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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.


SEPTEMBER 2005 KEY POINTS

Trend

The September 2005 trend estimate (84,230) for the sales of new motor vehicles increased 0.8% over the August 2005 estimate, and is 4.5% higher than the September 2004 estimate.

In September 2005, increases in sales were recorded in the trend estimate of all vehicle types. Increases were recorded for sales of passenger vehicles (0.6%), sports utility vehicles (1.3%) and sales of other vehicles (0.9%) compared with August 2005. Compared with September 2004, increases were recorded for sales of passenger vehicles (5.0%), sports utility vehicles (0.1%) and other vehicles (7.1%).

All states and territories excluding South Australia recorded increases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles in September 2005 compared with August 2005. Western Australia (2.2%) and the Australian Capital Territory (1.9%) recorded the largest increases.

When compared with September 2004, all states and territories excluding South Australia recorded increases in the trend estimate for sales of new motor vehicles, with the Northern Territory (13.8%) and Western Australia (12.3%) recording the largest increases.

Seasonally adjusted

The seasonally adjusted estimate for sales of new motor vehicles for September 2005 (85,477) recorded an increase (2.0%) over August 2005.

Increases were recorded in the seasonally adjusted sales of new passenger vehicles (1.1%) and sports utility vehicles (7.8%) in September 2005 compared with August 2005, while sales of other motor vehicles decreased (-0.3%).

All states and territories recorded increases in the seasonally adjusted estimates for sales of new motor vehicles.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle Sales
Seasonally Adjusted	26,324	21,963	18,668	5,296	9,061	1,965	866	1,334	85,477
Trend	25,816	21,813	18,599	5,228	8,830	1,780	850	1,314	84,230
Percentage Change From Previous Month
Seasonally Adjusted	1.9	0.6	1.6	1.0	3.6	20.8	6.3	0.7	2.0
Trend	0.7	0.6	0.4	-0.1	2.2	1.8	1.6	1.9	0.8
Percentage Change From Previous Year
Seasonally Adjusted	2.7	5.2	8.5	-1.7	10.4	15.2	9.3	10.0	5.5
Trend	1.5	3.2	8.4	-2.1	12.3	3.5	13.8	9.9	4.5

Table 1: New Motor Vehicle Sales

		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	July	46,724	14,442	15,869	77,035	-19.8	-19.7	-24.2	-20.8
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	July	47,625	14,757	16,161	78,543	-3.4	1.8	3.6	-1.0
	August	48,388	15,009	15,782	79,179	1.6	1.7	-2.3	0.8
	September	49,745	15,109	16,153	81,007	2.8	0.7	2.4	2.3
	October	51,694	15,456	16,455	83,605	3.9	2.3	1.9	3.2
	November	50,097	15,005	15,733	80,835	-3.1	-2.9	-4.4	-3.3
	December	48,038	14,359	16,103	78,500	-4.1	-4.3	2.4	-2.9
2005	January	52,406	15,982	16,980	85,368	9.1	11.3	5.4	8.7
	February	52,549	16,192	16,064	84,805	0.3	1.3	-5.4	-0.7
	March	50,232	15,814	15,673	81,719	-4.4	-2.3	-2.4	-3.6
	April	51,283	14,997	16,813	83,093	2.1	-5.2	7.3	1.7
	May	51,148	14,565	16,634	82,347	-0.3	-2.9	-1.1	-0.9
	June	51,050	14,315	16,678	82,043	-0.2	-1.7	0.3	-0.4
	July	51,405	14,719	16,500	82,624	0.7	2.8	-1.1	0.7
	August	51,694	14,799	17,321	83,814	0.6	0.5	5.0	1.4
	September	52,256	15,946	17,275	85,477	1.1	7.8	-0.3	2.0
Trend
2004	July	48,673	14,788	15,935	79,396	0.5	2.0	-0.2	0.6
	August	49,004	14,977	15,963	79,944	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.7
	September	49,440	15,081	16,053	80,574	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.8
	October	49,908	15,186	16,139	81,233	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.8
	November	50,348	15,348	16,189	81,885	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.8
	December	50,716	15,534	16,216	82,466	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.7
2005	January	50,981	15,651	16,243	82,875	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.5
	February	51,125	15,638	16,276	83,039	0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.2
	March	51,207	15,454	16,321	82,982	0.2	-1.2	0.3	-0.1
	April	51,249	15,167	16,409	82,825	0.1	-1.9	0.5	-0.2
	May	51,243	14,897	16,532	82,672	-0.0	-1.8	0.7	-0.2
	June	51,262	14,751	16,692	82,705	0.0	-1.0	1.0	0.0
	July	51,421	14,772	16,871	83,064	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.4
	August	51,641	14,899	17,049	83,589	0.4	0.9	1.1	0.6
	September	51,935	15,097	17,198	84,230	0.6	1.3	0.9	0.8

