9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Sep 2014

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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)

Trend	30 003	25 471	18 467	5 912	9 690	1 423	893	1 485	93 343
Seasonally Adjusted	30 228	25 470	18 880	5 917	9 809	1 593	901	1 486	94 285
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	0.4	-	0.1	0.3	-0.6	-0.3	-1.2	0.9	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted	1.8	2.0	4.5	0.5	5.1	14.2	4.5	2.1	2.9
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	1.9	-1.2	-3.5	1.7	-4.4	-11.5	-6.6	1.3	-1.1
Seasonally Adjusted	4.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.8	-3.5	-5.6	0.6	4.1	0.8


(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.

SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend estimates: The September 2014 trend estimate (93 343) has increased by 0.1% when compared with August 2014.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The September 2014 seasonally adjusted estimate (94 285) has increased by 2.9% when compared with August 2014.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for September 2014 with August 2014, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.6%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for September 2014 with August 2014, sales of all vehicle types increased. Passenger, Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 0.5%, 6.8% and 2.3% respectively.

SALES BY STATE

Trend estimates: Five of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing September 2014 with August 2014. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage increase (0.9%), followed by New South Wales (0.4%) and South Australia (0.3%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory recorded the largest decrease in sales of 1.2%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: All states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing September 2014 with August 2014. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage increase (14.2%) followed by Western Australia (5.1%) and both Queensland and the Northern Territory (4.5%).

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term

Footnote(s): Break in time series for trend between June and July 2000. See paragraph 13 of the Expanatory Notes.

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term-graph_update_September_2014

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term-graph_update_September_2014

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

2013
	July	47 653	27 633	19 182	94 469	-	-	-0.9	-0.2
	August	47 546	27 689	19 126	94 362	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	-0.1
	September	47 451	27 748	19 144	94 342	-0.2	0.2	0.1	-
	October	47 329	27 796	19 188	94 314	-0.3	0.2	0.2	-
	November	47 112	27 844	19 243	94 199	-0.5	0.2	0.3	-0.1
	December	46 776	27 912	19 230	93 919	-0.7	0.2	-0.1	-0.3
2014
	January	46 316	28 019	19 145	93 481	-1.0	0.4	-0.4	-0.5
	February	45 795	28 208	19 012	93 015	-1.1	0.7	-0.7	-0.5
	March	45 309	28 460	18 912	92 681	-1.1	0.9	-0.5	-0.4
	April	44 908	28 750	18 906	92 563	-0.9	1.0	-	-0.1
	May	44 632	29 100	18 985	92 717	-0.6	1.2	0.4	0.2
	June	44 437	29 452	19 089	92 978	-0.4	1.2	0.5	0.3
	July	44 269	29 745	19 134	93 147	-0.4	1.0	0.2	0.2
	August	44 116	30 005	19 131	93 252	-0.3	0.9	-	0.1
	September	44 044	30 182	19 118	93 343	-0.2	0.6	-0.1	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	July	46 887	27 147	19 453	93 487	-2.8	-3.0	-5.2	-3.4
	August	48 000	28 526	18 430	94 955	2.4	5.1	-5.3	1.6
	September	47 177	27 477	18 890	93 544	-1.7	-3.7	2.5	-1.5
	October	47 159	26 915	18 910	92 984	-	-2.0	0.1	-0.6
	November	47 407	28 412	19 339	95 158	0.5	5.6	2.3	2.3
	December	47 119	28 799	20 419	96 337	-0.6	1.4	5.6	1.2
2014
	January	45 966	27 594	18 871	92 431	-2.4	-4.2	-7.6	-4.1
	February	46 234	27 378	18 750	92 363	0.6	-0.8	-0.6	-0.1
	March	44 782	28 842	18 606	92 230	-3.1	5.3	-0.8	-0.1
	April	45 111	28 661	18 396	92 168	0.7	-0.6	-1.1	-0.1
	May	44 046	29 382	19 119	92 546	-2.4	2.5	3.9	0.4
	June	44 731	29 505	20 395	94 632	1.6	0.4	6.7	2.3
	July	44 635	30 094	18 427	93 156	-0.2	2.0	-9.7	-1.6
	August	43 802	29 076	18 785	91 664	-1.9	-3.4	1.9	-1.6
	September	44 017	31 046	19 222	94 285	0.5	6.8	2.3	2.9
Original

