DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	32 516	26 793	19 743	5 935	8 763	1 619	811	1 503	97 683
Seasonally Adjusted	32 480	26 806	19 304	6 037	8 794	1 660	821	1 436	97 338
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-0.2	-	-0.2	1.3	-0.2	-	-0.2	-1.5	-0.1
Seasonally Adjusted	0.6	0.4	-5.3	3.6	0.4	6.3	3.1	-4.9	-0.5
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	7.4	4.1	5.9	3.4	-4.3	7.5	-12.1	4.8	4.6
Seasonally Adjusted	6.5	3.5	-5.4	9.6	-3.1	16.7	-15.4	2.4	2.2
- 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.

DECEMBER TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The December 2015 trend estimate (97 683) has decreased by 0.1% when compared with November 2015.
• When comparing national trend estimates for December 2015 with November 2015, sales of Passenger and Sports utility vehicles decreased by 0.4% and 0.1% respectively. Over the same period sales for Other vehicles increased by 0.8%.
• Five of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing December 2015 with November 2015. New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory all recorded a percentage decrease of 0.2%, while the Australian Capital Territory recorded a decrease of 1.5%. Over the same period, South Australia recorded an increase of 1.3%.

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

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
2014
	October	43 389	30 145	19 276	92 811	-0.5	0.6	0.1	-
	November	43 263	30 444	19 328	93 036	-0.3	1.0	0.3	0.2
	December	43 122	30 902	19 396	93 420	-0.3	1.5	0.3	0.4
2015
	January	42 981	31 438	19 439	93 858	-0.3	1.7	0.2	0.5
	February	42 891	31 985	19 455	94 331	-0.2	1.7	0.1	0.5
	March	42 808	32 451	19 464	94 724	-0.2	1.5	-	0.4
	April	42 798	32 870	19 414	95 082	-	1.3	-0.3	0.4
	May	42 857	33 312	19 272	95 441	0.1	1.3	-0.7	0.4
	June	42 902	33 858	19 113	95 873	0.1	1.6	-0.8	0.5
	July	42 910	34 460	19 009	96 379	-	1.8	-0.5	0.5
	August	42 862	35 056	18 975	96 893	-0.1	1.7	-0.2	0.5
	September	42 724	35 535	19 046	97 305	-0.3	1.4	0.4	0.4
	October	42 544	35 835	19 188	97 566	-0.4	0.8	0.7	0.3
	November	42 388	35 994	19 353	97 736	-0.4	0.4	0.9	0.2
	December	42 221	35 949	19 514	97 683	-0.4	-0.1	0.8	-0.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	October	43 939	29 929	19 211	93 079	1.4	-2.0	-1.2	-0.3
	November	43 209	30 532	18 576	92 317	-1.7	2.0	-3.3	-0.8
	December	43 872	30 981	20 347	95 200	1.5	1.5	9.5	3.1
2015
	January	43 582	30 234	19 264	93 079	-0.7	-2.4	-5.3	-2.2
	February	43 149	33 296	19 203	95 647	-1.0	10.1	-0.3	2.8
	March	44 997	31 767	19 552	96 316	4.3	-4.6	1.8	0.7
	April	41 166	34 404	19 389	94 959	-8.5	8.3	-0.8	-1.4
	May	42 122	32 206	19 333	93 661	2.3	-6.4	-0.3	-1.4
	June	44 657	33 417	19 271	97 346	6.0	3.8	-0.3	3.9
	July	42 828	34 406	19 351	96 585	-4.1	3.0	0.4	-0.8
	August	41 714	34 682	18 477	94 873	-2.6	0.8	-4.5	-1.8
	September	44 598	37 434	18 435	100 467	6.9	7.9	-0.2	5.9
	October	41 300	36 158	19 141	96 600	-7.4	-3.4	3.8	-3.8
	November	41 875	35 491	20 460	97 825	1.4	-1.8	6.9	1.3
	December	42 998	35 143	19 197	97 338	2.7	-1.0	-6.2	-0.5
