MARCH KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	32 430	27 149	18 809	5 851	7 820	1 561	847	1 556	96 023
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	32 540	27 385	18 985	5 987	7 895	1 587	822	1 551	96 751
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2	-1.9	-	-0.6	-0.3
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	1.0	3.7	1.0	5.5	1.0	0.3	-7.5	1.7	1.9
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	-2.4	1.5	-3.4	-2.0	-8.8	-0.1	-7.0	0.5	-2.0
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-4.3	2.5	-6.4	0.1	-8.4	-	-10.7	-3.8	-3.0
- 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.

MARCH TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The March 2017 trend estimate (96,023) decreased by 0.3% when compared with February 2017.
• When comparing national trend estimates for March 2017 with February 2017, sales for Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles increased by 0.2%and 0.5% respectively. By contrast, sales for Passenger vehicles decreased by 1.3%.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (-1.9%), continuing a downward trend that began in November 2016.
• The Northern Territory was the only jurisdiction not to record a decrease in sales.

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

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
2016
	January	41 099	36 353	20 718	98 170	-0.7	0.1	1.9	0.1
	February	40 941	36 270	20 937	98 148	-0.4	-0.2	1.1	-
	March	40 901	36 118	20 988	98 007	-0.1	-0.4	0.2	-0.1
	April	40 909	36 009	20 955	97 873	-	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1
	May	40 853	36 065	20 889	97 806	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	-0.1
	June	40 689	36 398	20 808	97 894	-0.4	0.9	-0.4	0.1
	July	40 400	36 883	20 770	98 054	-0.7	1.3	-0.2	0.2
	August	40 088	37 337	20 806	98 231	-0.8	1.2	0.2	0.2
	September	39 856	37 552	20 825	98 234	-0.6	0.6	0.1	-
	October	39 642	37 502	20 824	97 969	-0.5	-0.1	-	-0.3
	November	39 391	37 306	20 817	97 514	-0.6	-0.5	-	-0.5
	December	39 088	37 134	20 849	97 071	-0.8	-0.5	0.2	-0.5
2017
	January	38 673	37 079	20 924	96 676	-1.1	-0.1	0.4	-0.4
	February	38 196	37 122	21 028	96 346	-1.2	0.1	0.5	-0.3
	March	37 693	37 196	21 133	96 023	-1.3	0.2	0.5	-0.3
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	January	39 950	37 238	21 288	98 476	-5.4	4.7	10.0	1.4
	February	41 076	36 745	21 035	98 856	2.8	-1.3	-1.2	0.4
	March	41 909	36 327	21 496	99 732	2.0	-1.1	2.2	0.9
	April	41 135	35 292	20 611	97 039	-1.8	-2.8	-4.1	-2.7
	May	39 749	35 850	20 606	96 204	-3.4	1.6	-	-0.9
	June	42 585	36 012	20 592	99 189	7.1	0.5	-0.1	3.1
	July	40 109	36 719	21 148	97 976	-5.8	2.0	2.7	-1.2
	August	39 377	37 520	20 746	97 643	-1.8	2.2	-1.9	-0.3
	September	40 188	38 600	21 080	99 868	2.1	2.9	1.6	2.3
	October	39 243	38 133	20 233	97 609	-2.4	-1.2	-4.0	-2.3
	November	38 847	36 772	21 139	96 759	-1.0	-3.6	4.5	-0.9
	December	40 440	35 557	21 207	97 204	4.1	-3.3	0.3	0.5
2017
	January	39 049	38 045	20 454	97 548	-3.4	7.0	-3.6	0.4
	February	37 479	36 816	20 642	94 937	-4.0	-3.2	0.9	-2.7
