MAY KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	33 474	27 830	19 231	5 994	8 006	1 570	905	1 523	98 534
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	33 899	28 422	19 732	6 144	8 181	1 614	938	1 546	100 476
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	-0.7	0.6
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	1.3	2.8	5.0	3.6	4.1	3.9	4.0	1.6	2.9
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	1.1	3.6	-0.7	1.1	-4.9	-0.1	-1.6	-2.7	0.8
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	4.3	8.7	3.7	2.2	1.9	2.3	3.0	-1.6	4.9
(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.

MAY TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The May 2017 trend estimate (98,534) increased by 0.6% when compared with April 2017.
• When comparing national trend estimates for May 2017 with April 2017, sales for Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles increased by 0.7% and 1.5% respectively. There was no movement in sales for Passenger vehicles.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (1.3%).
• The only downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Australian Capital Territory (-0.7%), continuing a downward trend that began in January 2017.

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle by month
		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
2016
	March	40 936	36 146	21 021	98 104	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	-0.2
	April	40 871	36 057	20 954	97 883	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2
	May	40 752	36 123	20 856	97 731	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	-0.2
	June	40 557	36 446	20 758	97 761	-0.5	0.9	-0.5	-
	July	40 279	36 904	20 722	97 905	-0.7	1.3	-0.2	0.1
	August	40 015	37 324	20 774	98 113	-0.7	1.1	0.3	0.2
	September	39 849	37 516	20 808	98 173	-0.4	0.5	0.2	0.1
	October	39 692	37 476	20 787	97 955	-0.4	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
	November	39 443	37 267	20 756	97 466	-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	-0.5
	December	39 128	37 050	20 834	97 013	-0.8	-0.6	0.4	-0.5
2017
	January	38 793	36 976	21 063	96 832	-0.9	-0.2	1.1	-0.2
	February	38 465	37 090	21 406	96 961	-0.8	0.3	1.6	0.1
	March	38 252	37 310	21 801	97 363	-0.6	0.6	1.8	0.4
	April	38 173	37 548	22 206	97 927	-0.2	0.6	1.9	0.6
	May	38 182	37 822	22 530	98 534	-	0.7	1.5	0.6
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	March	42 172	36 236	21 662	100 069	2.3	-1.0	2.1	1.1
	April	41 109	35 678	20 465	97 252	-2.5	-1.5	-5.5	-2.8
	May	39 477	35 826	20 505	95 809	-4.0	0.4	0.2	-1.5
	June	42 269	36 029	20 521	98 819	7.1	0.6	0.1	3.1
	July	40 089	36 775	21 121	97 985	-5.2	2.1	2.9	-0.8
	August	39 362	37 361	20 771	97 493	-1.8	1.6	-1.7	-0.5
	September	40 205	38 695	21 097	99 997	2.1	3.6	1.6	2.6
	October	39 298	38 072	20 215	97 585	-2.3	-1.6	-4.2	-2.4
	November	38 970	36 664	21 086	96 720	-0.8	-3.7	4.3	-0.9
	December	40 408	35 561	21 237	97 206	3.7	-3.0	0.7	0.5
2017
	January	39 330	37 959	20 500	97 788	-2.7	6.7	-3.5	0.6
	February	37 661	36 757	20 783	95 201	-4.2	-3.2	1.4	-2.6
	March	37 173	37 829	22 086	97 088	-1.3	2.9	6.3	2.0
	April	38 039	36 862	22 779	97 681	2.3	-2.6	3.1	0.6
	May	39 480	38 357	22 639	100 476	3.8	4.1	-0.6	2.9
Original
2016
	March	43 652	38 437	22 423	104 512	10.3	4.3	12.0	8.4
	April	36 671	31 783	19 117	87 571	-16.0	-17.3	-14.7	-16.2
	May	38 222	36 230	22 220	96 672	4.2	14.0	16.2	10.4
	June	53 832	46 011	28 726	128 569	40.8	27.0	29.3	33.0
	July	38 033	33 817	19 481	91 331	-29.3	-26.5	-32.2	-29.0
	August	38 945	36 396	19 568	94 909	2.4	7.6	0.4	3.9
	September	42 076	39 497	21 123	102 696	8.0	8.5	7.9	8.2
