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SEPTEMBER 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	24 216	20 398	16 660	5 135	7 992	1 348	758	1 236	77 744
Change from previous month (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	2.0	4.9	3.8	5.0	0.2	-6.1	-2.0	1.9	2.9
Change from previous year (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	0.7	-1.5	0.2	0.8	-14.9	-8.1	-9.6	4.4	-2.0
np not available for publication (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 September 2009.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - The September 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (77 744) increased by 2.9% when compared to August 2009. The September 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total new motor vehicle sales is 2.0% lower than the September 2008 estimate.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - All vehicle types increased in seasonally adjusted terms when comparing September 2009 with August 2009. Other vehicles increased by 7.3%, sports utility vehicles rose 2.6% and passenger vehicles rose 1.6%. When comparing September 2009 to September 2008, sports utility vehicles increased 2.8% while other vehicles and passenger vehicles dropped 7.4% and 1.6% respectively.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of new motor vehicles increased in six of the states or territories in seasonally adjusted terms for September 2009 compared to August 2009. Western Australia recorded the largest percentage increase, rising 5.0%, followed by Victoria and Queensland which rose 4.9% and 3.8% respectively. Tasmania and the Northern Territory decreased by 6.2% and 2.1% respectively over this period.

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
	July	49 626	15 823	18 341	83 789	-2.4	-3.6	-1.5	-2.5
	August	48 295	15 272	18 120	81 687	-2.7	-3.5	-1.2	-2.5
	September	47 130	14 811	17 894	79 835	-2.4	-3.0	-1.2	-2.3
	October	46 211	14 461	17 592	78 264	-1.9	-2.4	-1.7	-2.0
	November	45 442	14 200	17 137	76 778	-1.7	-1.8	-2.6	-1.9
	December	44 730	14 034	16 578	75 343	-1.6	-1.2	-3.3	-1.9
2009
	January	44 052	13 999	16 065	74 116	-1.5	-0.2	-3.1	-1.6
	February	43 476	14 107	15 690	73 273	-1.3	0.8	-2.3	-1.1
	March	43 161	14 353	15 457	72 971	-0.7	1.7	-1.5	-0.4
	April	43 258	14 664	15 387	73 308	0.2	2.2	-0.5	0.5
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	July	49 864	15 454	18 533	83 851	-3.9	-9.5	1.7	-3.8
	August	47 364	15 244	17 858	80 466	-5.0	-1.4	-3.6	-4.0
	September	46 930	14 930	17 501	79 360	-0.9	-2.1	-2.0	-1.4
	October	46 238	14 484	18 790	79 512	-1.5	-3.0	7.4	0.2
	November	44 723	13 709	16 691	75 124	-3.3	-5.3	-11.2	-5.5
	December	45 376	14 343	16 909	76 628	1.5	4.6	1.3	2.0
2009
	January	45 415	14 241	15 888	75 544	0.1	-0.7	-6.0	-1.4
	February	43 584	14 149	15 115	72 848	-4.0	-0.6	-4.9	-3.6
	March	41 233	13 719	15 480	70 433	-5.4	-3.0	2.4	-3.3
	April	42 787	14 449	15 173	72 409	3.8	5.3	-2.0	2.8
	May	44 088	15 314	16 801	76 204	3.0	6.0	10.7	5.2
	June	44 984	15 911	19 978	80 873	2.0	3.9	18.9	6.1
	July	45 301	15 274	14 851	75 426	0.7	-4.0	-25.7	-6.7
	August	45 463	14 954	15 114	75 530	0.4	-2.1	1.8	0.1
	September	46 186	15 345	16 213	77 744	1.6	2.6	7.3	2.9
Original
2008
	July	51 068	14 842	18 066	83 976	-17.0	-30.6	-23.5	-21.2
	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

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
	July	25 094	22 243	17 582	5 358	9 772	1 598	887	1 257	83 789
	August	24 512	21 609	17 031	5 283	9 589	1 565	867	1 229	81 687
	September	24 007	21 029	16 630	5 196	9 382	1 525	852	1 214	79 835
	October	23 582	20 551	16 351	5 096	9 152	1 485	835	1 211	78 264
	November	23 205	20 138	16 101	4 979	8 884	1 447	809	1 214	76 778
	December	22 872	19 764	15 825	4 857	8 607	1 418	780	1 219	75 343
2009
	January	22 582	19 443	15 582	4 748	8 380	1 408	751	1 224	74 116
	February	22 366	19 229	15 405	4 672	8 235	1 411	728	1 227	73 273
	March	22 292	19 168	15 344	4 646	8 164	1 415	715	1 227	72 971
	April	22 411	19 281	15 437	4 677	8 147	1 412	716	1 228	73 308
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	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
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	July	24 971	22 284	17 580	5 332	9 820	1 644	926	1 294	83 851
	August	24 008	21 205	16 496	5 274	9 668	1 699	898	1 217	80 466
	September	24 043	20 719	16 624	5 092	9 392	1 467	839	1 184	79 360
	October	23 745	20 909	16 777	5 165	9 464	1 455	799	1 198	79 512
	November	23 013	19 517	15 601	4 959	8 580	1 444	808	1 202	75 124
	December	23 109	20 305	16 259	4 962	8 534	1 381	824	1 254	76 628
2009
	January	22 833	20 043	15 835	4 867	8 512	1 452	759	1 244	75 544
	February	22 387	18 892	15 475	4 418	8 293	1 380	751	1 251	72 848
	March	21 601	18 593	14 479	4 617	7 925	1 445	620	1 153	70 433
	April	22 419	18 671	15 376	4 584	8 011	1 383	723	1 242	72 409
	May	23 488	20 056	16 007	4 904	8 336	1 446	751	1 216	76 204
	June	24 618	21 476	17 199	5 128	8 810	1 533	740	1 368	80 873
	July	23 276	20 022	16 004	4 860	7 968	1 292	799	1 205	75 426
	August	23 737	19 454	16 053	4 889	7 973	1 437	774	1 213	75 530
	September	24 216	20 398	16 660	5 135	7 992	1 348	758	1 236	77 744
Original
2008
	July	25 216	22 272	17 963	5 237	9 580	1 510	900	1 298	83 976
	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
np not available for publication (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.