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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	24 775	21 396	17 507	5 475	8 444	1 465	765	1 295	81 122
Change from previous month (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	2.3	4.0	4.0	5.3	4.9	6.7	0.8	4.6	3.7
Change from previous year (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	5.0	3.3	6.6	7.9	-9.7	4.0	-4.3	8.7	3.3
(a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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

• Following the Federal Government Budget in May 2009, the eligibility period for the Small Business and General Business Tax Break was extended to December 2009. The rebate level was also increased for small businesses, allowing eligible businesses to claim an increased tax deduction on the purchase of new motor vehicles.
• The trend series attempts to measure the underlying behaviour in new motor vehicle sales. In the short term, this measurement may be significantly affected by unusual influences in the original and seasonally adjusted data, like those observed in May and June 2009. If the trend estimates in the publication were to be calculated without fully accounting for this irregular event, they would be likely to provide a misleading view of the underlying trend in new motor vehicle sales activity.
• The new motor vehicle sales trend series has therefore been suspended from May 2009. The trend series will be reintroduced when more certainty emerges in the underlying behaviour of new car sales.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates can still be produced and will continue to be published as usual.
• This publication shows the trend series to April 2009 and seasonally adjusted series to October 2009.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - The October 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (81 122) increased by 3.7% when compared to September 2009. The October 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total new motor vehicle sales is 3.3% higher than the October 2008 estimate.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - All vehicle types increased in seasonally adjusted terms when comparing October 2009 with September 2009. Other vehicles increased by 10.6%, sports utility vehicles rose 3.7% and passenger vehicles rose 1.2%. When comparing October 2009 to October 2008, sports utility vehicles increased 11.5% while passenger vehicles and other vehicles rose 1.9% and 0.1% respectively.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of new motor vehicles increased in all states or territories in seasonally adjusted terms for October 2009 compared to September 2009. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage increase, rising 6.7%, followed by South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, rising 5.3% and 4.6% respectively.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle
		Count Passenger vehicles	Count Sports utility vehicles	Count Other vehicles	Count Total vehicles	Change Passenger vehicles	Change Sports utility vehicles	Change Other vehicles	Change Total vehicles
		no.	no.	no.	no.	%	%	%	%
Trend(a)
2008
	August	48 335	15 292	18 145	81 772	-2.7	-3.5	-1.5	-2.6
	September	47 133	14 817	17 850	79 800	-2.5	-3.1	-1.6	-2.4
	October	46 174	14 450	17 492	78 115	-2.0	-2.5	-2.0	-2.1
	November	45 376	14 177	17 011	76 564	-1.7	-1.9	-2.7	-2.0
	December	44 658	14 005	16 464	75 127	-1.6	-1.2	-3.2	-1.9
2009
	January	43 993	13 974	15 998	73 964	-1.5	-0.2	-2.8	-1.5
	February	43 445	14 090	15 680	73 215	-1.2	0.8	-2.0	-1.0
	March	43 159	14 346	15 492	72 998	-0.7	1.8	-1.2	-0.3
	April	43 241	14 658	15 382	73 281	0.2	2.2	-0.7	0.4
	May	43 705	14 960	15 379	74 044	1.1	2.1	-	1.0
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	July	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	August	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	September	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	October	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	August	47 545	15 295	18 109	80 948	-4.7	-1.3	-2.7	-3.6
	September	47 031	14 986	17 633	79 649	-1.1	-2.0	-2.6	-1.6
	October	46 000	14 373	18 179	78 552	-2.2	-4.1	3.1	-1.4
	November	44 600	13 670	16 611	74 880	-3.0	-4.9	-8.6	-4.7
	December	45 359	14 380	16 926	76 665	1.7	5.2	1.9	2.4
2009
	January	45 384	14 187	15 808	75 378	0.1	-1.3	-6.6	-1.7
	February	43 556	14 136	15 139	72 831	-4.0	-0.4	-4.2	-3.4
	March	41 259	13 721	15 538	70 518	-5.3	-2.9	2.6	-3.2
	April	42 754	14 444	15 157	72 355	3.6	5.3	-2.5	2.6
	May	44 143	15 315	16 928	76 385	3.2	6.0	11.7	5.6
	June	45 042	15 953	20 146	81 141	2.0	4.2	19.0	6.2
	July	45 443	15 335	14 872	75 650	0.9	-3.9	-26.2	-6.8
	August	45 554	14 988	15 316	75 858	0.2	-2.3	3.0	0.3
	September	46 339	15 453	16 451	78 243	1.7	3.1	7.4	3.1
	October	46 892	16 030	18 199	81 122	1.2	3.7	10.6	3.7
Original
2008
	August	46 114	14 233	16 977	77 324	-9.7	-4.1	-6.0	-7.9
	September	48 865	14 200	17 873	80 938	6.0	-0.2	5.3	4.7
	October	45 978	14 357	18 770	79 105	-5.9	1.1	5.0	-2.3
	November	43 019	12 736	15 862	71 617	-6.4	-11.3	-15.5	-9.5
	December	45 696	14 422	16 392	76 510	6.2	13.2	3.3	6.8
2009
	January	41 309	13 435	12 335	67 079	-9.6	-6.8	-24.7	-12.3
	February	42 463	13 699	14 079	70 241	2.8	2.0	14.1	4.7
	March	43 484	15 022	17 144	75 650	2.4	9.7	21.8	7.7
	April	36 697	13 092	14 176	63 965	-15.6	-12.8	-17.3	-15.4
	May	42 245	15 562	17 634	75 441	15.1	18.9	24.4	17.9
	June	55 837	20 459	26 551	102 847	32.2	31.5	50.6	36.3
	July	46 099	14 752	14 482	75 333	-17.4	-27.9	-45.5	-26.8
	August	44 918	13 972	14 397	73 287	-2.6	-5.3	-0.6	-2.7
	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
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) (a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009.

