9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Nov 2014

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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)

Trend	30 119	25 459	17 921	5 811	9 262	1 418	898	1 436	92 324
Seasonally Adjusted	29 801	25 730	17 680	5 789	9 130	1 406	899	1 434	91 869
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.3	-1.3	-	0.7	-0.6	-0.2
Seasonally Adjusted	-2.0	1.7	-0.9	0.2	-2.2	-0.9	-1.2	1.7	-0.6
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	1.9	-1.2	-6.3	-0.8	-7.1	-11.8	-2.2	-4.6	-2.1
Seasonally Adjusted	0.3	-3.4	-7.2	-4.1	-7.7	-15.4	-4.0	-6.9	-3.8

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(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.

NOVEMBER KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend estimates: The November 2014 trend estimate (92 324) has decreased by 0.2% when compared with October 2014. The trend estimate for year to date has new vehicle sales reaching the one million mark.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The November 2014 seasonally adjusted estimate (91 869) has decreased by 0.6% when compared with October 2014.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for November 2014 with October 2014, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 0.5% and 0.7% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.4%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for November 2014 with October 2014, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 1.1% and 2.3% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 1.3%.

SALES BY STATE

Trend estimates: Five of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing November 2014 with October 2014. Western Australia recorded the largest percentage decrease (1.3%), followed by both Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory (0.6%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory recorded the largest increase in sales of 0.7%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: Five of the states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing November 2014 with October 2014. Western Australia recorded the largest percentage decrease (2.2%) followed by New South Wales (2.0%) and the Northern Territory (1.2%). Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory both recorded an increase of 1.7%.

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term

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

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term

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

2013
	September	47 418	27 788	19 124	94 330	-0.2	0.3	0.2	-
	October	47 325	27 847	19 191	94 364	-0.2	0.2	0.4	-
	November	47 140	27 895	19 269	94 303	-0.4	0.2	0.4	-0.1
	December	46 827	27 947	19 271	94 046	-0.7	0.2	-	-0.3
2014
	January	46 372	28 027	19 189	93 588	-1.0	0.3	-0.4	-0.5
	February	45 840	28 188	19 048	93 076	-1.1	0.6	-0.7	-0.5
	March	45 338	28 414	18 936	92 688	-1.1	0.8	-0.6	-0.4
	April	44 919	28 693	18 915	92 527	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.2
	May	44 627	29 041	18 982	92 650	-0.6	1.2	0.4	0.1
	June	44 418	29 413	19 075	92 906	-0.5	1.3	0.5	0.3
	July	44 206	29 713	19 092	93 010	-0.5	1.0	0.1	0.1
	August	43 960	29 947	19 013	92 919	-0.6	0.8	-0.4	-0.1
	September	43 676	30 168	18 899	92 743	-0.6	0.7	-0.6	-0.2
	October	43 384	30 367	18 793	92 545	-0.7	0.7	-0.6	-0.2
	November	43 161	30 502	18 662	92 324	-0.5	0.4	-0.7	-0.2
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	September	47 011	27 661	18 807	93 479	-1.9	-2.9	2.1	-1.4
	October	47 150	26 957	18 895	93 001	0.3	-2.5	0.5	-0.5
	November	47 610	28 392	19 475	95 477	1.0	5.3	3.1	2.7
	December	47 148	28 790	20 403	96 341	-1.0	1.4	4.8	0.9
2014
	January	46 007	27 727	18 955	92 689	-2.4	-3.7	-7.1	-3.8
	February	46 261	27 351	18 761	92 373	0.6	-1.4	-1.0	-0.3
	March	44 763	28 734	18 616	92 112	-3.2	5.1	-0.8	-0.3
	April	45 150	28 635	18 414	92 199	0.9	-0.3	-1.1	0.1
	May	44 079	29 240	19 107	92 425	-2.4	2.1	3.8	0.2
	June	44 675	29 522	20 379	94 576	1.4	1.0	6.7	2.3
	July	44 644	30 002	18 433	93 079	-0.1	1.6	-9.5	-1.6
	August	43 676	29 147	18 691	91 514	-2.2	-2.8	1.4	-1.7
	September	43 821	31 139	19 087	94 048	0.3	6.8	2.1	2.8
	October	43 342	30 113	18 943	92 398	-1.1	-3.3	-0.8	-1.8
	November	42 846	30 511	18 512	91 869	-1.1	1.3	-2.3	-0.6
Original

2013
	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
	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

- 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
	September	29 404	25 817	19 144	5 807	10 132	1 606	954	1 465	94 330
	October	29 471	25 850	19 126	5 835	10 052	1 609	935	1 486	94 364
	November	29 549	25 762	19 130	5 858	9 973	1 608	918	1 505	94 303
	December	29 597	25 510	19 152	5 858	9 909	1 599	908	1 513	94 046
2014
	January	29 584	25 176	19 135	5 846	9 863	1 578	907	1 500	93 588
	February	29 504	24 903	19 052	5 831	9 851	1 546	915	1 474	93 076
	March	29 415	24 798	18 903	5 823	9 866	1 511	926	1 446	92 688
	April	29 357	24 882	18 725	5 827	9 891	1 483	933	1 429	92 527
	May	29 414	25 086	18 580	5 843	9 903	1 462	934	1 429	92 650
	June	29 581	25 304	18 479	5 857	9 871	1 447	928	1 439	92 906
	July	29 763	25 416	18 389	5 860	9 781	1 435	916	1 451	93 010
	August	29 897	25 449	18 277	5 858	9 654	1 426	904	1 455	92 919
	September	29 998	25 460	18 152	5 846	9 517	1 421	897	1 451	92 743
	October	30 072	25 481	18 023	5 831	9 384	1 418	892	1 445	92 545
	November	30 119	25 459	17 921	5 811	9 262	1 418	898	1 436	92 324
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	September	29 022	25 682	18 841	5 784	10 147	1 697	893	1 412	93 479
	October	28 714	25 570	18 773	5 815	10 087	1 649	929	1 465	93 001
	November	29 725	26 647	19 042	6 034	9 892	1 662	937	1 539	95 477
	December	30 454	26 092	19 685	5 795	10 209	1 631	921	1 553	96 341
2014
	January	29 710	24 478	19 249	5 732	9 554	1 558	878	1 530	92 689
	February	29 201	24 519	18 988	5 892	9 888	1 507	908	1 470	92 373
	March	29 063	24 941	18 572	5 911	9 843	1 491	875	1 417	92 112
	April	29 350	24 350	18 916	5 757	9 867	1 506	1 059	1 394	92 199
	May	29 375	25 270	18 473	5 691	9 896	1 470	848	1 401	92 425
	June	29 928	25 898	18 679	6 037	10 078	1 511	983	1 462	94 576
	July	29 634	25 610	18 264	5 833	9 875	1 459	912	1 493	93 079
	August	29 657	25 057	17 895	5 861	9 334	1 391	864	1 455	91 514
	September	30 194	25 428	18 832	5 884	9 754	1 600	896	1 460	94 048
	October	30 396	25 310	17 845	5 776	9 334	1 418	910	1 409	92 398
	November	29 801	25 730	17 680	5 789	9 130	1 406	899	1 434	91 869
Original

2013
	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
	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

(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.

NOTES

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