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	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	32 899	26 746	19 759	5 670	8 769	1 639	822	1 598	97 903
Seasonally Adjusted	32 356	26 317	19 638	5 864	8 674	1 636	863	1 578	96 925
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.5	-1.4	1.6	0.4
Seasonally Adjusted	-3.8	-5.2	-2.2	1.9	-2.5	-16.4	6.5	-3.9	-3.6
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	9.3	4.8	8.3	-1.8	-6.4	14.7	-9.0	11.7	5.5
Seasonally Adjusted	5.7	3.7	8.9	2.4	-8.6	14.4	-4.2	11.8	4.2
(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.

OCTOBER TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The October 2015 trend estimate (97 903) has increased by 0.4% when compared with September 2015.
• When comparing national trend estimates for October 2015 with September 2015, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 0.1% and 0.5% respectively. Over the same period sales for Sports utility vehicles increased by 1.5%.
• Seven of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing October 2015 with September 2015. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage increase (1.6%), followed by South Australia (0.7%) and New South Wales (0.6%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory was the only jurisdiction to record a decrease in sales (1.4%).

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term-graph_update

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term-graph_update

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
	August	43 843	29 889	19 196	92 928	-0.6	0.4	0.2	-0.1
	September	43 563	29 999	19 224	92 787	-0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2
	October	43 355	30 151	19 258	92 763	-0.5	0.5	0.2	-
	November	43 252	30 419	19 319	92 990	-0.2	0.9	0.3	0.2
	December	43 142	30 850	19 393	93 385	-0.3	1.4	0.4	0.4
2015
	January	43 032	31 371	19 437	93 840	-0.3	1.7	0.2	0.5
	February	42 958	31 922	19 450	94 330	-0.2	1.8	0.1	0.5
	March	42 860	32 408	19 463	94 732	-0.2	1.5	0.1	0.4
	April	42 817	32 849	19 421	95 087	-0.1	1.4	-0.2	0.4
	May	42 830	33 293	19 316	95 439	-	1.4	-0.5	0.4
	June	42 859	33 823	19 181	95 863	0.1	1.6	-0.7	0.4
	July	42 902	34 468	19 017	96 387	0.1	1.9	-0.9	0.5
	August	42 892	35 209	18 851	96 953	-	2.1	-0.9	0.6
	September	42 806	35 953	18 715	97 474	-0.2	2.1	-0.7	0.5
	October	42 770	36 507	18 625	97 903	-0.1	1.5	-0.5	0.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	August	43 784	29 376	19 239	92 398	-1.6	-2.0	4.3	-0.6
	September	43 258	30 662	19 380	93 301	-1.2	4.4	0.7	1.0
	October	43 854	30 007	19 134	92 995	1.4	-2.1	-1.3	-0.3
	November	43 016	30 449	18 810	92 274	-1.9	1.5	-1.7	-0.8
	December	44 130	30 718	20 215	95 064	2.6	0.9	7.5	3.0
2015
	January	43 662	30 316	19 251	93 228	-1.1	-1.3	-4.8	-1.9
	February	43 155	33 250	19 227	95 632	-1.2	9.7	-0.1	2.6
	March	44 995	31 710	19 510	96 214	4.3	-4.6	1.5	0.6
	April	41 317	34 403	19 382	95 102	-8.2	8.5	-0.7	-1.2
	May	42 052	32 171	19 330	93 553	1.8	-6.5	-0.3	-1.6
	June	44 619	33 448	19 422	97 489	6.1	4.0	0.5	4.2
	July	42 735	34 476	19 258	96 469	-4.2	3.1	-0.8	-1.0
	August	41 667	34 861	18 445	94 973	-2.5	1.1	-4.2	-1.6
	September	44 712	37 513	18 313	100 537	7.3	7.6	-0.7	5.9
	October	41 321	36 552	19 052	96 925	-7.6	-2.6	4.0	-3.6
Original
2014
	August	42 658	27 543	17 956	88 157	-1.9	-4.4	2.0	-1.9
	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
- 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
	August	29 875	25 461	18 279	5 863	9 675	1 417	907	1 452	92 928
	September	29 999	25 481	18 211	5 818	9 519	1 415	902	1 441	92 787
	October	30 101	25 516	18 243	5 772	9 369	1 429	903	1 430	92 763
	November	30 185	25 603	18 406	5 747	9 252	1 461	908	1 427	92 990
	December	30 237	25 739	18 643	5 754	9 162	1 500	917	1 433	93 385
2015
	January	30 308	25 849	18 905	5 779	9 085	1 539	930	1 446	93 840
	February	30 462	25 928	19 147	5 805	9 014	1 572	941	1 461	94 330
	March	30 700	25 952	19 321	5 805	8 943	1 596	945	1 470	94 732
	April	31 032	25 973	19 421	5 759	8 881	1 606	939	1 477	95 087
	May	31 419	26 041	19 460	5 686	8 825	1 605	920	1 485	95 439
	June	31 807	26 155	19 501	5 618	8 784	1 603	894	1 499	95 863
	July	32 165	26 297	19 572	5 587	8 767	1 609	868	1 521	96 387
	August	32 469	26 460	19 650	5 595	8 764	1 620	848	1 548	96 953
	September	32 712	26 612	19 721	5 629	8 763	1 630	834	1 573	97 474
	October	32 899	26 746	19 759	5 670	8 769	1 639	822	1 598	97 903
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	August	29 782	25 422	18 096	5 932	9 414	1 419	876	1 457	92 398
	September	30 063	25 150	18 648	5 857	9 639	1 580	913	1 450	93 301
	October	30 622	25 388	18 030	5 724	9 487	1 430	901	1 411	92 995
	November	29 738	25 887	17 971	5 777	9 149	1 431	897	1 423	92 274
	December	30 434	25 948	20 336	5 553	9 030	1 409	955	1 398	95 064
2015
	January	29 997	25 591	19 048	5 682	9 032	1 590	849	1 439	93 228
	February	30 702	25 710	19 726	6 145	9 191	1 658	1 010	1 490	95 632
	March	30 847	26 212	20 298	5 761	9 064	1 585	918	1 529	96 214
	April	30 505	26 519	19 474	5 776	8 824	1 593	952	1 459	95 102
	May	31 242	25 319	18 891	5 594	8 594	1 541	952	1 421	93 553
	June	32 600	26 110	20 123	5 679	8 907	1 662	888	1 519	97 489
	July	31 965	26 648	19 462	5 646	8 756	1 618	850	1 524	96 469
	August	31 945	25 688	19 306	5 242	8 725	1 720	832	1 515	94 973
	September	33 639	27 750	20 087	5 756	8 898	1 955	810	1 641	100 537
	October	32 356	26 317	19 638	5 864	8 674	1 636	863	1 578	96 925
Original
2014
	August	28 404	24 184	17 169	5 618	9 137	1 418	807	1 420	88 157
	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
(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.