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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	26 308	22 877	17 206	5 420	9 666	1 604	845	1 343	85 268
Seasonally Adjusted	26 405	22 905	17 282	5 446	9 767	1 639	851	1 288	85 583
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	0.2	-0.4	0.5	-0.5	-0.2	1.6	-0.7	-1.2	-
Seasonally Adjusted	0.3	-1.5	-0.3	2.0	4.6	5.0	2.7	-6.9	0.2
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	3.0	4.3	-2.4	0.2	13.4	3.2	3.8	4.5	3.2
Seasonally Adjusted	0.3	-2.9	-5.8	-4.6	11.5	11.9	-1.8	-3.1	-0.9
- 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.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

• Trend - The November 2010 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (85 268) remained steady when compared with October 2010.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The November 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (85 583) increased by 0.2% when compared with October 2010.

• Trend - When comparing trend estimates for November 2010 with October 2010, sales of Passenger vehicles remained steady, while sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.8%. Over the same period sales of Other vehicles decreased by 0.9%.
• Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for November 2010 with October 2010, sales of Passenger vehicles increased by 1.1%, while sales of Sports utility vehicles decreased by 0.8%. Over the same period sales of Other vehicles decreased by 0.9%.

• Trend - Five of the eight states and territories contributed to the national decrease in trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales when comparing November 2010 with October 2010. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease with1.2%, followed by the Northern Territory (0.7%) and South Australia (0.5%). Tasmania recorded a percentage increase of 1.6% over the same period.
• Seasonally Adjusted - In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles decreased in three of the eight states and territories for November 2010 when compared with October 2010. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease of 6.9%, followed by Victoria (1.5%) and Queensland (0.3%). The largest percentage increase for new motor vehicle sales occurred in Tasmania (5.0%).

