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This publication contains 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, other vehicles and total vehicles at the state/territory and National levels.


September 2002 KEY POINTS

The trend estimate of total new motor vehicle sales increased by 1.0% in September compared with August 2002. It now exceeds the previous high point recorded in July 1998. Passenger vehicle sales increased by 0.5% and other vehicle sales increased by 1.9%.

Over the twelve months to September 2002, sales of total new motor vehicles increased by 8.4%; passenger vehicles increased by 3.3% while other vehicles increased by 18.9%. The only state or territory to record a fall in the trend estimate for total new motor vehicle sales was the Northern Territory (1.1%) while Queensland recorded the largest increase (19.6%).

The seasonally adjusted estimate of total new motor vehicle sales increased by 0.6% in September compared with August 2002. Increases were recorded in Victoria (5.1%), South Australia (5.3%) and the Australian Capital Territory (9.1%). Passenger vehicle sales increased by 1.5% while other vehicle sales fell by 1.0%.

NOTES


DATA QUALITY

Due to a processing problem with the data supplier for heavy truck sales, other vehicles were understated by 367 units in July 2002. These missing units have been included in the August 2002 sales data for other vehicles. The impact on the original series is as follows: New South Wales (119 units), Victoria (63 units), Queensland (84 units), South Australia (18 units), Western Australia (65 units), Tasmania (14 units) and the Northern Territory (4 units).

Table 1: New Motor Vehicle Sales

		Passenger vehicles (No.)	Other vehicles (a) (No.)	Total vehicles (No.)	Change Passenger vehicles (%)	Change Other vehicles (%)	Change Total vehicles (%)
Original
2001	July	46,230	19,955	66,185	-5.9	-18.3	-10.0
	August	44,861	21,137	65,998	-3.0	5.9	-0.3
	September	40,257	18,992	59,249	-10.3	-10.1	-10.2
	October	45,575	20,805	66,380	13.2	9.5	12.0
	November	47,510	23,252	70,762	4.2	11.8	6.6
	December	48,193	20,838	69,031	1.4	-10.4	-2.4
2002	January	39,779	18,778	58,557	-17.5	-9.9	-15.2
	February	42,776	22,019	64,795	7.5	17.3	10.7
	March	44,828	22,996	67,824	4.8	4.4	4.7
	April	42,052	21,834	63,886	-6.2	-5.1	-5.8
	May	46,448	26,675	73,123	10.5	22.2	14.5
	June	49,101	29,680	78,781	5.7	11.3	7.7
	July	45,923	23,859	69,782	-6.5	-19.6	-11.4
	August	45,122	24,525	69,647	-1.7	2.8	-0.2
	September	43,396	22,638	66,034	-3.8	-7.7	-5.2
Seasonally Adjusted
2001	July	45,537	21,050	66,587	6.1	18.1	9.6
	August	43,344	21,124	64,468	-4.8	0.4	-3.2
	September	44,281	21,858	66,139	2.2	3.5	2.6
	October	43,579	21,162	64,741	-1.6	-3.2	-2.1
	November	43,719	22,068	65,787	0.3	4.3	1.6
	December	46,970	20,668	67,638	7.4	-6.3	2.8
2002	January	49,327	25,036	74,363	5.0	21.1	9.9
	February	45,836	24,037	69,873	-7.1	-4.0	-6.0
	March	43,275	21,485	64,760	-5.6	-10.6	-7.3
	April	46,228	23,784	70,012	6.8	10.7	8.1
	May	45,205	24,572	69,777	-2.2	3.3	-0.3
	June	44,206	22,533	66,739	-2.2	-8.3	-4.4
	July	43,865	24,134	67,999	-0.8	7.1	1.9
	August	45,256	25,550	70,806	3.2	5.9	4.1
	September	45,945	25,284	71,229	1.5	-1.0	0.6
Trend
2001	July	43,146	20,346	63,492	-0.1	1.9	0.5
	August	43,256	20,720	63,976	0.3	1.8	0.8
	September	43,757	21,186	64,943	1.2	2.2	1.5
	October	44,535	21,681	66,216	1.8	2.3	2.0
	November	45,348	22,103	67,451	1.8	1.9	1.9
	December	45,979	22,491	68,470	1.4	1.8	1.5
2002	January	46,309	22,862	69,171	0.7	1.6	1.0
	February	46,239	23,162	69,401	-0.2	1.3	0.3
	March	45,802	23,332	69,134	-0.9	0.7	-0.4
	April	45,219	23,444	68,663	-1.3	0.5	-0.7
	May	44,776	23,597	68,373	-1.0	0.7	-0.4
	June	44,672	23,877	68,549	-0.2	1.2	0.3
	July	44,768	24,285	69,053	0.2	1.7	0.7
	August	44,961	24,730	69,691	0.4	1.8	0.9
	September	45,206	25,195	70,401	0.5	1.9	1.0
(a) Other vehicle figures for July 2002 and August 2002 have been affected by reporting problems. See Notes.

