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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	26 129	23 002	16 989	5 445	9 622	1 530	851	1 396	84 964
Seasonally Adjusted	26 252	23 282	17 325	5 327	9 319	1 532	827	1 396	85 260
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-0.3	-0.5	-0.2	-0.9	-0.4	0.5	-0.8	-0.1	-0.4
Seasonally Adjusted	0.1	1.8	-	-5.4	-5.2	-5.9	-4.7	-0.5	-0.6
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	3.9	7.2	-2.1	2.3	15.8	1.6	6.3	10.1	4.7
Seasonally Adjusted	4.3	6.6	-1.8	-5.1	7.7	0.9	5.5	6.8	3.3
- 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 October 2010 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (84 964) decreased by 0.4% when compared with September 2010.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The October 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (85 260) decreased by 0.6% when compared with September 2010.

• Trend - When comparing trend estimates for October 2010 with September 2010, sales of Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.7%, while sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.9%. Over the same period sales of Other vehicles decreased by 0.9%.
• Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for October 2010 with September 2010, sales of Passenger vehicles decreased by 1.6%, while sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 1.5%. Over the same period sales of Other vehicles decreased by 0.4%.

• Trend - Seven of the eight states and territories contributed to the national decrease in trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales when comparing October 2010 with September 2010. South Australia recorded the largest percentage decrease with 0.9%, followed by the Northern Territory (0.8%) and Victoria (0.5%). Tasmania recorded a percentage increase of 0.5% over the same period.
• Seasonally Adjusted - In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles decreased in five of the eight states and territories for October 2010 when compared with September 2010. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease of 5.9%, followed by South Australia (5.4%) and Western Australia (5.2%). The largest percentage increase for new motor vehicle sales occurred in Victoria (1.8%).

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
	August	46 099	15 671	16 086	77 856	2.0	2.8	2.3	2.2
	September	46 745	16 243	16 562	79 550	1.4	3.7	3.0	2.2
	October	47 191	16 910	17 054	81 155	1.0	4.1	3.0	2.0
	November	47 614	17 582	17 437	82 633	0.9	4.0	2.2	1.8
	December	48 119	18 148	17 632	83 899	1.1	3.2	1.1	1.5
2010
	January	48 743	18 521	17 648	84 911	1.3	2.1	0.1	1.2
	February	49 384	18 734	17 565	85 683	1.3	1.2	-0.5	0.9
	March	49 836	18 887	17 496	86 219	0.9	0.8	-0.4	0.6
	April	49 957	19 080	17 483	86 520	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.3
	May	49 694	19 366	17 472	86 533	-0.5	1.5	-0.1	-
	June	49 148	19 717	17 415	86 280	-1.1	1.8	-0.3	-0.3
	July	48 541	20 046	17 326	85 913	-1.2	1.7	-0.5	-0.4
	August	48 014	20 340	17 200	85 555	-1.1	1.5	-0.7	-0.4
	September	47 600	20 606	17 065	85 271	-0.9	1.3	-0.8	-0.3
	October	47 248	20 798	16 917	84 964	-0.7	0.9	-0.9	-0.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	August	46 325	15 208	15 229	76 762	1.7	-0.3	0.1	1.0
	September	46 601	15 746	16 574	78 921	0.6	3.5	8.8	2.8
	October	47 324	16 495	18 713	82 532	1.6	4.8	12.9	4.6
	November	47 911	18 314	20 245	86 469	1.2	11.0	8.2	4.8
	December	47 104	19 010	23 070	89 184	-1.7	3.8	14.0	3.1
2010
	January	49 113	18 378	18 819	86 309	4.3	-3.3	-18.4	-3.2
	February	49 095	18 519	17 476	85 091	-	0.8	-7.1	-1.4
	March	49 500	18 387	17 133	85 020	0.8	-0.7	-2.0	-0.1
	April	54 054	20 937	17 507	92 498	9.2	13.9	2.2	8.8
	May	51 157	19 613	17 583	88 352	-5.4	-6.3	0.4	-4.5
	June	49 485	19 716	17 739	86 939	-3.3	0.5	0.9	-1.6
	July	47 410	20 354	16 935	84 699	-4.2	3.2	-4.5	-2.6
	August	47 393	19 966	17 573	84 931	-	-1.9	3.8	0.3
	September	48 229	20 693	16 848	85 770	1.8	3.6	-4.1	1.0
	October	47 473	20 999	16 788	85 260	-1.6	1.5	-0.4	-0.6
Original
2009
	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
	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
- 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
	August	24 120	20 511	16 643	5 069	8 071	1 438	773	1 232	77 856
	September	24 675	20 995	17 024	5 205	8 147	1 465	787	1 251	79 550
	October	25 143	21 454	17 350	5 323	8 310	1 506	800	1 268	81 155
	November	25 513	21 903	17 607	5 408	8 548	1 557	814	1 283	82 633
	December	25 777	22 335	17 778	5 462	8 816	1 610	825	1 297	83 899
2010
	January	25 964	22 744	17 867	5 491	9 049	1 652	834	1 311	84 911
	February	26 103	23 122	17 879	5 514	9 225	1 672	841	1 327	85 683
	March	26 212	23 450	17 809	5 538	9 352	1 663	849	1 347	86 219
	April	26 297	23 680	17 667	5 570	9 455	1 627	858	1 367	86 520
	May	26 346	23 742	17 483	5 592	9 537	1 584	866	1 383	86 533
	June	26 342	23 633	17 297	5 596	9 600	1 550	871	1 391	86 280
	July	26 288	23 452	17 150	5 577	9 652	1 531	870	1 394	85 913
	August	26 230	23 274	17 055	5 540	9 672	1 523	865	1 396	85 555
	September	26 195	23 118	17 018	5 497	9 665	1 522	858	1 397	85 271
	October	26 129	23 002	16 989	5 445	9 622	1 530	851	1 396	84 964
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	August	23 945	19 936	16 409	4 967	7 928	1 587	773	1 217	76 762
	September	24 532	20 851	16 887	5 241	8 070	1 342	764	1 233	78 921
	October	25 180	21 838	17 638	5 616	8 649	1 518	784	1 308	82 532
	November	26 397	23 453	18 333	5 721	8 887	1 501	865	1 312	86 469
	December	27 898	22 862	19 398	5 940	9 193	1 779	803	1 311	89 184
2010
	January	26 040	22 983	18 078	5 882	9 392	1 709	918	1 308	86 309
	February	26 114	22 755	17 670	5 414	9 386	1 623	802	1 326	85 091
	March	25 696	23 609	17 313	5 386	9 121	1 709	852	1 335	85 020
	April	26 860	26 042	18 251	5 680	11 785	1 641	860	1 379	92 498
	May	26 410	24 003	17 700	5 592	10 778	1 579	888	1 403	88 352
	June	26 619	23 894	17 348	5 742	9 570	1 535	842	1 388	86 939
	July	25 770	23 174	16 611	5 491	9 872	1 480	903	1 398	84 699
	August	26 274	23 126	16 739	5 468	9 626	1 463	855	1 380	84 931
	September	26 224	22 867	17 322	5 630	9 828	1 628	868	1 403	85 770
	October	26 252	23 282	17 325	5 327	9 319	1 532	827	1 396	85 260
Original
2009
	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
	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
(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.