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		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	33 200	27 909	19 440	6 095	8 441	1 745	922	1 543	99 294
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	33 856	28 180	19 432	6 306	8 473	1 858	936	1 600	100 640
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	0.3	0.9	-	0.9	0.2	2.9	0.2	-1.0	0.4
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	3.1	1.6	1.5	4.7	2.0	7.6	0.9	8.4	2.5
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	2.0	5.2	-1.7	7.4	-3.8	8.7	11.8	0.3	2.1
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	1.5	2.7	-3.4	10.3	-4.6	-2.2	14.0	-0.4	0.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(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 TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The September 2016 trend estimate (99 294) increased by 0.4% when compared with August 2016.
• When comparing national trend estimates for September 2016 with August 2016, sales for Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles increased by 1.6% and 0.1% respectively. By contrast, sales for Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.4%.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (2.9%).
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Australian Capital Territory (-1.0%).

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

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

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle by month
		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
2015
	July	42 870	34 615	19 019	96 504	0.1	1.5	-0.5	0.5
	August	42 868	35 088	18 980	96 935	-	1.4	-0.2	0.4
	September	42 698	35 501	19 063	97 262	-0.4	1.2	0.4	0.3
	October	42 342	35 806	19 325	97 473	-0.8	0.9	1.4	0.2
	November	41 906	36 007	19 753	97 666	-1.0	0.6	2.2	0.2
	December	41 499	36 066	20 246	97 811	-1.0	0.2	2.5	0.1
2016
	January	41 152	36 067	20 671	97 889	-0.8	-	2.1	0.1
	February	40 916	36 023	20 938	97 877	-0.6	-0.1	1.3	-
	March	40 812	35 963	21 027	97 802	-0.3	-0.2	0.4	-0.1
	April	40 780	35 986	20 997	97 762	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-
	May	40 727	36 140	20 930	97 797	-0.1	0.4	-0.3	-
	June	40 652	36 493	20 871	98 017	-0.2	1.0	-0.3	0.2
	July	40 498	37 028	20 869	98 394	-0.4	1.5	-	0.4
	August	40 311	37 628	20 911	98 850	-0.5	1.6	0.2	0.5
	September	40 137	38 228	20 930	99 294	-0.4	1.6	0.1	0.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	July	42 875	34 527	19 280	96 682	-3.0	2.3	0.2	-0.5
	August	41 948	34 909	18 643	95 500	-2.2	1.1	-3.3	-1.2
	September	44 292	36 947	18 600	99 839	5.6	5.8	-0.2	4.5
	October	41 074	36 116	19 187	96 377	-7.3	-2.2	3.2	-3.5
	November	41 848	35 512	20 532	97 891	1.9	-1.7	7.0	1.6
	December	42 716	34 851	19 561	97 128	2.1	-1.9	-4.7	-0.8
2016
	January	40 281	36 912	20 913	98 106	-5.7	5.9	6.9	1.0
	February	40 679	36 628	20 753	98 060	1.0	-0.8	-0.8	-
	March	41 584	36 168	22 045	99 797	2.2	-1.3	6.2	1.8
	April	41 132	35 383	20 721	97 236	-1.1	-2.2	-6.0	-2.6
	May	39 822	35 827	20 446	96 096	-3.2	1.3	-1.3	-1.2
	June	42 277	36 200	20 699	99 176	6.2	1.0	1.2	3.2
	July	40 105	36 965	21 124	98 193	-5.1	2.1	2.1	-1.0
	August	39 531	37 791	20 861	98 184	-1.4	2.2	-1.2	-
	September	40 342	39 129	21 169	100 640	2.1	3.5	1.5	2.5
Original
2015
	July	41 420	32 679	18 209	92 308	-26.5	-22.7	-33.1	-26.7
	August	40 673	32 900	17 132	90 705	-1.8	0.7	-5.9	-1.7
	September	46 084	36 968	18 340	101 392	13.3	12.4	7.1	11.8
	October	40 856	34 744	18 721	94 321	-11.3	-6.0	2.1	-7.0
	November	41 726	36 070	20 843	98 639	2.1	3.8	11.3	4.6
	December	44 172	35 439	20 005	99 616	5.9	-1.7	-4.0	1.0
2016