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

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
2009
	September	46 795	16 243	16 558	79 597	1.4	3.7	3.0	2.2
	October	47 222	16 914	17 060	81 197	0.9	4.1	3.0	2.0
	November	47 623	17 590	17 450	82 663	0.8	4.0	2.3	1.8
	December	48 104	18 156	17 649	83 909	1.0	3.2	1.1	1.5
2010
	January	48 706	18 527	17 662	84 896	1.3	2.0	0.1	1.2
	February	49 338	18 736	17 573	85 648	1.3	1.1	-0.5	0.9
	March	49 793	18 886	17 497	86 175	0.9	0.8	-0.4	0.6
	April	49 920	19 076	17 479	86 476	0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.3
	May	49 677	19 364	17 474	86 515	-0.5	1.5	-	-
	June	49 154	19 718	17 419	86 291	-1.1	1.8	-0.3	-0.3
	July	48 579	20 048	17 316	85 943	-1.2	1.7	-0.6	-0.4
	August	48 126	20 326	17 161	85 613	-0.9	1.4	-0.9	-0.4
	September	47 844	20 568	16 981	85 393	-0.6	1.2	-1.0	-0.3
	October	47 688	20 768	16 805	85 262	-0.3	1.0	-1.0	-0.2
	November	47 679	20 937	16 652	85 268	-	0.8	-0.9	-
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	September	46 741	15 746	16 545	79 033	0.6	3.5	8.7	2.8
	October	47 409	16 484	18 663	82 555	1.4	4.7	12.8	4.5
	November	47 690	18 346	20 365	86 400	0.6	11.3	9.1	4.7
	December	47 077	19 012	23 091	89 181	-1.3	3.6	13.4	3.2
2010
	January	49 211	18 386	18 812	86 410	4.5	-3.3	-18.5	-3.1
	February	49 105	18 523	17 479	85 108	-0.2	0.7	-7.1	-1.5
	March	49 432	18 383	17 132	84 947	0.7	-0.8	-2.0	-0.2
	April	53 868	20 928	17 493	92 288	9.0	13.8	2.1	8.6
	May	51 160	19 604	17 597	88 361	-5.0	-6.3	0.6	-4.3
	June	49 555	19 718	17 719	86 993	-3.1	0.6	0.7	-1.5
	July	47 504	20 354	16 924	84 781	-4.1	3.2	-4.5	-2.5
	August	47 399	19 971	17 554	84 924	-0.2	-1.9	3.7	0.2
	September	48 326	20 683	16 827	85 836	2.0	3.6	-4.1	1.1
	October	47 660	20 989	16 723	85 372	-1.4	1.5	-0.6	-0.5
	November	48 189	20 814	16 579	85 583	1.1	-0.8	-0.9	0.2
Original
2009
	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
	June	60 820	24 597	23 305	108 722	20.6	22.6	24.6	21.9
	July	47 591	19 032	15 753	82 376	-21.8	-22.6	-32.4	-24.2
	August	46 504	18 515	17 103	82 122	-2.3	-2.7	8.6	-0.3
	September	48 763	19 684	16 607	85 054	4.9	6.3	-2.9	3.6
	October	45 268	19 348	16 309	80 925	-7.2	-1.7	-1.8	-4.9
	November	49 405	20 806	17 131	87 342	9.1	7.5	5.0	7.9
- 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
	September	24 703	20 988	17 046	5 205	8 150	1 466	788	1 251	79 597
	October	25 168	21 464	17 371	5 321	8 298	1 504	801	1 269	81 197
	November	25 530	21 927	17 621	5 407	8 525	1 554	814	1 285	82 663
	December	25 780	22 367	17 781	5 461	8 790	1 607	825	1 298	83 909
2010
	January	25 950	22 773	17 858	5 490	9 029	1 651	834	1 312	84 896
	February	26 079	23 140	17 859	5 514	9 215	1 673	841	1 327	85 648
	March	26 184	23 454	17 784	5 539	9 353	1 665	849	1 347	86 175
	April	26 270	23 670	17 644	5 572	9 466	1 629	857	1 367	86 476
	May	26 326	23 737	17 463	5 596	9 556	1 585	866	1 386	86 515
	June	26 338	23 632	17 283	5 600	9 623	1 549	871	1 396	86 291
	July	26 305	23 430	17 153	5 579	9 676	1 536	870	1 394	85 943
	August	26 269	23 228	17 086	5 536	9 703	1 540	864	1 386	85 613
	September	26 259	23 071	17 084	5 491	9 700	1 557	858	1 374	85 393
	October	26 265	22 959	17 118	5 449	9 682	1 579	852	1 358	85 262
	November	26 308	22 877	17 206	5 420	9 666	1 604	845	1 343	85 268
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	September	24 607	20 837	16 899	5 244	8 101	1 349	763	1 232	79 033
	October	25 205	21 781	17 662	5 620	8 672	1 528	784	1 304	82 555
	November	26 330	23 595	18 347	5 711	8 757	1 464	867	1 330	86 400
	December	27 912	22 863	19 391	5 936	9 190	1 774	802	1 313	89 181
2010
	January	26 079	23 033	18 076	5 891	9 384	1 729	920	1 298	86 410
	February	26 122	22 760	17 671	5 409	9 394	1 627	801	1 325	85 108
	March	25 661	23 600	17 282	5 387	9 130	1 700	851	1 335	84 947
	April	26 726	26 016	18 184	5 683	11 787	1 651	859	1 382	92 288
	May	26 417	24 002	17 694	5 586	10 788	1 581	890	1 405	88 361
	June	26 666	23 877	17 359	5 752	9 577	1 534	843	1 385	86 993
	July	25 803	23 145	16 625	5 497	9 921	1 487	902	1 400	84 781
	August	26 247	23 078	16 764	5 473	9 661	1 469	853	1 379	84 924
	September	26 301	22 821	17 345	5 603	9 857	1 651	868	1 391	85 836
	October	26 321	23 261	17 341	5 341	9 335	1 561	829	1 383	85 372
	November	26 405	22 905	17 282	5 446	9 767	1 639	851	1 288	85 583
Original
2009
	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
	June	33 240	29 192	22 956	7 109	11 647	1 779	1 133	1 666	108 722
	July	25 050	22 499	16 516	5 208	9 572	1 292	881	1 358	82 376
	August	25 287	22 312	15 966	5 233	9 753	1 407	819	1 345	82 122
	September	26 079	22 511	16 939	5 548	10 121	1 715	785	1 356	85 054
	October	24 451	22 847	15 904	4 974	9 244	1 477	717	1 311	80 925
	November	27 422	23 491	17 025	5 651	9 738	1 902	809	1 304	87 342
(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.