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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 2006 KEY POINTS

Trend

The trend estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles continues to increase. The October 2006 trend estimate (81,145) increased 0.4% compared with the September 2006 estimate.

All vehicles recorded an increase from September 2006 to October 2006. Passenger vehicles have now shown six consecutive months of trend increases.

All states and territories except for Queensland and South Australia showed a positive monthly percentage change in their trend estimates from September 2006 to October 2006.

Seasonally adjusted

The October 2006 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (81,520) is stable compared to the September 2006 estimate (81,556).

The Northern Territory had the largest increase (9.4%) with New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania showing slight increases. All remaining states and territories showed decreases in seasonally adjusted estimates.

Over this period, 'passenger' vehicles were the only vehicle type to decrease (down 1.8%). Other vehicles rose 2.1% and sports utility vehicles rose 3.8%.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	24 981	20 492	17 738	4 902	9 684	1 701	835	1 187	81 520
Trend	24 678	20 562	17 624	4 927	9 714	1 629	801	1 210	81 145
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	0.7	-1.9	1.6	-2.4	-0.1	1.9	9.4	-4.4	-0.0
Trend	0.9	0.5	-0.1	-1.2	0.8	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.4
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	5.2	-1.2	1.7	-6.2	13.4	6.6	14.5	0.8	2.9
Trend	-1.0	-3.9	-0.8	-6.5	11.2	-0.4	3.5	-2.5	-0.7

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
November 2006	21 December 2006
December 2006	22 January 2006
January 2006 February 2007	21 February 2007 21 March 2007
March 2007	20 April 2007
April 2007	22 May 2007

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
2005	August	53 648	15 173	17 356	86 177	9.4	9.8	9.8	9.6
	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
	December	47 945	15 046	16 286	79 277	-9.1	5.6	-1.5	-5.1
2006	January	43 761	13 251	12 991	70 003	-8.7	-11.9	-20.2	-11.7
	February	48 483	13 506	15 457	77 446	10.8	1.9	19.0	10.6
	March	53 188	15 896	18 072	87 156	9.7	17.7	16.9	12.5
	April	42 307	11 901	14 442	68 650	-20.5	-25.1	-20.1	-21.2
	May	50 683	14 816	17 958	83 457	19.8	24.5	24.3	21.6
	June	57 026	18 079	21 343	96 448	12.5	22.0	18.8	15.6
	July	48 798	13 279	15 485	77 562	-14.4	-26.6	-27.4	-19.6
	August	52 030	13 539	16 092	81 661	6.6	2.0	3.9	5.3
	September	51 388	13 208	15 397	79 993	-1.2	-2.4	-4.3	-2.0
	October	50 532	13 921	15 477	79 930	-1.7	5.4	0.5	-0.1
Seasonally adjusted
2005	August	51 254	15 005	17 263	83 522	0.9	1.7	4.1	1.7
	September	51 232	15 735	17 249	84 216	0.0	4.9	-0.1	0.8
	October	49 036	13 961	16 189	79 186	-4.3	-11.3	-6.1	-6.0
	November	49 991	14 099	16 519	80 609	1.9	1.0	2.0	1.8
	December	49 534	14 936	16 756	81 226	-0.9	5.9	1.4	0.8
2006	January	51 541	14 626	16 927	83 094	4.1	-2.1	1.0	2.3
	February	50 083	14 186	16 639	80 908	-2.8	-3.0	-1.7	-2.6
	March	48 541	14 025	16 562	79 128	-3.1	-1.1	-0.5	-2.2
	April	49 320	13 896	16 313	79 529	1.6	-0.9	-1.5	0.5
	May	49 518	13 947	16 349	79 814	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4
	June	48 859	14 301	15 613	78 773	-1.3	2.5	-4.5	-1.3
	July	50 634	14 174	16 182	80 990	3.6	-0.9	3.6	2.8
	August	50 229	12 951	15 984	79 164	-0.8	-8.6	-1.2	-2.3
	September	51 088	14 514	15 954	81 556	1.7	12.1	-0.2	3.0
	October	50 161	15 062	16 297	81 520	-1.8	3.8	2.1	-0.0
Trend
2005	August	50 783	14 732	16 916	82 431	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.3
	September	50 528	14 723	16 843	82 094	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4
	October	50 298	14 682	16 763	81 743	-0.5	-0.3	-0.5	-0.4
	November	50 152	14 595	16 717	81 464	-0.3	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3
	December	50 056	14 473	16 694	81 223	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	-0.3
2006	January	49 934	14 345	16 674	80 953	-0.2	-0.9	-0.1	-0.3
	February	49 757	14 263	16 622	80 642	-0.4	-0.6	-0.3	-0.4
	March	49 548	14 178	16 524	80 250	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5
	April	49 393	14 057	16 357	79 807	-0.3	-0.9	-1.0	-0.6
	May	49 397	13 942	16 181	79 520	0.0	-0.8	-1.1	-0.4
	June	49 620	13 924	16 068	79 612	0.5	-0.1	-0.7	0.1
	July	49 969	13 983	16 018	79 970	0.7	0.4	-0.3	0.4
	August	50 278	14 090	16 012	80 380	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.5
	September	50 526	14 237	16 032	80 795	0.5	1.0	0.1	0.5
	October	50 660	14 411	16 074	81 145	0.3	1.2	0.3	0.4