		NSW (No.)	Vic. (No.)	Qld (No.)	SA (No.)	WA (No.)	Tas. (No.)	NT (No.)	ACT (No.)	Aust. (No.)
Original
2001	July	22,850	20,304	10,872	3,978	5,391	1,072	610	1,108	66,185
	August	22,817	18,702	11,394	4,171	6,011	1,177	586	1,140	65,998
	September	21,272	16,295	10,303	3,670	5,197	1,044	508	960	59,249
	October	23,535	18,442	11,430	4,148	5,725	1,257	618	1,225	66,380
	November	24,667	19,544	12,505	4,515	6,118	1,427	670	1,316	70,762
	December	22,979	19,502	12,045	4,379	6,649	1,873	571	1,033	69,031
2002	January	20,414	15,658	10,737	3,727	5,481	989	525	1,026	58,557
	February	22,108	17,336	12,252	4,168	6,159	1,090	553	1,129	64,795
	March	23,923	18,330	12,694	4,224	5,880	1,093	658	1,022	67,824
	April	22,428	17,250	11,671	3,985	5,642	1,103	624	1,183	63,886
	May	25,763	19,540	13,507	4,648	6,344	1,343	763	1,215	73,123
	June	27,496	20,296	15,035	5,143	7,348	1,294	813	1,356	78,781
	July	24,643	18,721	13,462	4,457	5,562	1,174	579	1,184	69,782
	August	23,456	18,942	13,516	4,537	6,102	1,311	597	1,186	69,647
	September	22,236	18,765	12,497	4,187	5,493	1,239	507	1,110	66,034
Seasonally Adjusted
2001	July	22,218	20,451	11,503	3,955	5,725	1,094	614	1,027	66,587
	August	22,741	18,024	11,179	3,982	5,778	1,071	604	1,089	64,468
	September	23,542	18,040	11,679	4,249	5,834	1,061	616	1,118	66,139
	October	22,973	17,414	11,596	4,032	5,684	1,244	605	1,193	64,741
	November	22,625	18,039	11,991	4,086	5,730	1,351	677	1,288	65,787
	December	23,131	19,154	11,554	4,152	6,724	1,287	605	1,031	67,638
2002	January	25,954	20,074	13,478	4,894	6,629	1,358	721	1,255	74,363
	February	23,861	18,592	13,038	4,582	6,577	1,347	635	1,241	69,873
	March	22,901	17,896	11,820	4,113	5,346	1,156	569	959	64,760
	April	24,649	18,712	12,848	4,401	6,239	1,243	603	1,317	70,012
	May	24,411	18,895	13,093	4,313	5,933	1,347	692	1,093	69,777
	June	23,339	17,610	11,954	4,444	6,275	1,279	629	1,209	66,739
	July	23,122	18,333	13,723	4,295	5,757	1,159	556	1,054	67,999
	August	24,389	19,017	13,796	4,421	6,127	1,235	637	1,184	70,806
	September	23,579	19,978	13,765	4,654	6,128	1,234	599	1,292	71,229
Trend
2001	July	22,317	17,620	11,248	3,972	5,567	1,089	596	1,083	63,492
	August	22,500	17,715	11,340	3,990	5,621	1,107	605	1,098	63,976
	September	22,800	17,917	11,511	4,049	5,766	1,154	617	1,129	64,943
	October	23,154	18,206	11,745	4,145	5,960	1,214	633	1,159	66,216
	November	23,474	18,490	12,003	4,254	6,142	1,267	643	1,178	67,451
	December	23,743	18,725	12,268	4,348	6,254	1,302	646	1,184	68,470
2002	January	23,969	18,872	12,483	4,413	6,297	1,314	644	1,179	69,171
	February	24,108	18,869	12,600	4,441	6,267	1,306	640	1,170	69,401
	March	24,129	18,690	12,641	4,425	6,172	1,286	633	1,158	69,134
	April	24,030	18,462	12,680	4,385	6,062	1,267	626	1,151	68,663
	May	23,876	18,346	12,776	4,352	5,995	1,256	622	1,150	68,373
	June	23,777	18,431	12,965	4,360	5,997	1,247	618	1,154	68,549
	July	23,741	18,641	13,225	4,400	6,027	1,238	615	1,166	69,053
	August	23,741	18,917	13,498	4,455	6,054	1,230	611	1,185	69,691
	September	23,735	19,205	13,772	4,519	6,118	1,229	610	1,213	70,401
(a) Other vehicle figures for July 2002 and August 2002 have been affected by reporting problems. See Notes.