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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.


OCTOBER 2005 KEY POINTS

Trend

The October 2005 trend estimate (81,955) for sales of new motor vehicles decreased 0.5% over the September 2005 estimate. When compared with October 2004 (81,385), the trend estimate increased 0.7%.

In October 2005, decreases were recorded in the trend estimate for sales of passenger vehicles (0.7%) and other vehicles (0.3%), while sales of sports utility vehicles showed an increase of 0.3% compared with the previous month. Compared with October 2004, increases were recorded for sales of passenger vehicles (0.7%) and other new vehicles (3.9%), while sales of sports utility vehicles showed a decrease of 2.6%.

Most states and territories recorded decreases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles in October 2005 compared with September 2005, with the Northern Territory (1.4%) recording the largest decrease. Western Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory recorded increases over this time.

When compared with October 2004, most states and territories recorded increases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles, with Western Australia (11.1%) recording the largest increase. New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia recorded decreases over this time.

Seasonally adjusted

The seasonally adjusted estimate for sales of new motor vehicles in October 2005 (78,973) represented a decrease of 6.7% over September 2005.

Decreases were recorded in seasonally adjusted estimates across all vehicle types in October 2005 compared with September 2005. Sales of new passenger vehicles declined by 5.8%, sports utility vehicles by 11.9% and other motor vehicles by 4.5%.

All states and territories recorded decreases in the seasonally adjusted estimates for sales of new motor vehicles in October 2005 compared with September 2005. Tasmania (19.0%) and the Northern Territory (12.8%) recorded the largest decreases, while sales in South Australia decreased by only 1.4%.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	23,644	20,374	17,546	5,225	8,624	1,620	739	1,201	78,973
Trend	24,911	21,148	18,015	5,216	8,823	1,753	799	1,290	81,955
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	-9.0	-6.1	-4.9	-1.4	-4.5	-19.0	-12.8	-9.2	-6.7
Trend	-0.7	-0.6	-0.9	-0.2	1.0	0.8	-1.4	0.7	-0.5
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	-9.9	-12.0	-0.3	-7.7	8.2	-17.4	-6.2	-5.4	-6.7
Trend	-2.9	-1.7	4.6	-2.7	11.1	0.2	7.2	6.4	0.7