2013
	July	46 318	25 568	18 349	90 235	-19.6	-25.7	-31.3	-24.0
	August	48 060	27 515	17 761	93 336	3.8	7.6	-3.2	3.4
	September	47 149	26 199	19 314	92 662	-1.9	-4.8	8.7	-0.7
	October	46 939	26 258	19 406	92 603	-0.4	0.2	0.5	-0.1
	November	49 089	28 889	18 946	96 924	4.6	10.0	-2.4	4.7
	December	47 686	28 543	20 527	96 756	-2.9	-1.2	8.3	-0.2
2014
	January	41 626	25 868	14 791	82 285	-12.7	-9.4	-27.9	-15.0
	February	43 651	25 867	17 300	86 818	4.9	-	17.0	5.5
	March	47 079	30 778	19 410	97 267	7.9	19.0	12.2	12.0
	April	39 027	25 350	16 333	80 710	-17.1	-17.6	-15.9	-17.0
	May	43 819	30 730	20 013	94 562	12.3	21.2	22.5	17.2
	June	53 844	36 846	27 619	118 309	22.9	19.9	38.0	25.1
	July	43 464	28 805	17 598	89 867	-19.3	-21.8	-36.3	-24.0
	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

- 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

2013
	July	29 413	25 551	19 345	5 780	10 332	1 620	969	1 458	94 469
	August	29 402	25 684	19 224	5 795	10 228	1 610	965	1 455	94 362
	September	29 430	25 792	19 147	5 812	10 134	1 607	955	1 466	94 342
	October	29 486	25 830	19 098	5 831	10 039	1 609	937	1 485	94 314
	November	29 547	25 749	19 081	5 846	9 947	1 606	919	1 504	94 199
	December	29 580	25 507	19 099	5 842	9 875	1 596	909	1 510	93 919
2014
	January	29 557	25 186	19 093	5 831	9 834	1 575	907	1 498	93 481
	February	29 478	24 925	19 025	5 820	9 836	1 543	915	1 473	93 015
	March	29 395	24 827	18 896	5 818	9 866	1 509	925	1 446	92 681
	April	29 356	24 914	18 726	5 827	9 896	1 485	931	1 428	92 563
	May	29 429	25 126	18 590	5 846	9 899	1 466	932	1 428	92 717
	June	29 585	25 320	18 519	5 864	9 872	1 451	926	1 441	92 978
	July	29 741	25 422	18 477	5 882	9 817	1 437	915	1 457	93 147
	August	29 883	25 466	18 456	5 896	9 748	1 428	903	1 471	93 252
	September	30 003	25 471	18 467	5 912	9 690	1 423	893	1 485	93 343
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	July	28 979	25 269	19 053	5 758	10 353	1 658	1 008	1 408	93 487
	August	29 913	25 496	19 658	5 803	10 160	1 426	1 023	1 476	94 955
	September	29 034	25 630	18 891	5 811	10 168	1 688	896	1 427	93 544
	October	28 874	25 542	18 651	5 781	10 089	1 663	932	1 452	92 984
	November	29 609	26 736	18 877	6 023	9 783	1 662	936	1 532	95 158
	December	30 380	26 126	19 721	5 790	10 215	1 626	922	1 557	96 337
2014
	January	29 730	24 326	19 228	5 695	9 499	1 549	879	1 526	92 431
	February	29 187	24 542	18 980	5 892	9 877	1 505	909	1 471	92 363
	March	29 036	25 050	18 559	5 914	9 893	1 485	874	1 419	92 230
	April	29 327	24 400	18 890	5 755	9 835	1 515	1 056	1 390	92 168
	May	29 395	25 322	18 499	5 699	9 911	1 472	847	1 400	92 546
	June	29 921	25 835	18 731	6 045	10 147	1 506	979	1 467	94 632
	July	29 599	25 626	18 339	5 842	9 876	1 471	913	1 491	93 156
	August	29 700	24 960	18 066	5 890	9 335	1 395	862	1 456	91 664
	September	30 228	25 470	18 880	5 917	9 809	1 593	901	1 486	94 285
Original

2013
	July	27 789	24 584	18 618	5 485	9 848	1 466	1 049	1 396	90 235
	August	29 223	25 210	19 101	5 730	10 177	1 491	967	1 437	93 336
	September	28 702	25 430	18 498	5 847	10 153	1 835	852	1 345	92 662
	October	28 519	25 961	18 057	5 732	10 305	1 737	853	1 439	92 603
	November	30 496	27 547	18 381	6 216	9 815	1 984	904	1 581	96 924
	December	29 966	26 316	19 718	6 039	10 287	2 009	835	1 586	96 756
2014
	January	27 080	21 289	16 660	5 082	8 707	1 280	713	1 474	82 285
	February	27 585	23 411	17 367	5 567	9 427	1 263	791	1 407	86 818
	March	30 656	26 311	20 073	6 184	10 117	1 457	998	1 471	97 267
	April	25 625	21 108	17 041	4 897	8 604	1 182	1 070	1 183	80 710
	May	29 788	26 042	19 252	5 764	9 920	1 409	978	1 409	94 562
	June	37 575	31 327	24 643	7 531	12 440	1 743	1 258	1 792	118 309
	July	28 587	24 756	17 767	5 514	9 556	1 302	913	1 472	89 867
	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

(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.

NOTES

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