NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	32 601	26 770	20 093	5 757	8 778	1 598	805	1 570	97 973
Seasonally Adjusted	32 254	26 584	20 460	5 787	8 757	1 539	798	1 516	97 696
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-0.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	-	-0.4	-1.0	0.3	0.3
Seasonally Adjusted	0.2	1.1	4.3	-0.9	0.4	-5.4	-6.7	-3.1	1.0
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	8.0	4.7	9.2	0.2	-5.2	9.3	-11.6	10.2	5.4
Seasonally Adjusted	8.3	3.0	13.8	0.4	-3.8	7.1	-12.2	5.9	6.0
- 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 TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The November 2015 trend estimate (97 973) has increased by 0.3% when compared with October 2015.
  
• When comparing national trend estimates for November 2015 with October 2015, sales of Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 1.2% and 1.1% respectively. Over the same period sales for Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.9%.

• Four of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing November 2015 with October 2015. South Australia recorded the largest percentage increase (1.0%), followed by Queensland (0.7%) and Victoria (0.4%). Over the same period the Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease (1.0%).

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

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
2014
	September	43 533	29 980	19 264	92 777	-0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2
	October	43 330	30 140	19 274	92 745	-0.5	0.5	0.1	-
	November	43 239	30 416	19 305	92 959	-0.2	0.9	0.2	0.2
	December	43 143	30 858	19 355	93 357	-0.2	1.5	0.3	0.4
2015
	January	43 044	31 386	19 393	93 823	-0.2	1.7	0.2	0.5
	February	42 976	31 935	19 419	94 331	-0.2	1.8	0.1	0.5
	March	42 881	32 428	19 448	94 757	-0.2	1.5	0.1	0.5
	April	42 838	32 880	19 418	95 136	-0.1	1.4	-0.2	0.4
	May	42 865	33 346	19 292	95 503	0.1	1.4	-0.7	0.4
	June	42 898	33 874	19 139	95 911	0.1	1.6	-0.8	0.4
	July	42 900	34 462	19 032	96 394	-	1.7	-0.6	0.5
	August	42 805	35 104	19 003	96 913	-0.2	1.9	-0.2	0.5
	September	42 585	35 688	19 086	97 359	-0.5	1.7	0.4	0.5
	October	42 319	36 128	19 253	97 701	-0.6	1.2	0.9	0.4
	November	41 955	36 553	19 465	97 973	-0.9	1.2	1.1	0.3
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	September	43 262	30 589	19 433	93 283	-1.0	4.2	0.3	0.9
	October	43 777	29 998	19 284	93 059	1.2	-1.9	-0.8	-0.2
	November	43 055	30 537	18 617	92 209	-1.6	1.8	-3.5	-0.9
	December	44 148	30 761	20 135	95 044	2.5	0.7	8.2	3.1
2015
	January	43 647	30 227	19 239	93 114	-1.1	-1.7	-4.4	-2.0
	February	43 169	33 246	19 205	95 619	-1.1	10.0	-0.2	2.7
	March	44 991	31 784	19 537	96 312	4.2	-4.4	1.7	0.7
	April	41 385	34 409	19 378	95 172	-8.0	8.3	-0.8	-1.2
	May	42 065	32 241	19 385	93 691	1.6	-6.3	-	-1.6
	June	44 615	33 389	19 300	97 304	6.1	3.6	-0.4	3.9
	July	42 705	34 547	19 368	96 619	-4.3	3.5	0.4	-0.7
	August	41 641	34 879	18 487	95 007	-2.5	1.0	-4.6	-1.7
	September	44 671	37 288	18 462	100 421	7.3	6.9	-0.1	5.7
	October	41 184	36 285	19 218	96 687	-7.8	-2.7	4.1	-3.7
	November	41 488	35 715	20 494	97 696	0.7	-1.6	6.6	1.0
Original
2014
	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
	December	45 051	30 666	21 092	96 809	4.6	-1.2	16.3	5.0
2015
	January	39 799	27 679	14 638	82 116	-11.7	-9.7	-30.6	-15.2
	February	40 775	32 039	17 610	90 424	2.5	15.8	20.3	10.1
	March	48 185	35 503	21 366	105 054	18.2	10.8	21.3	16.2