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2004	July	25,031	19,410	17,141	4,949	7,228	1,449	646	1,181	77,035
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2004	July	25,253	19,874	17,185	5,119	7,641	1,589	674	1,208	78,543
	August	24,991	20,646	17,159	5,328	7,636	1,560	749	1,110	79,179
	September	25,624	20,871	17,210	5,386	8,206	1,705	792	1,213	81,007
	October	25,948	22,770	17,346	5,646	7,936	1,933	767	1,259	83,605
	November	25,516	21,364	17,038	5,252	8,035	1,685	709	1,236	80,835
	December	25,272	21,075	16,750	4,739	7,130	1,675	698	1,161	78,500
2005	January	27,227	22,304	17,982	5,581	8,357	1,854	745	1,318	85,368
	February	27,016	21,685	18,415	5,638	8,128	1,726	861	1,336	84,805
	March	26,157	21,110	17,497	5,357	7,697	1,756	781	1,364	81,719
	April	25,992	21,253	18,554	5,430	8,278	1,657	784	1,145	83,093
	May	25,335	21,464	18,312	5,424	8,128	1,666	793	1,225	82,347
	June	24,955	21,398	18,642	5,255	7,952	1,778	860	1,203	82,043
	July	25,526	21,334	18,367	5,157	8,461	1,653	826	1,300	82,624
	August	25,837	21,839	18,379	5,246	8,746	1,627	815	1,325	83,814
	September	26,324	21,963	18,668	5,296	9,061	1,965	866	1,334	85,477
Trend
2004	July	25,317	20,519	17,049	5,270	7,630	1,657	759	1,195	79,396
	August	25,332	20,792	17,113	5,312	7,759	1,691	752	1,193	79,944
	September	25,422	21,134	17,151	5,339	7,866	1,719	747	1,196	80,574
	October	25,608	21,463	17,180	5,356	7,933	1,739	743	1,211	81,233
	November	25,881	21,689	17,247	5,370	7,961	1,758	743	1,236	81,885
	December	26,180	21,757	17,391	5,387	7,974	1,765	749	1,263	82,466
2005	January	26,385	21,693	17,609	5,411	7,978	1,760	759	1,280	82,875
	February	26,403	21,556	17,864	5,432	7,986	1,743	775	1,280	83,039
	March	26,227	21,431	18,100	5,440	8,003	1,721	792	1,268	82,982
	April	25,943	21,371	18,274	5,418	8,052	1,705	807	1,255	82,825
	May	25,666	21,376	18,371	5,363	8,139	1,696	815	1,246	82,672
	June	25,513	21,427	18,424	5,300	8,271	1,699	821	1,250	82,705
	July	25,527	21,538	18,481	5,258	8,447	1,718	829	1,266	83,064
	August	25,638	21,673	18,530	5,233	8,640	1,749	837	1,289	83,589
	September	25,816	21,813	18,599	5,228	8,830	1,780	850	1,314	84,230
(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.