9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, May 2010

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ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 21/06/2010

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MAY 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	26 379	24 063	17 941	5 585	10 627	1 600	878	1 412	88 484
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	-2.0	-6.1	0.1	-1.0	-6.5	-3.3	2.3	3.3	-3.2
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	12.7	19.0	12.6	13.9	29.8	11.0	19.3	17.9	16.4

(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.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term
Graph: New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles—Short term

MAY KEY POINTS

SUSPENSION OF TREND ESTIMATES

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 May 2010.

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
Seasonally Adjusted - The May 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (88 484) decreased by 3.2% when compared to April 2010. The May 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for total new motor vehicle sales increased by 16.4% when compared to the May 2009 estimate.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
When comparing May 2010 with April 2010 Sports utility vehicles and Passenger vehicles decreased by 6.7% and 3.8% respectively. Other vehicles increased by 3.1%.
When comparing May 2010 to May 2009, sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 27.0%, Passenger vehicles by 17.9% and Other vehicles by 3.0%.

SALES BY STATE

Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles decreased in five of the eight states or territories for May 2010 compared to April 2010. Western Australia recorded the largest percentage decrease of 6.5%, followed by Victoria and Tasmania, with decreases of 6.1% and 3.3% respectively. New motor vehicle sales increased for Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory by 3.3% and 2.3% respectively over the same period.
All states and territories increased when comparing May 2010 to May 2009 with Western Australia and the Northern Territory recording the largest percentage increases of 29.8% and 19.3% respectively.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
June 2010	15 July 2010
July 2010	16 August 2010
August 2010	15 September 2010
September 2010	18 October 2010
October 2010	15 November 2010
November 2010	15 December 2010

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for May 2010.

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term
Graph: New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles—Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term
Graph: 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
	March	42 983	14 158	15 271	72 412	-1.0	0.4	-2.6	-1.0
	April	42 972	14 277	15 005	72 254	-	0.8	-1.7	-0.2
	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
	April	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted

2009
	March	41 283	13 580	15 299	70 163	-5.7	-4.9	-1.0	-4.5
	April	41 998	14 053	14 746	70 797	1.7	3.5	-3.6	0.9
	May	43 928	15 171	16 922	76 022	4.6	8.0	14.8	7.4
	June	44 900	16 247	19 890	81 036	2.2	7.1	17.5	6.6
	July	45 233	15 061	14 628	74 922	0.7	-7.3	-26.5	-7.5
	August	45 833	14 851	14 860	75 545	1.3	-1.4	1.6	0.8
	September	46 543	15 363	16 722	78 627	1.5	3.4	12.5	4.1
	October	47 285	16 405	18 705	82 395	1.6	6.8	11.9	4.8
	November	47 892	18 920	20 574	87 385	1.3	15.3	10.0	6.1
	December	47 073	19 763	23 741	90 577	-1.7	4.5	15.4	3.7
2010
	January	49 181	18 953	19 794	87 928	4.5	-4.1	-16.6	-2.9
	February	49 341	18 899	18 061	86 302	0.3	-0.3	-8.8	-1.8
	March	49 629	17 734	16 487	83 851	0.6	-6.2	-8.7	-2.8
	April	53 836	20 634	16 904	91 374	8.5	16.4	2.5	9.0
	May	51 790	19 260	17 435	88 484	-3.8	-6.7	3.1	-3.2
Original

2009
	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
	April	47 156	18 067	16 178	81 401	-12.2	-16.5	-16.5	-14.1
	May	50 450	20 065	18 703	89 218	7.0	11.1	15.6	9.6

- 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
	March	22 231	18 937	15 243	4 588	8 087	1 395	714	1 217	72 412
	April	22 251	18 898	15 223	4 584	7 983	1 398	712	1 205	72 254
	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
	April	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted

2009
	March	21 451	18 233	14 641	4 606	8 070	1 398	615	1 150	70 163
	April	22 048	18 283	14 958	4 478	7 702	1 379	723	1 225	70 797
	May	23 397	20 225	15 933	4 902	8 189	1 442	735	1 198	76 022
	June	24 618	21 421	17 317	5 167	8 835	1 551	745	1 382	81 036
	July	23 227	19 854	15 882	4 842	7 833	1 290	790	1 204	74 922
	August	23 666	19 423	16 159	4 889	7 947	1 474	777	1 210	75 545
	September	24 471	20 652	16 896	5 235	8 011	1 372	759	1 233	78 627
	October	25 033	21 992	17 588	5 578	8 597	1 524	771	1 312	82 395
	November	26 627	23 651	18 630	5 770	8 990	1 499	890	1 329	87 385
	December	28 184	23 280	19 746	6 051	9 366	1 823	813	1 313	90 577
2010
	January	26 246	23 505	18 488	5 989	9 709	1 745	921	1 325	87 928
	February	26 423	23 134	17 867	5 469	9 623	1 652	804	1 328	86 302
	March	25 383	23 414	16 858	5 315	8 995	1 713	844	1 329	83 851
	April	26 925	25 634	17 927	5 639	11 370	1 654	858	1 367	91 374
	May	26 379	24 063	17 941	5 585	10 627	1 600	878	1 412	88 484
Original

2009
	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
	April	23 616	22 660	16 326	4 944	10 331	1 406	872	1 246	81 401
	May	26 531	23 994	18 370	5 798	10 604	1 527	997	1 397	89 218

(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.