	October	37 817	36 442	19 098	93 357	-10.1	-7.7	-9.6	-9.1
	November	39 852	37 536	21 549	98 937	5.4	3.0	12.8	6.0
	December	42 385	34 936	21 442	98 763	6.4	-6.9	-0.5	-0.2
2017
	January	34 920	34 127	15 863	84 910	-17.6	-2.3	-26.0	-14.0
	February	34 740	35 497	18 788	89 025	-0.5	4.0	18.4	4.8
	March	38 972	41 484	24 954	105 410	12.2	16.9	32.8	18.4
	April	32 147	31 368	19 620	83 135	-17.5	-24.4	-21.4	-21.1
	May	38 842	39 629	24 430	102 901	20.8	26.3	24.5	23.8
- 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.
Trend
2016
	March	33 269	26 763	19 483	5 977	8 595	1 561	909	1 546	98 104
	April	33 227	26 776	19 407	5 947	8 485	1 558	918	1 564	97 883
	May	33 106	26 862	19 359	5 929	8 417	1 572	920	1 566	97 731
	June	32 987	27 076	19 319	5 924	8 382	1 608	915	1 551	97 761
	July	32 933	27 313	19 276	5 938	8 353	1 657	905	1 531	97 905
	August	32 983	27 529	19 216	5 964	8 303	1 703	892	1 522	98 113
	September	33 065	27 671	19 103	5 978	8 214	1 734	880	1 528	98 173
	October	33 073	27 688	18 978	5 970	8 097	1 739	866	1 544	97 955
	November	32 973	27 585	18 864	5 943	7 973	1 712	855	1 560	97 466
	December	32 862	27 449	18 820	5 912	7 886	1 665	851	1 568	97 013
2017
	January	32 824	27 375	18 838	5 893	7 865	1 618	855	1 564	96 832
	February	32 890	27 395	18 890	5 900	7 880	1 588	865	1 553	96 961
	March	33 044	27 500	18 986	5 926	7 912	1 574	879	1 541	97 363
	April	33 243	27 651	19 114	5 968	7 956	1 569	893	1 533	97 927
	May	33 474	27 830	19 231	5 994	8 006	1 570	905	1 523	98 534
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	March	34 259	26 693	20 371	5 984	8 647	1 586	931	1 597	100 069
	April	33 066	26 898	18 902	5 786	8 506	1 601	891	1 601	97 252
	May	32 517	26 158	19 034	6 013	8 027	1 577	911	1 571	95 809
	June	32 864	27 457	20 011	5 925	8 337	1 554	933	1 738	98 819
	July	32 879	27 133	19 473	5 800	8 720	1 578	876	1 527	97 985
	August	32 779	27 562	18 807	6 017	8 258	1 706	911	1 454	97 493
	September	33 754	28 049	19 258	6 220	8 351	1 872	925	1 568	99 997
	October	33 268	27 796	18 730	5 707	8 006	1 762	816	1 499	97 585
	November	32 105	27 687	19 082	6 006	7 749	1 684	853	1 554	96 720
	December	33 589	26 390	18 981	6 031	8 039	1 656	847	1 674	97 206
2017
	January	32 776	28 795	18 503	5 890	7 833	1 588	859	1 545	97 788
	February	32 348	26 496	18 878	5 678	7 832	1 562	890	1 517	95 201
	March	32 869	27 269	19 083	6 000	7 919	1 585	829	1 534	97 088
	April	33 455	27 655	18 800	5 932	7 860	1 554	902	1 522	97 681
	May	33 899	28 422	19 732	6 144	8 181	1 614	938	1 546	100 476
Original
2016
	March	35 963	27 716	21 470	6 087	9 054	1 515	1 023	1 684	104 512
	April	29 391	23 963	17 753	5 174	7 601	1 313	969	1 407	87 571
	May	32 867	26 125	19 565	5 949	7 935	1 503	1 180	1 548	96 672
	June	43 449	34 262	27 270	7 613	10 749	1 853	1 240	2 133	128 569
	July	30 219	25 517	18 445	5 210	8 234	1 389	831	1 486	91 331
	August	31 788	27 096	18 062	5 785	8 144	1 743	881	1 410	94 909
	September	34 424	28 766	19 702	6 551	8 668	2 074	880	1 631	102 696
	October	31 850	27 546	16 870	5 450	7 580	1 937	713	1 411	93 357
	November	32 955	28 991	18 733	6 259	7 657	1 903	808	1 631	98 937
	December	33 632	27 065	19 252	6 464	8 026	1 918	734	1 672	98 763
2017
	January	29 068	24 535	15 709	5 134	7 037	1 337	652	1 438	84 910
	February	30 221	24 917	17 474	5 354	7 526	1 334	760	1 439	89 025
	March	35 677	29 252	21 217	6 387	8 712	1 536	946	1 683	105 410
	April	28 565	23 292	16 312	4 951	6 634	1 214	910	1 257	83 135
	May	34 545	29 077	20 674	6 133	8 154	1 540	1 276	1 502	102 901
(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.

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