	1.0	0.3	7.5	2.1
	July	44 503	30 094	18 534	93 131	-0.1	2.4	-9.8	-1.4
	August	43 701	29 171	18 875	91 747	-1.8	-3.1	1.8	-1.5
	September	43 812	31 159	19 132	94 103	0.3	6.8	1.4	2.6
	October	43 411	30 093	19 160	92 665	-0.9	-3.4	0.2	-1.5
	November	42 974	30 582	18 791	92 348	-1.0	1.6	-1.9	-0.3
	December	44 159	30 754	20 023	94 936	2.8	0.6	6.6	2.8
2015
	January	43 636	30 225	19 294	93 155	-1.2	-1.7	-3.6	-1.9
	February	43 246	33 152	19 249	95 647	-0.9	9.7	-0.2	2.7
	March	45 194	31 361	19 603	96 158	4.5	-5.4	1.8	0.5
Original
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
	April	39 027	25 350	16 333	80 710	-17.1	-17.6	-15.9	-17.0
	May	43 819	30 730	20 013	94 562	12.3	21.2	22.5	17.2
	June	53 844	36 846	27 619	118 309	22.9	19.9	38.0	25.1
	July	43 464	28 805	17 598	89 867	-19.3	-21.8	-36.3	-24.0
	August	42 658	27 543	17 956	88 157	-1.9	-4.4	2.0	-1.9
	September	45 194	30 027	19 757	94 978	5.9	9.0	10.0	7.7
	October	43 126	28 835	19 275	91 236	-4.6	-4.0	-2.4	-3.9
	November	43 063	31 032	18 137	92 232	-0.1	7.6	-5.9	1.1
	December	45 051	30 666	21 092	96 809	4.6	-1.2	16.3	5.0
2015
	January	39 799	27 679	14 638	82 116	-11.7	-9.7	-30.6	-15.2
	February	40 775	32 039	17 610	90 424	2.5	15.8	20.3	10.1
	March	48 185	35 503	21 366	105 054	18.2	10.8	21.3	16.2
- 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
2014
	January	29 562	25 140	19 075	5 858	9 867	1 576	911	1 499	93 488
	February	29 476	24 882	18 966	5 840	9 853	1 539	919	1 470	92 946
	March	29 388	24 803	18 823	5 827	9 864	1 500	928	1 442	92 575
	April	29 336	24 908	18 672	5 826	9 885	1 472	933	1 425	92 457
	May	29 402	25 121	18 561	5 836	9 894	1 452	933	1 426	92 626
	June	29 573	25 328	18 481	5 852	9 869	1 440	925	1 440	92 908
	July	29 775	25 447	18 398	5 858	9 793	1 428	913	1 454	93 067
	August	29 936	25 498	18 290	5 838	9 659	1 416	901	1 458	92 997
	September	30 039	25 528	18 214	5 803	9 500	1 415	894	1 449	92 843
	October	30 112	25 567	18 240	5 769	9 347	1 430	895	1 437	92 796
	November	30 177	25 637	18 384	5 752	9 231	1 461	902	1 430	92 974
	December	30 245	25 738	18 615	5 767	9 160	1 500	911	1 435	93 371
2015
	January	30 317	25 825	18 879	5 801	9 118	1 542	920	1 448	93 850
	February	30 397	25 898	19 139	5 841	9 100	1 582	929	1 465	94 351
	March	30 455	25 947	19 339	5 882	9 081	1 614	935	1 481	94 735
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	January	29 871	24 553	19 189	5 781	9 604	1 529	894	1 539	92 961
	February	29 134	24 408	18 894	5 810	9 868	1 492	905	1 455	91 966
	March	28 951	25 043	18 525	5 970	9 838	1 482	886	1 405	92 100
	April	29 347	24 432	18 835	5 732	9 854	1 505	1 050	1 394	92 149
	May	29 438	25 344	18 414	5 706	9 906	1 449	851	1 405	92 513
	June	29 875	25 805	18 745	6 016	10 073	1 511	978	1 462	94 464
	July	29 676	25 593	18 351	5 813	9 836	1 457	911	1 493	93 131
	August	29 651	25 215	17 974	5 845	9 360	1 389	861	1 452	91 747
	September	30 220	25 433	18 849	5 882	9 744	1 603	898	1 473	94 103
	October	30 467	25 334	17 986	5 751	9 374	1 434	903	1 416	92 665
	November	29 888	25 901	17 931	5 772	9 111	1 418	897	1 430	92 348
	December	30 360	25 931	20 271	5 565	9 057	1 411	949	1 393	94 936
2015
	January	29 962	25 647	18 921	5 706	9 044	1 599	832	1 443	93 155
	February	30 589	25 756	19 763	6 176	9 213	1 659	1 004	1 487	95 647
	March	30 622	26 089	20 415	5 813	9 183	1 599	922	1 514	96 158
Original
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
	April	25 625	21 108	17 041	4 897	8 604	1 182	1 070	1 183	80 710
	May	29 788	26 042	19 252	5 764	9 920	1 409	978	1 409	94 562
	June	37 575	31 327	24 643	7 531	12 440	1 743	1 258	1 792	118 309
	July	28 587	24 756	17 767	5 514	9 556	1 302	913	1 472	89 867
	August	28 404	24 184	17 169	5 618	9 137	1 418	807	1 420	88 157
	September	30 388	25 670	18 890	6 099	9 882	1 734	904	1 411	94 978
	October	29 839	25 559	16 990	5 628	9 534	1 488	826	1 372	91 236
	November	30 419	26 282	16 814	5 888	8 876	1 650	841	1 462	92 232
	December	30 257	26 783	20 853	5 830	9 143	1 645	894	1 404	96 809
2015
	January	26 796	22 211	16 570	5 039	8 101	1 364	662	1 373	82 116
	February	28 975	24 742	18 212	5 915	8 851	1 409	877	1 443	90 424
	March	33 773	28 536	22 499	6 173	9 823	1 560	1 064	1 626	105 054
(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.