	January	35 214	33 073	16 086	84 373	-20.3	-6.7	-19.6	-15.3
	February	39 558	36 865	20 020	96 443	12.3	11.5	24.5	14.3
	March	43 652	38 437	22 423	104 512	10.3	4.3	12.0	8.4
	April	36 671	31 783	19 117	87 571	-16.0	-17.3	-14.7	-16.2
	May	38 222	36 230	22 220	96 672	4.2	14.0	16.2	10.4
	June	53 832	46 011	28 726	128 569	40.8	27.0	29.3	33.0
	July	38 033	33 817	19 481	91 331	-29.3	-26.5	-32.2	-29.0
	August	38 945	36 396	19 568	94 909	2.4	7.6	0.4	3.9
	September	42 076	39 497	21 123	102 696	8.0	8.5	7.9	8.2
- 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.
Trend
2015
	July	32 222	26 332	19 629	5 586	8 751	1 599	866	1 519	96 504
	August	32 452	26 436	19 707	5 605	8 753	1 603	842	1 536	96 935
	September	32 536	26 542	19 769	5 674	8 772	1 606	825	1 539	97 262
	October	32 542	26 624	19 799	5 770	8 792	1 603	817	1 526	97 473
	November	32 583	26 682	19 795	5 871	8 812	1 595	822	1 507	97 666
	December	32 720	26 694	19 721	5 947	8 812	1 585	838	1 494	97 811
2016
	January	32 904	26 687	19 606	5 989	8 768	1 575	862	1 499	97 889
	February	33 074	26 669	19 486	5 991	8 683	1 561	888	1 526	97 877
	March	33 169	26 664	19 407	5 961	8 583	1 548	909	1 561	97 802
	April	33 162	26 737	19 382	5 933	8 491	1 547	922	1 588	97 762
	May	33 079	26 885	19 395	5 923	8 431	1 564	925	1 597	97 797
	June	33 016	27 121	19 418	5 942	8 409	1 599	922	1 588	98 017
	July	33 030	27 393	19 435	5 985	8 412	1 645	921	1 574	98 394
	August	33 102	27 665	19 444	6 040	8 424	1 696	920	1 559	98 850
	September	33 200	27 909	19 440	6 095	8 441	1 745	922	1 543	99 294
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	July	32 066	26 808	19 476	5 683	8 631	1 634	865	1 520	96 682
	August	32 179	25 692	19 488	5 326	8 767	1 700	825	1 523	95 500
	September	33 341	27 451	20 120	5 719	8 880	1 900	821	1 606	99 839
	October	32 284	26 144	19 415	5 852	8 669	1 613	855	1 546	96 377
	November	32 435	26 598	20 369	5 823	8 815	1 550	793	1 509	97 891
	December	32 285	26 873	19 196	6 002	8 842	1 674	821	1 436	97 128
2016
	January	32 724	26 749	19 902	6 084	8 797	1 552	833	1 464	98 106
	February	33 323	26 642	19 514	5 911	8 730	1 512	930	1 499	98 060
	March	33 881	26 693	20 335	6 074	8 704	1 559	933	1 619	99 797
	April	33 175	26 868	18 878	5 745	8 483	1 577	901	1 609	97 236
	May	32 601	26 186	19 167	6 018	8 036	1 580	939	1 568	96 096
	June	32 934	27 565	20 073	5 981	8 446	1 539	939	1 700	99 176
	July	33 006	27 224	19 493	5 800	8 706	1 577	878	1 509	98 193
	August	32 837	27 747	19 139	6 024	8 307	1 726	928	1 476	98 184
	September	33 856	28 180	19 432	6 306	8 473	1 858	936	1 600	100 640
Original
2015
	July	30 332	25 902	18 700	5 256	8 341	1 445	836	1 496	92 308
	August	30 529	24 608	18 183	5 088	8 371	1 710	767	1 449	90 705
	September	33 983	27 675	20 387	5 859	9 009	2 090	785	1 604	101 392
	October	31 196	26 503	18 246	5 825	8 534	1 719	785	1 513	94 321
	November	33 176	27 421	19 249	6 019	8 724	1 764	734	1 552	98 639
	December	32 740	27 785	19 711	6 315	8 969	1 913	733	1 450	99 616
2016
	January	28 392	22 426	17 193	5 208	7 861	1 298	626	1 369	84 373
	February	32 633	26 782	18 711	5 988	8 725	1 319	851	1 434	96 443
	March	35 963	27 716	21 470	6 087	9 054	1 515	1 023	1 684	104 512
	April	29 391	23 963	17 753	5 174	7 601	1 313	969	1 407	87 571
	May	32 867	26 125	19 565	5 949	7 935	1 503	1 180	1 548	96 672
	June	43 449	34 262	27 270	7 613	10 749	1 853	1 240	2 133	128 569
	July	30 219	25 517	18 445	5 210	8 234	1 389	831	1 486	91 331
	August	31 788	27 096	18 062	5 785	8 144	1 743	881	1 410	94 909
	September	34 424	28 766	19 702	6 551	8 668	2 074	880	1 631	102 696
(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.