Original
2014
	October	43 126	28 835	19 275	91 236	-4.6	-4.0	-2.4	-3.9
	November	43 063	31 032	18 137	92 232	-0.1	7.6	-5.9	1.1
	December	45 051	30 666	21 092	96 809	4.6	-1.2	16.3	5.0
2015
	January	39 799	27 679	14 638	82 116	-11.7	-9.7	-30.6	-15.2
	February	40 775	32 039	17 610	90 424	2.5	15.8	20.3	10.1
	March	48 185	35 503	21 366	105 054	18.2	10.8	21.3	16.2
	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
- 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
2014
	October	30 118	25 538	18 236	5 776	9 378	1 431	906	1 427	92 811
	November	30 219	25 614	18 399	5 743	9 256	1 466	913	1 425	93 036
	December	30 285	25 733	18 640	5 742	9 158	1 506	922	1 434	93 420
2015
	January	30 364	25 821	18 909	5 763	9 075	1 544	934	1 448	93 858
	February	30 515	25 884	19 160	5 790	9 001	1 573	943	1 464	94 331
	March	30 734	25 913	19 339	5 795	8 932	1 593	945	1 474	94 724
	April	31 038	25 955	19 441	5 757	8 873	1 601	937	1 481	95 082
	May	31 409	26 047	19 468	5 688	8 820	1 601	918	1 489	95 441
	June	31 796	26 178	19 505	5 617	8 781	1 599	892	1 506	95 873
	July	32 138	26 322	19 577	5 585	8 768	1 600	865	1 525	96 379
	August	32 378	26 468	19 666	5 616	8 774	1 607	842	1 542	96 893
	September	32 513	26 606	19 732	5 684	8 782	1 612	828	1 548	97 305
	October	32 564	26 709	19 770	5 768	8 781	1 616	818	1 541	97 566
	November	32 566	26 787	19 788	5 857	8 779	1 620	812	1 526	97 736
	December	32 516	26 793	19 743	5 935	8 763	1 619	811	1 503	97 683
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	October	30 573	25 471	18 008	5 748	9 541	1 427	901	1 409	93 079
	November	29 804	25 915	17 939	5 781	9 097	1 451	909	1 422	92 317
	December	30 506	25 906	20 411	5 509	9 072	1 423	970	1 402	95 200
2015
	January	30 012	25 584	18 961	5 657	8 995	1 589	844	1 437	93 079
	February	30 737	25 705	19 732	6 143	9 175	1 656	1 008	1 492	95 647
	March	31 039	26 060	20 375	5 758	9 053	1 578	918	1 536	96 316
	April	30 383	26 498	19 474	5 769	8 818	1 597	955	1 466	94 959
	May	31 254	25 364	18 955	5 603	8 592	1 529	945	1 420	93 661
	June	32 492	26 127	20 069	5 687	8 917	1 653	886	1 516	97 346
	July	31 950	26 752	19 466	5 659	8 765	1 614	847	1 531	96 585
	August	31 844	25 734	19 253	5 262	8 723	1 717	828	1 512	94 873
	September	33 614	27 618	20 172	5 785	8 900	1 938	809	1 631	100 467
	October	32 261	26 282	19 448	5 867	8 708	1 626	851	1 556	96 600
	November	32 287	26 706	20 380	5 824	8 760	1 562	796	1 510	97 825
	December	32 480	26 806	19 304	6 037	8 794	1 660	821	1 436	97 338
Original
2014
	October	29 839	25 559	16 990	5 628	9 534	1 488	826	1 372	91 236
	November	30 419	26 282	16 814	5 888	8 876	1 650	841	1 462	92 232
	December	30 257	26 783	20 853	5 830	9 143	1 645	894	1 404	96 809
2015
	January	26 796	22 211	16 570	5 039	8 101	1 364	662	1 373	82 116
	February	28 975	24 742	18 212	5 915	8 851	1 409	877	1 443	90 424
	March	33 773	28 536	22 499	6 173	9 823	1 560	1 064	1 626	105 054
	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
(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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