	April	35 015	29 664	16 977	81 656	-27.3	-16.4	-20.5	-22.3
	May	40 592	32 530	20 205	93 327	15.9	9.7	19.0	14.3
	June	56 386	42 256	27 208	125 850	38.9	29.9	34.7	34.8
	July	41 420	32 679	18 209	92 308	-26.5	-22.7	-33.1	-26.7
	August	40 673	32 900	17 132	90 705	-1.8	0.7	-5.9	-1.7
	September	46 084	36 968	18 340	101 392	13.3	12.4	7.1	11.8
	October	40 856	34 744	18 721	94 321	-11.3	-6.0	2.1	-7.0
	November	41 726	36 070	20 843	98 639	2.1	3.8	11.3	4.6
- 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
2014
	September	29 977	25 474	18 231	5 815	9 524	1 414	903	1 439	92 777
	October	30 083	25 500	18 256	5 769	9 376	1 429	904	1 428	92 745
	November	30 177	25 579	18 404	5 745	9 258	1 462	910	1 425	92 959
	December	30 246	25 715	18 627	5 753	9 162	1 502	919	1 433	93 357
2015
	January	30 333	25 831	18 882	5 778	9 079	1 541	932	1 447	93 823
	February	30 499	25 916	19 127	5 805	9 005	1 573	942	1 463	94 331
	March	30 735	25 957	19 310	5 806	8 933	1 596	946	1 473	94 757
	April	31 059	25 997	19 421	5 761	8 873	1 606	939	1 480	95 136
	May	31 445	26 076	19 460	5 686	8 819	1 607	920	1 489	95 503
	June	31 828	26 190	19 492	5 618	8 781	1 606	894	1 503	95 911
	July	32 156	26 318	19 569	5 588	8 769	1 608	866	1 520	96 394
	August	32 394	26 453	19 689	5 607	8 775	1 612	843	1 540	96 913
	September	32 540	26 579	19 821	5 649	8 778	1 610	826	1 556	97 359
	October	32 618	26 670	19 953	5 699	8 778	1 604	813	1 566	97 701
	November	32 601	26 770	20 093	5 757	8 778	1 598	805	1 570	97 973
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	September	30 076	25 141	18 642	5 852	9 638	1 579	911	1 444	93 283
	October	30 515	25 433	18 112	5 715	9 542	1 429	903	1 410	93 059
	November	29 776	25 803	17 985	5 762	9 106	1 438	908	1 432	92 209
	December	30 419	25 933	20 279	5 581	9 071	1 413	956	1 393	95 044
2015
	January	30 037	25 566	18 968	5 669	9 008	1 588	843	1 434	93 114
	February	30 733	25 695	19 710	6 144	9 179	1 660	1 010	1 490	95 619
	March	30 905	26 218	20 342	5 763	9 041	1 583	925	1 534	96 312
	April	30 550	26 554	19 436	5 775	8 826	1 600	955	1 475	95 172
	May	31 264	25 356	18 984	5 598	8 590	1 535	945	1 418	93 691
	June	32 502	26 094	20 050	5 682	8 915	1 661	887	1 513	97 304
	July	31 984	26 732	19 490	5 654	8 763	1 617	851	1 528	96 619
	August	31 915	25 766	19 293	5 247	8 720	1 721	828	1 516	95 007
	September	33 651	27 591	20 150	5 763	8 889	1 945	803	1 629	100 421
	October	32 178	26 288	19 613	5 839	8 721	1 627	855	1 565	96 687
	November	32 254	26 584	20 460	5 787	8 757	1 539	798	1 516	97 696
Original
2014
	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
	December	30 257	26 783	20 853	5 830	9 143	1 645	894	1 404	96 809
2015
	January	26 796	22 211	16 570	5 039	8 101	1 364	662	1 373	82 116
	February	28 975	24 742	18 212	5 915	8 851	1 409	877	1 443	90 424
	March	33 773	28 536	22 499	6 173	9 823	1 560	1 064	1 626	105 054
	April	26 264	22 160	17 335	4 843	7 609	1 280	948	1 217	81 656
	May	30 996	25 231	19 312	5 429	8 353	1 440	1 144	1 422	93 327
	June	42 105	32 615	27 270	7 286	11 503	1 989	1 189	1 893	125 850
	July	30 332	25 902	18 700	5 256	8 341	1 445	836	1 496	92 308
	August	30 529	24 608	18 183	5 088	8 371	1 710	767	1 449	90 705
	September	33 983	27 675	20 387	5 859	9 009	2 090	785	1 604	101 392
	October	31 196	26 503	18 246	5 825	8 534	1 719	785	1 513	94 321
	November	33 176	27 421	19 249	6 019	8 724	1 764	734	1 552	98 639
(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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