	March	37 032	37 938	21 781	96 751	-1.2	3.0	5.5	1.9
Original
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
	October	37 817	36 442	19 098	93 357	-10.1	-7.7	-9.6	-9.1
	November	39 852	37 536	21 549	98 937	5.4	3.0	12.8	6.0
	December	42 385	34 936	21 442	98 763	6.4	-6.9	-0.5	-0.2
2017
	January	34 920	34 127	15 863	84 910	-17.6	-2.3	-26.0	-14.0
	February	34 740	35 497	18 788	89 025	-0.5	4.0	18.4	4.8
	March	38 972	41 484	24 954	105 410	12.2	16.9	32.8	18.4
- 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
2016
	January	32 910	26 754	19 729	5 999	8 819	1 584	870	1 505	98 170
	February	33 101	26 759	19 586	6 000	8 708	1 576	894	1 526	98 148
	March	33 218	26 751	19 466	5 970	8 579	1 562	911	1 549	98 007
	April	33 222	26 793	19 399	5 945	8 470	1 556	922	1 565	97 873
	May	33 145	26 901	19 363	5 932	8 408	1 568	925	1 565	97 806
	June	33 056	27 127	19 330	5 931	8 380	1 602	919	1 548	97 894
	July	33 011	27 366	19 285	5 947	8 358	1 653	907	1 528	98 054
	August	33 046	27 569	19 220	5 972	8 313	1 701	892	1 519	98 231
	September	33 101	27 682	19 107	5 981	8 226	1 734	877	1 525	98 234
	October	33 093	27 667	18 986	5 969	8 110	1 738	864	1 542	97 969
	November	32 992	27 558	18 901	5 945	7 992	1 713	855	1 558	97 514
	December	32 852	27 435	18 869	5 917	7 910	1 670	850	1 567	97 071
2017
	January	32 706	27 325	18 847	5 889	7 864	1 627	849	1 569	96 676
	February	32 573	27 230	18 832	5 867	7 839	1 592	847	1 566	96 346
	March	32 430	27 149	18 809	5 851	7 820	1 561	847	1 556	96 023
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	January	32 670	26 588	20 277	6 138	8 929	1 568	834	1 473	98 476
	February	33 484	27 046	19 553	6 047	8 750	1 518	960	1 497	98 856
	March	34 004	26 729	20 278	5 982	8 618	1 587	921	1 613	99 732
	April	33 116	26 821	18 840	5 748	8 431	1 586	896	1 600	97 039
	May	32 650	26 199	19 194	6 032	8 061	1 578	931	1 559	96 204
	June	33 005	27 638	20 015	5 955	8 360	1 545	932	1 738	99 189
	July	32 959	27 104	19 437	5 811	8 704	1 566	874	1 522	97 976
	August	32 819	27 643	18 820	6 008	8 272	1 713	911	1 457	97 643
	September	33 664	28 022	19 242	6 224	8 357	1 873	920	1 566	99 868
	October	33 317	27 798	18 692	5 709	8 017	1 765	818	1 493	97 609
	November	32 148	27 649	19 107	6 007	7 765	1 680	846	1 556	96 759
	December	33 547	26 335	19 089	6 013	8 046	1 659	839	1 675	97 204
2017
	January	32 673	28 663	18 499	5 890	7 835	1 594	855	1 539	97 548
	February	32 228	26 416	18 802	5 677	7 817	1 583	889	1 525	94 937
	March	32 540	27 385	18 985	5 987	7 895	1 587	822	1 551	96 751
Original
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
	October	31 850	27 546	16 870	5 450	7 580	1 937	713	1 411	93 357
	November	32 955	28 991	18 733	6 259	7 657	1 903	808	1 631	98 937
	December	33 632	27 065	19 252	6 464	8 026	1 918	734	1 672	98 763
2017
	January	29 068	24 535	15 709	5 134	7 037	1 337	652	1 438	84 910
	February	30 221	24 917	17 474	5 354	7 526	1 334	760	1 439	89 025
	March	35 677	29 252	21 217	6 387	8 712	1 536	946	1 683	105 410
(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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