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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	26 193	23 012	16 917	5 588	9 887	1 521	871	1 403	85 392
Seasonally Adjusted	26 201	22 812	17 336	5 627	9 910	1 644	862	1 408	85 800
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-0.2	-1.0	-0.5	-0.2	0.8	-0.3	-0.4	0.2	-0.3
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.4	-1.2	3.5	2.3	2.2	12.7	0.2	1.9	0.9
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	6.2	9.6	-0.8	7.6	21.2	4.0	10.9	12.1	7.4
Seasonally Adjusted	6.6	9.5	2.5	8.0	22.3	21.9	13.6	13.8	8.6
(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 September 2010 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (85 392) decreased by 0.3% when compared with August 2010.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The September 2010 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (85 800) increased by 0.9% when compared with August 2010.

• Trend - When comparing trend estimates for September 2010 with August 2010, sales of Passenger vehicles decreased by 1.0%, while sales of Sports utility vehicles increased by 1.1%. Over the same period sales of Other vehicles decreased by 0.4%.
• Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for September 2010 with August 2010, sales of Passenger vehicles and Sports utility vehicles increased by 1.6% and 4.1% respectively, while sales of Other vehicles decreased by 4.4%.

• Trend - When comparing September 2010 with August 2010, Victoria recorded the largest percentage decrease with 1.0%, followed by Queensland (0.5%) and Northern Territory (0.4%). Western Australia recorded the largest percentage increase with 0.8%, followed by the Australian Capital Territory (0.2%).
• Seasonally Adjusted - In seasonally adjusted terms, Tasmania recorded the largest percentage increase of 12.8%, followed by Queensland (3.5%) and South Australia (2.3%). The largest percentage decrease for new motor vehicle sales occurred in Victoria (1.2%).

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
	July	45 227	15 230	15 736	76 193	2.3	2.1	1.6	2.1
	August	46 109	15 666	16 092	77 868	2.0	2.9	2.3	2.2
	September	46 740	16 251	16 553	79 545	1.4	3.7	2.9	2.2
	October	47 172	16 930	17 030	81 132	0.9	4.2	2.9	2.0
	November	47 585	17 609	17 403	82 598	0.9	4.0	2.2	1.8
	December	48 088	18 174	17 599	83 860	1.1	3.2	1.1	1.5
2010
	January	48 716	18 539	17 623	84 878	1.3	2.0	0.1	1.2
	February	49 369	18 742	17 552	85 663	1.3	1.1	-0.4	0.9
	March	49 843	18 881	17 494	86 218	1.0	0.7	-0.3	0.6
	April	49 954	19 066	17 484	86 504	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.3
	May	49 687	19 356	17 475	86 519	-0.5	1.5	-	-
	June	49 168	19 698	17 441	86 308	-1.0	1.8	-0.2	-0.2
	July	48 600	20 011	17 389	85 999	-1.2	1.6	-0.3	-0.4
	August	48 088	20 282	17 321	85 691	-1.1	1.4	-0.4	-0.4
	September	47 631	20 510	17 251	85 392	-1.0	1.1	-0.4	-0.3
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	July	45 480	15 255	15 197	75 932	1.6	-5.3	-23.9	-6.1
	August	46 411	15 193	15 315	76 920	2.0	-0.4	0.8	1.3
	September	46 613	15 758	16 618	78 989	0.4	3.7	8.5	2.7
	October	47 351	16 519	18 532	82 401	1.6	4.8	11.5	4.3
	November	47 783	18 358	20 236	86 377	0.9	11.1	9.2	4.8
	December	47 027	19 014	23 077	89 117	-1.6	3.6	14.0	3.2
2010
	January	49 168	18 422	18 764	86 354	4.6	-3.1	-18.7	-3.1
	February	49 103	18 526	17 483	85 111	-0.1	0.6	-6.8	-1.4
	March	49 468	18 363	17 148	84 980	0.7	-0.9	-1.9	-0.2
	April	54 054	20 925	17 492	92 471	9.3	13.9	2.0	8.8
	May	51 214	19 592	17 603	88 409	-5.3	-6.4	0.6	-4.4
	June	49 511	19 676	17 760	86 946	-3.3	0.4	0.9	-1.7
	July	47 528	20 326	16 966	84 820	-4.0	3.3	-4.5	-2.4
	August	47 414	19 922	17 689	85 025	-0.2	-2.0	4.3	0.2
	September	48 151	20 745	16 904	85 800	1.6	4.1	-4.4	0.9
Original
2009
	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
	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
- 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
	July	23 520	19 997	16 260	4 938	8 084	1 422	756	1 215	76 193
	August	24 110	20 505	16 655	5 067	8 089	1 437	772	1 233	77 868
	September	24 665	20 988	17 046	5 193	8 155	1 462	786	1 251	79 545
	October	25 132	21 450	17 376	5 304	8 303	1 501	798	1 268	81 132
	November	25 504	21 903	17 629	5 388	8 527	1 552	812	1 283	82 598
	December	25 770	22 340	17 789	5 445	8 788	1 607	824	1 296	83 860
2010
	January	25 961	22 753	17 863	5 483	9 023	1 651	834	1 310	84 878
	February	26 105	23 132	17 861	5 515	9 206	1 674	842	1 327	85 663
	March	26 221	23 460	17 785	5 547	9 342	1 667	850	1 346	86 218
	April	26 305	23 677	17 648	5 577	9 441	1 631	858	1 366	86 504
	May	26 353	23 729	17 476	5 599	9 524	1 589	867	1 382	86 519
	June	26 351	23 620	17 294	5 610	9 614	1 556	872	1 391	86 308
	July	26 303	23 439	17 131	5 608	9 713	1 535	874	1 397	85 999
	August	26 238	23 243	17 004	5 601	9 804	1 526	875	1 401	85 691
	September	26 193	23 012	16 917	5 588	9 887	1 521	871	1 403	85 392
Seasonally Adjusted
2009
	July	23 523	20 112	16 140	4 918	7 934	1 340	758	1 206	75 932
	August	23 956	19 926	16 481	4 996	7 983	1 584	775	1 219	76 920
	September	24 578	20 842	16 909	5 211	8 104	1 349	759	1 237	78 989
	October	25 154	21 832	17 676	5 549	8 603	1 504	778	1 305	82 401
	November	26 341	23 464	18 343	5 718	8 847	1 488	866	1 311	86 377
	December	27 908	22 825	19 380	5 940	9 167	1 782	804	1 313	89 117
2010
	January	26 039	23 041	18 116	5 863	9 363	1 708	917	1 307	86 354
	February	26 115	22 760	17 676	5 420	9 384	1 626	803	1 325	85 111
	March	25 725	23 609	17 248	5 388	9 112	1 712	853	1 332	84 980
	April	26 865	26 037	18 189	5 702	11 786	1 650	862	1 380	92 471
	May	26 405	24 009	17 712	5 615	10 793	1 582	890	1 404	88 409
	June	26 639	23 892	17 336	5 740	9 572	1 535	844	1 386	86 946
	July	25 778	23 182	16 629	5 521	9 910	1 495	905	1 400	84 820
	August	26 300	23 085	16 743	5 502	9 694	1 458	861	1 382	85 025
	September	26 201	22 812	17 336	5 627	9 910	1 644	862	1 408	85 800
Original
2009
	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
	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
(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.