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	August	48,649	14,910	15,685	79,244	4.1	3.2	-1.2	2.9
	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
Seasonally adjusted
2004	August	48,311	14,923	15,752	78,986	1.8	1.4	-2.2	0.9
	September	49,349	15,117	16,062	80,528	2.1	1.3	2.0	2.0
	October	52,393	15,588	16,658	84,639	6.2	3.1	3.7	5.1
	November	50,250	15,035	15,772	81,057	-4.1	-3.5	-5.3	-4.2
	December	47,978	14,313	16,066	78,357	-4.5	-4.8	1.9	-3.3
2005	January	52,624	16,048	17,084	85,756	9.7	12.1	6.3	9.4
	February	52,536	16,213	16,067	84,816	-0.2	1.0	-6.0	-1.1
	March	50,209	15,829	15,651	81,689	-4.4	-2.4	-2.6	-3.7
	April	51,212	14,985	16,822	83,019	2.0	-5.3	7.5	1.6
	May	51,025	14,537	16,620	82,182	-0.4	-3.0	-1.2	-1.0
	June	51,046	14,308	16,631	81,985	0.0	-1.6	0.1	-0.2
	July	51,081	14,617	16,440	82,138	0.1	2.2	-1.1	0.2
	August	51,632	14,728	17,220	83,580	1.1	0.8	4.7	1.8
	September	51,609	15,899	17,128	84,636	0.0	8.0	-0.5	1.3
	October	48,611	14,004	16,358	78,973	-5.8	-11.9	-4.5	-6.7
Trend
2004	August	48,955	14,960	15,947	79,862	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.8
	September	49,464	15,082	16,060	80,606	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
	October	50,008	15,208	16,169	81,385	1.1	0.8	0.7	1.0
	November	50,496	15,382	16,234	82,112	1.0	1.1	0.4	0.9
	December	50,866	15,572	16,264	82,702	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.7
2005	January	51,089	15,681	16,281	83,051	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.4
	February	51,169	15,659	16,299	83,127	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1
	March	51,196	15,460	16,329	82,985	0.1	-1.3	0.2	-0.2
	April	51,254	15,177	16,413	82,844	0.1	-1.8	0.5	-0.2
	May	51,267	14,904	16,532	82,703	0.0	-1.8	0.7	-0.2
	June	51,171	14,723	16,657	82,551	-0.2	-1.2	0.8	-0.2
	July	51,099	14,689	16,774	82,562	-0.1	-0.2	0.7	0.0
	August	50,952	14,724	16,832	82,508	-0.3	0.2	0.3	-0.1
	September	50,716	14,759	16,851	82,326	-0.5	0.2	0.1	-0.2
	October	50,353	14,806	16,796	81,955	-0.7	0.3	-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	August	24,795	20,850	17,269	5,414	7,513	1,585	677	1,141	79,244
	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
Seasonally adjusted
2004	August	25,009	20,538	17,078	5,331	7,628	1,550	743	1,109	78,986
	September	25,341	20,717	17,184	5,375	8,188	1,724	788	1,211	80,528
	October	26,229	23,157	17,598	5,663	7,974	1,961	788	1,269	84,639
	November	25,665	21,417	17,039	5,254	8,044	1,689	709	1,240	81,057
	December	25,212	21,047	16,717	4,743	7,124	1,669	691	1,154	78,357
2005	January	27,374	22,373	18,105	5,597	8,378	1,847	754	1,328	85,756
	February	27,006	21,704	18,407	5,642	8,132	1,724	862	1,339	84,816
	March	26,150	21,124	17,485	5,351	7,691	1,753	777	1,358	81,689
	April	25,986	21,233	18,516	5,433	8,275	1,652	782	1,142	83,019
	May	25,299	21,432	18,227	5,425	8,126	1,658	789	1,226	82,182
	June	24,922	21,352	18,699	5,231	7,952	1,767	860	1,202	81,985
	July	25,311	21,221	18,242	5,161	8,443	1,643	818	1,299	82,138
	August	25,863	21,726	18,275	5,238	8,727	1,615	813	1,323	83,580
	September	25,971	21,709	18,458	5,299	9,028	2,001	847	1,323	84,636
	October	23,644	20,374	17,546	5,225	8,624	1,620	739	1,201	78,973
Trend
2004	August	25,295	20,759	17,106	5,309	7,755	1,693	752	1,193	79,862
	September	25,418	21,143	17,169	5,339	7,867	1,725	748	1,197	80,606
	October	25,644	21,513	17,223	5,361	7,938	1,749	745	1,212	81,385
	November	25,945	21,763	17,306	5,377	7,971	1,765	747	1,238	82,112
	December	26,255	21,833	17,447	5,396	7,984	1,770	752	1,265	82,702
2005	January	26,451	21,750	17,646	5,418	7,985	1,759	761	1,281	83,051
	February	26,442	21,584	17,877	5,438	7,990	1,739	777	1,280	83,127
	March	26,237	21,434	18,096	5,442	8,004	1,714	792	1,266	82,985
	April	25,964	21,375	18,278	5,416	8,051	1,699	807	1,254	82,844
	May	25,690	21,379	18,377	5,362	8,138	1,692	817	1,248	82,703
	June	25,469	21,377	18,383	5,296	8,264	1,695	818	1,249	82,551
	July	25,348	21,388	18,351	5,256	8,430	1,709	819	1,261	82,562
	August	25,234	21,351	18,278	5,236	8,593	1,726	816	1,274	82,508
	September	25,086	21,270	18,178	5,227	8,735	1,739	810	1,281	82,326
	October	24,911	21,148	18,015	5,216	8,823	1,753	799	1,290	81,955
(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.