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2005	August	26 292	22 550	19 330	5 458	8 714	1 689	751	1 393	86 177
	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
	December	23 054	22 110	16 208	5 335	8 664	2 080	690	1 136	79 277
2006	January	21 995	17 876	15 107	4 380	7 604	1 295	616	1 130	70 003
	February	24 495	19 979	16 452	5 085	8 165	1 373	731	1 166	77 446
	March	27 165	21 461	19 833	5 195	9 750	1 540	913	1 299	87 156
	April	21 171	17 636	14 820	4 619	7 507	1 129	764	1 004	68 650
	May	25 124	20 776	18 774	5 601	9 472	1 623	863	1 224	83 457
	June	28 560	23 015	23 091	6 164	11 170	1 936	1 058	1 454	96 448
	July	23 688	19 322	17 910	4 794	8 720	1 334	679	1 115	77 562
	August	24 223	21 043	18 124	5 107	9 736	1 436	768	1 224	81 661
	September	24 267	20 449	17 061	4 903	9 716	1 688	682	1 227	79 993
	October	24 379	20 785	16 625	4 781	9 591	1 797	762	1 210	79 930
Seasonally adjusted
2005	August	25 678	21 829	18 283	5 286	8 656	1 663	807	1 320	83 522
	September	25 967	21 542	18 353	5 307	8 860	2 050	841	1 296	84 216
	October	23 736	20 744	17 442	5 225	8 536	1 596	729	1 178	79 186
	November	24 515	21 300	17 282	5 290	8 840	1 455	715	1 212	80 609
	December	24 622	21 637	17 486	5 244	8 733	1 573	765	1 166	81 226
2006	January	25 951	21 240	18 061	5 315	8 854	1 591	813	1 269	83 094
	February	25 291	20 941	17 264	5 251	8 524	1 625	793	1 219	80 908
	March	24 506	19 928	17 596	4 833	8 685	1 595	772	1 213	79 128
	April	24 110	20 442	17 399	5 310	8 853	1 477	748	1 190	79 529
	May	23 859	20 174	17 795	5 261	9 250	1 582	743	1 150	79 814
	June	23 934	19 480	17 528	5 044	9 084	1 717	768	1 218	78 773
	July	24 163	20 427	18 296	5 153	9 522	1 515	740	1 174	80 990
	August	23 845	20 196	17 285	4 936	9 482	1 431	795	1 194	79 164
	September	24 810	20 885	17 466	5 023	9 698	1 669	763	1 242	81 556
	October	24 981	20 492	17 738	4 902	9 684	1 701	835	1 187	81 520
Trend
2005	August	25 218	21 488	18 154	5 256	8 551	1 697	807	1 260	82 431
	September	25 037	21 444	17 965	5 265	8 667	1 670	791	1 255	82 094
	October	24 927	21 390	17 770	5 271	8 734	1 636	774	1 241	81 743
	November	24 906	21 320	17 628	5 267	8 749	1 602	767	1 225	81 464
	December	24 933	21 218	17 540	5 249	8 727	1 576	766	1 214	81 223
2006	January	24 943	21 039	17 504	5 220	8 704	1 563	770	1 210	80 953
	February	24 880	20 785	17 516	5 193	8 719	1 567	773	1 209	80 642
	March	24 682	20 488	17 570	5 173	8 783	1 577	772	1 205	80 250
	April	24 373	20 215	17 622	5 158	8 898	1 581	764	1 196	79 807
	May	24 090	20 067	17 651	5 140	9 054	1 571	757	1 190	79 520
	June	23 996	20 084	17 675	5 116	9 230	1 567	756	1 188	79 612
	July	24 089	20 192	17 689	5 080	9 392	1 572	764	1 192	79 970
	August	24 265	20 324	17 673	5 033	9 526	1 585	775	1 199	80 380
	September	24 468	20 465	17 643	4 989	9 635	1 604	788	1 203	80 795
	October	24 678	20 562	17 624	4 927	9 714	1 629	801	1 210	81 145
(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.