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The Publication

This publication presents monthly information on sales of new motor vehicles in each state/territory in original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimated terms. The original data are sourced from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. Sales data are available for passenger vehicles, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), other vehicles and total vehicles at the state/territory and national levels.


NOVEMBER 2005 KEY POINTS

Trend

The November 2005 trend estimate (81,191) for total sales of new motor vehicles decreased 0.5% compared with the October 2005 estimate. This is the ninth consecutive month in which the trend estimate has recorded a decrease. Since November 2004, the trend estimate has decreased 0.6%.

Decreases were recorded in November 2005 compared with October 2005 for the trend estimate of sales of passenger vehicles (0.6%), sports utility vehicles (0.7%) and other vehicles (0.3%). Compared with November 2004, increases were recorded for sales of passenger vehicles (0.1%) and other vehicles (2.6%), while sales of sports utility vehicles showed a decrease of 6.4%.

Most states and territories recorded decreases in the trend estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles in November 2005 compared with October 2005, with the Northern Territory (2.8%) recording the largest decrease. Western Australia (1.1%) and South Australia (0.3%) were the only two states to record increases over this time.

When compared with November 2004, half of the states and territories recorded decreases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles. Tasmania recorded the largest decrease (8.1%) while Western Australia recorded the largest increase (12.1%).

Seasonally adjusted

The November 2005 seasonally adjusted estimate (80,711) for total sales of new motor vehicles increased 2.2% compared with the October 2005 estimate.

Increases were recorded in seasonally adjusted estimates for passenger vehicles (3.1%) and other vehicles (1.6%) in November 2005 compared with October 2005, while sports utility vehicles recorded a decrease of 0.2%.

When the seasonally adjusted estimates for November 2005 were compared with October 2005, five states and territories recorded increases with New South Wales (4.1%) recording the largest increase. Tasmania (9.8%), Queensland (0.4%) and the Northern Territory (0.1%) recorded decreases.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	24,354	21,309	17,407	5,327	8,907	1,453	723	1,231	80,711
Trend	24,508	21,226	17,653	5,276	8,937	1,591	750	1,250	81,191
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	4.1	2.9	-0.4	1.7	3.1	-9.8	-0.1	3.4	2.2
Trend	-1.0	-0.3	-1.0	0.3	1.1	-2.5	-2.8	-1.2	-0.5
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	-5.3	-1.0	0.8	1.0	10.4	-14.3	-0.3	-2.1	-1.0
Trend	-5.2	-0.8	1.7	-2.0	12.1	-8.1	0.3	0.9	-0.6

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
December 2005	24 January 2006
January 2006	21 February 2006
February 2006	22 March 2006
March 2006	24 April 2006
April 2006	22 May 2006
May 2006	22 June 2006

Table 1: New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle

		Passenger vehicles (No.)	Sports utility vehicles (No.)	Other vehicles (No.)	Total vehicles (No.)	Change passenger vehicles (%)	Change sports utility vehicles (%)	Change other vehicles (%)	Change total vehicles (%)
Original
2004	September	49,911	14,715	15,826	80,452	2.6	-1.3	0.9	1.5
	October	52,290	13,907	15,470	81,667	4.8	-5.5	-2.2	1.5
	November	52,888	15,257	16,190	84,335	1.1	9.7	4.7	3.3
	December	48,673	14,311	15,996	78,980	-8.0	-6.2	-1.2	-6.3
2005	January	43,075	13,826	12,664	69,565	-11.5	-3.4	-20.8	-11.9
	February	50,645	15,478	14,886	81,009	17.6	11.9	17.5	16.5
	March	53,280	17,348	15,798	86,426	5.2	12.1	6.1	6.7
	April	46,645	13,749	15,936	76,330	-12.5	-20.7	0.9	-11.7
	May	50,420	15,329	17,981	83,730	8.1	11.5	12.8	9.7
	June	60,720	18,229	22,958	101,907	20.4	18.9	27.7	21.7
	July	48,931	13,716	15,652	78,299	-19.4	-24.8	-31.8	-23.2
	August	53,650	15,173	17,356	86,179	9.6	10.6	10.9	10.1
	September	52,118	15,080	17,242	84,440	-2.9	-0.6	-0.7	-2.0
	October	48,434	12,503	15,181	76,118	-7.1	-17.1	-12.0	-9.9
	November	52,751	14,252	16,535	83,538	8.9	14.0	8.9	9.7
Seasonally adjusted
2004	September	49,353	15,144	16,021	80,518	2.0	1.7	1.9	1.9
	October	52,378	15,622	16,641	84,641	6.1	3.2	3.9	5.1
	November	50,530	15,142	15,857	81,529	-3.5	-3.1	-4.7	-3.7
	December	47,463	14,302	16,070	77,835	-6.1	-5.5	1.3	-4.5
2005	January	52,784	16,010	17,147	85,941	11.2	11.9	6.7	10.4
	February	52,896	16,195	16,079	85,170	0.2	1.2	-6.2	-0.9
	March	50,111	15,846	15,640	81,597	-5.3	-2.2	-2.7	-4.2
	April	51,127	14,969	16,820	82,916	2.0	-5.5	7.5	1.6
	May	51,086	14,529	16,605	82,220	-0.1	-2.9	-1.3	-0.8
	June	50,874	14,284	16,589	81,747	-0.4	-1.7	-0.1	-0.6
	July	51,009	14,587	16,444	82,040	0.3	2.1	-0.9	0.4
	August	51,683	14,698	17,206	83,587	1.3	0.8	4.6	1.9
	September	51,682	15,926	17,085	84,693	-0.0	8.4	-0.7	1.3
	October	48,696	13,976	16,306	78,978	-5.8	-12.2	-4.6	-6.7
	November	50,195	13,948	16,568	80,711	3.1	-0.2	1.6	2.2
Trend
2004	September	48,964	15,094	16,051	80,109	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8
	October	49,474	15,233	16,175	80,882	1.0	0.9	0.8	1.0
	November	50,031	15,407	16,254	81,692	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.0
	December	50,558	15,593	16,295	82,446	1.1	1.2	0.3	0.9
2005	January	50,973	15,689	16,311	82,973	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.6
	February	51,202	15,653	16,319	83,174	0.4	-0.2	+0.0	0.2
	March	51,280	15,448	16,334	83,062	0.2	-1.3	0.1	-0.1
	April	51,293	15,166	16,409	82,868	+0.0	-1.8	0.5	-0.2
	May	51,248	14,899	16,525	82,672	-0.1	-1.8	0.7	-0.2
	June	51,145	14,715	16,647	82,507	-0.2	-1.2	0.7	-0.2
	July	51,060	14,654	16,754	82,468	-0.2	-0.4	0.6	-0.0
	August	50,950	14,655	16,787	82,392	-0.2	+0.0	0.2	-0.1
	September	50,702	14,617	16,766	82,085	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4
	October	50,387	14,531	16,713	81,631	-0.6	-0.6	-0.3	-0.6
	November	50,097	14,423	16,671	81,191	-0.6	-0.7	-0.3	-0.5