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend(a)
2008
	August	24 535	21 636	17 049	5 290	9 599	1 566	868	1 229	81 772
	September	24 004	21 028	16 609	5 193	9 377	1 523	852	1 213	79 800
	October	23 555	20 521	16 298	5 084	9 133	1 480	835	1 209	78 115
	November	23 166	20 088	16 031	4 961	8 856	1 441	809	1 212	76 564
	December	22 832	19 710	15 760	4 837	8 580	1 412	779	1 217	75 127
2009
	January	22 553	19 399	15 541	4 733	8 360	1 406	750	1 223	73 964
	February	22 355	19 206	15 397	4 665	8 226	1 412	727	1 227	73 215
	March	22 298	19 166	15 361	4 647	8 166	1 417	714	1 229	72 998
	April	22 403	19 265	15 438	4 672	8 144	1 413	715	1 229	73 281
	May	22 671	19 490	15 632	4 744	8 140	1 406	729	1 231	74 044
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	July	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	August	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	September	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	October	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	August	24 123	21 295	16 708	5 305	9 680	1 715	899	1 222	80 948
	September	24 088	20 803	16 678	5 143	9 445	1 474	838	1 180	79 649
	October	23 588	20 714	16 425	5 076	9 350	1 409	800	1 191	78 552
	November	22 926	19 450	15 555	4 935	8 555	1 451	807	1 201	74 880
	December	23 139	20 300	16 251	4 970	8 528	1 395	825	1 256	76 665
2009
	January	22 815	19 991	15 811	4 841	8 489	1 435	756	1 240	75 378
	February	22 370	18 885	15 486	4 420	8 287	1 382	750	1 250	72 831
	March	21 628	18 602	14 508	4 619	7 936	1 451	619	1 155	70 518
	April	22 392	18 663	15 355	4 576	8 020	1 381	722	1 246	72 355
	May	23 525	20 086	16 083	4 929	8 333	1 457	753	1 219	76 385
	June	24 707	21 523	17 246	5 166	8 850	1 541	741	1 367	81 141
	July	23 280	20 151	16 061	4 859	8 003	1 288	799	1 209	75 650
	August	23 845	19 487	16 166	4 923	8 000	1 447	772	1 219	75 858
	September	24 215	20 576	16 834	5 198	8 050	1 373	760	1 238	78 243
	October	24 775	21 396	17 507	5 475	8 444	1 465	765	1 295	81 122
Original
2008
	August	22 669	20 575	15 679	5 034	9 652	1 680	855	1 180	77 324
	September	24 513	21 479	16 697	5 074	9 679	1 561	755	1 180	80 938
	October	23 448	21 337	16 024	5 069	9 850	1 478	750	1 149	79 105
	November	22 043	18 756	14 111	4 935	8 284	1 575	743	1 170	71 617
	December	22 421	20 792	16 163	5 028	8 416	1 660	751	1 279	76 510
2009
	January	21 085	17 493	13 521	4 355	7 648	1 234	588	1 155	67 079
	February	21 969	18 273	14 604	4 336	7 864	1 227	706	1 262	70 241
	March	23 550	19 503	16 124	4 779	8 329	1 388	718	1 259	75 650
	April	19 596	16 395	13 801	4 128	7 043	1 146	772	1 084	63 965
	May	22 958	19 995	15 884	5 025	8 150	1 404	851	1 174	75 441
	June	31 089	26 508	23 509	6 406	10 838	1 814	991	1 692	102 847
	July	23 472	19 884	16 403	4 632	7 817	1 184	761	1 180	75 333
	August	22 704	18 848	15 661	4 696	8 003	1 476	723	1 176	73 287
	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
(a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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.