FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	32 835	26 759	19 676	6 068	8 786	1 561	866	1 444	97 996
Seasonally Adjusted	33 173	26 680	19 531	5 924	8 709	1 508	935	1 460	97 921
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.9	-0.1	-0.9	1.9	-1.3	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted	1.5	0.1	-1.9	-2.8	-1.9	-3.7	14.2	0.4	-0.1
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	7.6	3.1	2.7	4.6	-2.5	-1.3	-8.3	-1.7	3.8
Seasonally Adjusted	8.5	3.6	-1.3	-4.2	-5.3	-9.6	-6.8	-3.4	2.3
(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.

FEBRUARY TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The February 2016 trend estimate (97 996) has increased by 0.1% when compared with January 2016.
• When comparing national trend estimates for February 2016 with January 2016, sales of Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.9% and Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 0.4% and 1.6% respectively.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (1.9%) which has been trending upwards since November 2015.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Australian Capital Territory (-1.3%), continuing a downward trend which commenced in October 2015.

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
	December	43 131	30 911	19 422	93 463	-0.1	1.5	0.2	0.5
2015
	January	43 077	31 433	19 430	93 939	-0.1	1.7	-	0.5
	February	43 042	31 966	19 415	94 423	-0.1	1.7	-0.1	0.5
	March	42 963	32 422	19 401	94 786	-0.2	1.4	-0.1	0.4
	April	42 913	32 839	19 347	95 098	-0.1	1.3	-0.3	0.3
	May	42 912	33 290	19 219	95 422	-	1.4	-0.7	0.3
	June	42 896	33 856	19 081	95 833	-	1.7	-0.7	0.4
	July	42 897	34 471	18 971	96 339	-	1.8	-0.6	0.5
	August	42 862	35 074	18 928	96 864	-0.1	1.7	-0.2	0.5
	September	42 658	35 590	19 057	97 305	-0.5	1.5	0.7	0.5
	October	42 278	35 933	19 349	97 560	-0.9	1.0	1.5	0.3
	November	41 839	36 123	19 726	97 689	-1.0	0.5	1.9	0.1
	December	41 423	36 264	20 112	97 798	-1.0	0.4	2.0	0.1
2016
	January	41 032	36 417	20 456	97 906	-0.9	0.4	1.7	0.1
	February	40 666	36 554	20 776	97 996	-0.9	0.4	1.6	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	December	43 709	31 032	20 583	95 323	1.7	1.2	10.3	3.3
2015
	January	44 064	30 105	19 071	93 240	0.8	-3.0	-7.3	-2.2
	February	43 343	33 282	19 078	95 703	-1.6	10.6	-	2.6
	March	45 137	31 752	19 509	96 399	4.1	-4.6	2.3	0.7
	April	41 139	34 424	19 443	95 006	-8.9	8.4	-0.3	-1.4
	May	42 225	32 163	19 227	93 615	2.6	-6.6	-1.1	-1.5
	June	44 606	33 402	19 210	97 218	5.6	3.9	-0.1	3.8
	July	42 808	34 347	19 340	96 496	-4.0	2.8	0.7	-0.7
	August	41 642	34 779	18 491	94 912	-2.7	1.3	-4.4	-1.6
	September	44 515	37 528	18 565	100 608	6.9	7.9	0.4	6.0
	October	41 057	36 225	19 175	96 457	-7.8	-3.5	3.3	-4.1
	November	41 533	35 538	20 533	97 603	1.2	-1.9	7.1	1.2
	December	42 909	35 179	19 570	97 658	3.3	-1.0	-4.7	0.1
2016
	January	40 039	37 095	20 909	98 043	-6.7	5.4	6.8	0.4
	February	40 379	36 867	20 675	97 921	0.8	-0.6	-1.1	-0.1
Original
2014
	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
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
- 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
	December	30 323	25 731	18 634	5 750	9 156	1 510	924	1 436	93 463
2015
	January	30 384	25 858	18 905	5 775	9 077	1 550	936	1 452	93 939
	February	30 512	25 945	19 162	5 802	9 008	1 581	944	1 469	94 423
	March	30 702	25 975	19 345	5 803	8 938	1 600	946	1 477	94 786
	April	30 987	26 003	19 449	5 760	8 876	1 604	937	1 481	95 098
	May	31 360	26 073	19 479	5 686	8 819	1 601	917	1 487	95 422
	June	31 763	26 176	19 519	5 612	8 775	1 596	891	1 502	95 833
	July	32 134	26 302	19 594	5 572	8 755	1 597	863	1 522	96 339
	August	32 396	26 439	19 688	5 596	8 762	1 605	837	1 540	96 864
	September	32 538	26 571	19 764	5 674	8 780	1 611	822	1 546	97 305
	October	32 584	26 665	19 789	5 773	8 789	1 609	818	1 534	97 560
	November	32 618	26 698	19 779	5 872	8 789	1 600	824	1 510	97 689
	December	32 679	26 714	19 753	5 954	8 789	1 589	835	1 485	97 798
2016
	January	32 766	26 724	19 722	6 016	8 791	1 575	850	1 463	97 906
	February	32 835	26 759	19 676	6 068	8 786	1 561	866	1 444	97 996
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	December	30 590	26 002	20 389	5 532	9 029	1 413	974	1 394	95 323
2015
	January	30 146	25 641	18 887	5 660	8 994	1 618	849	1 446	93 240
	February	30 582	25 765	19 793	6 182	9 198	1 668	1 003	1 512	95 703
	March	30 982	26 128	20 405	5 752	9 081	1 578	930	1 544	96 399
	April	30 365	26 597	19 486	5 760	8 810	1 597	949	1 441	95 006
	May	31 234	25 333	18 958	5 609	8 585	1 528	941	1 428	93 615
	June	32 449	26 093	20 035	5 672	8 915	1 650	887	1 517	97 218
	July	31 894	26 753	19 479	5 651	8 737	1 612	848	1 523	96 496
	August	31 835	25 730	19 312	5 278	8 721	1 706	827	1 503	94 912
	September	33 750	27 582	20 218	5 761	8 916	1 940	807	1 633	100 608
	October	32 249	26 192	19 449	5 856	8 690	1 617	851	1 553	96 457
	November	32 246	26 545	20 377	5 820	8 776	1 543	800	1 497	97 603
	December	32 652	26 999	19 238	6 040	8 802	1 667	822	1 438	97 658
2016
	January	32 669	26 649	19 915	6 094	8 877	1 566	819	1 454	98 043
	February	33 173	26 680	19 531	5 924	8 709	1 508	935	1 460	97 921
Original
2014
	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
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
(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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