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(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.
JUNE TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS
The June 2016 trend estimate (97 801) remained flat when compared with May 2016.
When comparing national trend estimates for June 2016 with May 2016, sales for Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles both decreased by 0.2%. By contrast, sales for Passenger vehicles increased by 0.4%.
The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Australian Capital Territory (2.0%).
The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Western Australia (-1.1%), continuing a downward trend which commenced in December 2015.
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
April
42 942
32 903
19 320
95 165
-0.2
1.5
-0.2
0.4
May
42 882
33 405
19 222
95 509
-0.1
1.5
-0.5
0.4
June
42 821
33 988
19 112
95 921
-0.1
1.7
-0.6
0.4
July
42 803
34 583
19 017
96 403
-
1.8
-0.5
0.5
August
42 780
35 141
18 971
96 893
-0.1
1.6
-0.2
0.5
September
42 618
35 621
19 054
97 292
-0.4
1.4
0.4
0.4
October
42 290
35 954
19 318
97 562
-0.8
0.9
1.4
0.3
November
41 888
36 139
19 749
97 776
-1.0
0.5
2.2
0.2
December
41 503
36 150
20 245
97 898
-0.9
-
2.5
0.1
2016
January
41 159
36 100
20 661
97 920
-0.8
-0.1
2.1
-
February
40 911
36 043
20 903
97 857
-0.6
-0.2
1.2
-0.1
March
40 845
36 012
20 986
97 842
-0.2
-0.1
0.4
-
April
40 886
35 941
20 985
97 812
0.1
-0.2
-
-
May
40 994
35 857
20 924
97 775
0.3
-0.2
-0.3
-
June
41 148
35 773
20 880
97 801
0.4
-0.2
-0.2
-
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
April
40 629
34 637
19 402
94 668
-10.6
9.5
0.8
-1.7
May
42 755
32 363
19 380
94 498
5.2
-6.6
-0.1
-0.2
June
44 193
33 652
19 259
97 105
3.4
4.0
-0.6
2.8
July
42 748
34 278
19 339
96 365
-3.3
1.9
0.4
-0.8
August
41 598
34 836
18 548
94 982
-2.7
1.6
-4.1
-1.4
September
44 359
37 536
18 579
100 474
6.6
7.8
0.2
5.8
October
41 145
36 249
19 195
96 590
-7.2
-3.4
3.3
-3.9
November
41 736
35 453
20 547
97 736
1.4
-2.2
7.0
1.2
December
42 765
34 995
19 565
97 325
2.5
-1.3
-4.8
-0.4
2016
January
40 327
36 923
20 930
98 180
-5.7
5.5
7.0
0.9
February
40 622
36 525
20 717
97 864
0.7
-1.1
-1.0
-0.3
March
41 647
36 208
22 023
99 878
2.5
-0.9
6.3
2.1
April
41 191
35 191
20 720
97 102
-1.1
-2.8
-5.9
-2.8
May
39 950
35 768
20 449
96 167
-3.0
1.6
-1.3
-1.0
June
42 470
35 957
20 736
99 162
6.3
0.5
1.4
3.1
Original
2015
April
35 015
29 664
16 977
81 656
-27.3
-16.4
-20.5
-22.3
May
40 592
32 530
20 205
93 327
15.9
9.7
19.0
14.3
June
56 386
42 256
27 208
125 850
38.9
29.9
34.7
34.8
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
- 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
April
30 982
26 022
19 493
5 766
8 885
1 605
929
1 483
95 165
May
31 385
26 091
19 513
5 687
8 836
1 601
911
1 486
95 509
June
31 810
26 192
19 535
5 609
8 794
1 595
888
1 498
95 921
July
32 188
26 310
19 590
5 566
8 772
1 596
863
1 517
96 403
August
32 440
26 442
19 670
5 592
8 771
1 604
840
1 534
96 893
September
32 551
26 575
19 742
5 669
8 783
1 610
824
1 538
97 292
October
32 579
26 678
19 786
5 775
8 793
1 608
817
1 526
97 562
November
32 632
26 736
19 792
5 884
8 802
1 600
823
1 508
97 776
December
32 756
26 730
19 730
5 963
8 798
1 588
840
1 494
97 898
2016
January
32 904
26 705
19 622
5 997
8 758
1 576
862
1 496
97 920
February
33 037
26 683
19 503
5 990
8 676
1 564
886
1 519
97 857
March
33 144
26 700
19 434
5 973
8 570
1 556
909
1 556
97 842
April
33 170
26 742
19 409
5 960
8 455
1 553
927
1 596
97 812
May
33 138
26 802
19 413
5 953
8 346
1 550
941
1 632
97 775
June
33 075
26 880
19 492
5 941
8 256
1 545
949
1 665
97 801
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
April
30 226
26 425
19 563
5 781
8 682
1 596
946
1 448
94 668
May
31 479
25 626
19 128
5 621
8 722
1 527
938
1 457
94 498
June
32 470
26 044
19 974
5 649
8 944
1 652
877
1 495
97 105
July
31 956
26 658
19 418
5 633
8 726
1 610
853
1 511
96 365
August
31 869
25 804
19 257
5 287
8 730
1 710
825
1 500
94 982
September
33 702
27 534
20 205
5 747
8 907
1 927
823
1 629
100 474
October
32 304
26 183
19 540
5 872
8 663
1 619
855
1 553
96 590
November
32 315
26 649
20 300
5 825
8 803
1 547
794
1 502
97 736
December
32 485
26 940
19 147
6 034
8 795
1 666
824
1 435
97 325
2016
January
32 756
26 692
19 957
6 070
8 849
1 558
832
1 467
98 180
February
33 181
26 673
19 465
5 925
8 685
1 517
930
1 488
97 864
March
33 890
26 706
20 408
6 102
8 651
1 557
940
1 623
99 878
April
33 102
26 758
18 962
5 733
8 471
1 567
896
1 612
97 102
May
32 546
26 216
19 231
6 017
8 073
1 567
943
1 574
96 167
June
33 095
27 549
19 975
5 991
8 359
1 539
944
1 711
99 162
Original
2015
April
26 264
22 160
17 335
4 843
7 609
1 280
948
1 217
81 656
May
30 996
25 231
19 312
5 429
8 353
1 440
1 144
1 422
93 327
June
42 105
32 615
27 270
7 286
11 503
1 989
1 189
1 893
125 850
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
(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
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE
Release Date
July 2016
16 August 2016
August 2016
15 September 2016
September 2016
18 October 2016
October 2016
16 November 2016
November 2016
14 December 2016
December 2016
17 January 2017
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for June 2016.
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