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2004	September	25,241	20,821	17,188	5,289	8,177	1,855	739	1,142	80,452
	October	25,621	22,747	16,079	5,413	7,875	1,981	709	1,242	81,667
	November	26,619	23,052	17,117	5,450	8,157	1,944	694	1,302	84,335
	December	24,315	21,700	16,537	4,998	7,341	2,245	647	1,197	78,980
2005	January	22,467	18,015	14,530	4,466	6,931	1,478	560	1,118	69,565
	February	25,754	20,580	17,837	5,489	7,880	1,431	776	1,262	81,009
	March	27,474	21,963	19,114	5,452	8,623	1,571	888	1,341	86,426
	April	24,329	19,497	16,789	5,034	7,329	1,371	858	1,123	76,330
	May	26,204	21,882	18,221	5,534	8,066	1,639	912	1,272	83,730
	June	30,695	25,402	24,613	6,561	9,986	2,052	1,183	1,415	101,907
	July	24,905	19,923	17,559	4,794	7,684	1,435	764	1,235	78,299
	August	26,292	22,552	19,330	5,458	8,714	1,689	751	1,393	86,179
	September	25,457	22,044	18,344	5,243	9,125	2,151	793	1,283	84,440
	October	22,949	20,289	16,026	5,030	8,349	1,655	659	1,161	76,118
	November	25,716	22,428	17,181	5,500	9,107	1,667	690	1,249	83,538
Seasonally adjusted
2004	September	25,423	20,641	17,175	5,375	8,176	1,740	782	1,206	80,518
	October	26,008	23,405	17,599	5,657	7,975	1,950	784	1,263	84,641
	November	25,728	21,521	17,263	5,273	8,066	1,696	725	1,257	81,529
	December	24,771	20,983	16,713	4,738	7,115	1,671	692	1,152	77,835
2005	January	27,341	22,593	18,097	5,605	8,388	1,843	751	1,323	85,941
	February	27,441	21,612	18,418	5,650	8,139	1,712	860	1,338	85,170
	March	26,169	20,982	17,485	5,341	7,710	1,759	781	1,370	81,597
	April	25,991	21,212	18,521	5,422	8,258	1,593	785	1,134	82,916
	May	25,372	21,385	18,240	5,411	8,125	1,667	790	1,230	82,220
	June	24,893	21,285	18,540	5,241	7,937	1,796	855	1,200	81,747
	July	25,302	21,207	18,223	5,146	8,426	1,619	819	1,298	82,040
	August	25,907	21,714	18,225	5,237	8,743	1,631	812	1,318	83,587
	September	26,084	21,657	18,463	5,307	9,001	2,025	839	1,317	84,693
	October	23,390	20,716	17,474	5,238	8,635	1,611	724	1,190	78,978
	November	24,354	21,309	17,407	5,327	8,907	1,453	723	1,231	80,711
Trend
2004	September	25,363	20,746	17,178	5,342	7,867	1,669	748	1,196	80,109
	October	25,557	21,095	17,260	5,365	7,942	1,705	746	1,212	80,882
	November	25,852	21,407	17,357	5,382	7,975	1,732	748	1,239	81,692
	December	26,192	21,600	17,499	5,400	7,991	1,743	754	1,267	82,446
2005	January	26,442	21,648	17,686	5,420	7,993	1,738	763	1,283	82,973
	February	26,486	21,573	17,896	5,437	7,995	1,728	777	1,282	83,174
	March	26,312	21,446	18,090	5,437	8,006	1,711	792	1,268	83,062
	April	26,048	21,346	18,254	5,410	8,050	1,697	807	1,256	82,868
	May	25,765	21,306	18,360	5,353	8,130	1,691	818	1,249	82,672
	June	25,514	21,318	18,373	5,286	8,254	1,692	821	1,249	82,507
	July	25,354	21,363	18,315	5,249	8,418	1,694	818	1,257	82,468
	August	25,220	21,379	18,200	5,245	8,588	1,686	807	1,267	82,392
	September	25,010	21,344	18,025	5,250	8,732	1,663	791	1,270	82,085
	October	24,750	21,288	17,825	5,258	8,841	1,632	772	1,265	81,631
	November	24,508	21,226	17,653	5,276	8,937	1,591	750	1,250	81,191
(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For further information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.