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	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	29 114	25 596	19 010	5 801	10 157	1 624	959	1 430	93 690
Seasonally Adjusted	28 787	25 567	18 788	5 774	10 269	1 646	941	1 437	93 209
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.9	-0.5	-1.5	-1.3	1.1	-3.5	2.3	1.8	-0.7
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	-0.5	0.6	-6.8	-1.5	-9.1	6.6	-2.2	-5.8	-2.6
Seasonally Adjusted	-1.9	0.6	-7.4	-2.2	-8.4	7.2	-8.3	-2.9	-3.1
(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.

OCTOBER KEY POINTS


TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• Trend estimates: The October 2013 trend estimate (93 690) has decreased by 0.2% when compared with September 2013.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: The October 2013 seasonally adjusted estimate (93 209) has decreased by 0.7% when compared with September 2013.

• Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for October 2013 with September 2013, sales of Sports utility and Other vehicles decreased by 0.3% and 0.6% respectively. Over the same period, Passenger vehicles decreased by 18 units.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for October 2013 with September 2013, sales of Sports utility and Other vehicles decreased by 2.7% and 0.8% respectively. Over the same period, Passenger vehicles increased by 0.5%.

• Trend estimates: Six of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease for new motor vehicle sales when comparing October 2013 with September 2013. The Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease (0.6%), followed by Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory (0.4%). Over the same period, sales in Tasmania and South Australia increased by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: Five of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing October 2013 with September 2013. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease (3.5%) followed by Queensland (1.5%) and South Australia (1.3%). Over the same period, sales in the Northern Territory increased by 2.3%.

Footnote(s): Break in time series for trend between June and July 2000. See paragraph 13 of the Expanatory Notes.

Source(s): Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia

Source(s): Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia

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
2012
	August	47 953	26 203	20 225	94 381	1.2	0.8	1.6	1.2
	September	48 608	26 336	20 438	95 382	1.4	0.5	1.1	1.1
	October	49 098	26 458	20 605	96 161	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.8
	November	49 216	26 597	20 693	96 507	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.4
	December	48 885	26 785	20 647	96 316	-0.7	0.7	-0.2	-0.2
2013
	January	48 248	27 033	20 502	95 783	-1.3	0.9	-0.7	-0.6
	February	47 614	27 298	20 327	95 240	-1.3	1.0	-0.9	-0.6
	March	47 233	27 528	20 092	94 854	-0.8	0.8	-1.2	-0.4
	April	47 156	27 669	19 822	94 646	-0.2	0.5	-1.3	-0.2
	May	47 277	27 689	19 569	94 536	0.3	0.1	-1.3	-0.1
	June	47 442	27 663	19 379	94 484	0.3	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1
	July	47 466	27 652	19 248	94 365	-	-	-0.7	-0.1
	August	47 422	27 616	19 118	94 155	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	-0.2
	September	47 363	27 550	18 997	93 910	-0.1	-0.2	-0.6	-0.3
	October	47 345	27 467	18 878	93 690	-	-0.3	-0.6	-0.2
Seasonally Adjusted
2012
	August	46 869	26 499	20 744	94 112	4.4	4.2	1.3	3.7
	September	49 709	27 169	20 505	97 383	6.1	2.5	-1.2	3.5
	October	48 998	26 892	20 325	96 215	-1.4	-1.0	-0.9	-1.2
	November	50 188	25 023	20 360	95 571	2.4	-7.0	0.2	-0.7
	December	50 573	26 711	20 287	97 572	0.8	6.7	-0.4	2.1
2013
	January	46 610	27 771	21 130	95 511	-7.8	4.0	4.2	-2.1
	February	46 085	27 789	21 582	95 456	-1.1	0.1	2.1	-0.1
	March	47 775	27 599	19 418	94 792	3.7	-0.7	-10.0	-0.7
	April	47 331	27 405	18 796	93 532	-0.9	-0.7	-3.2	-1.3
	May	46 918	27 466	19 345	93 729	-0.9	0.2	2.9	0.2
	June	48 314	27 969	20 670	96 953	3.0	1.8	6.8	3.4
	July	46 943	27 289	19 259	93 490	-2.8	-2.4	-6.8	-3.6
	August	47 725	28 098	18 330	94 154	1.7	3.0	-4.8	0.7
	September	47 116	27 684	19 067	93 866	-1.3	-1.5	4.0	-0.3
	October	47 343	26 942	18 924	93 209	0.5	-2.7	-0.8	-0.7
Original
2012
	August	46 612	26 216	20 724	93 552	7.5	9.9	6.6	8.0
	September	49 210	25 079	20 338	94 627	5.6	-4.3	-1.9	1.1
	October	49 291	25 737	20 556	95 584	0.2	2.6	1.1	1.0
	November	51 652	26 145	20 550	98 347	4.8	1.6	-	2.9
	December	50 618	25 548	19 261	95 427	-2.0	-2.3	-6.3	-3.0
2013
	January	41 957	26 623	16 850	85 430	-17.1	4.2	-12.5	-10.5
	February	43 338	26 834	20 046	90 218	3.3	0.8	19.0	5.6
	March	48 664	29 148	19 588	97 400	12.3	8.6	-2.3	8.0
	April	42 844	24 384	17 889	85 117	-12.0	-16.3	-8.7	-12.6
	May	46 774	29 152	20 862	96 788	9.2	19.6	16.6	13.7
	June	57 636	34 398	26 724	118 758	23.2	18.0	28.1	22.7
	July	46 318	25 568	18 349	90 235	-19.6	-25.7	-31.3	-24.0
	August	48 060	27 515	17 761	93 336	3.8	7.6	-3.2	3.4
	September	47 149	26 199	19 314	92 662	-1.9	-4.8	8.7	-0.7
	October	46 939	26 258	19 406	92 603	-0.4	0.2	0.5	-0.1
- 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
2012
	August	28 851	24 852	20 132	5 718	10 902	1 439	992	1 495	94 381
	September	29 071	25 200	20 294	5 801	11 038	1 487	986	1 506	95 382
	October	29 247	25 433	20 404	5 888	11 168	1 524	980	1 517	96 161
	November	29 318	25 481	20 441	5 957	11 262	1 545	975	1 527	96 507
	December	29 249	25 386	20 355	6 001	11 276	1 549	969	1 530	96 316
2013
	January	29 110	25 257	20 175	6 014	11 195	1 549	958	1 526	95 783
	February	28 998	25 195	19 969	5 992	11 065	1 561	947	1 514	95 240
	March	28 984	25 231	19 755	5 941	10 911	1 584	945	1 502	94 854
	April	29 054	25 327	19 584	5 878	10 749	1 614	952	1 490	94 646
	May	29 156	25 429	19 466	5 821	10 591	1 633	963	1 477	94 536
	June	29 258	25 523	19 382	5 790	10 456	1 638	970	1 467	94 484
	July	29 297	25 586	19 292	5 785	10 346	1 632	971	1 457	94 365
	August	29 265	25 613	19 189	5 789	10 260	1 625	970	1 445	94 155
	September	29 193	25 628	19 076	5 798	10 194	1 621	965	1 435	93 910
	October	29 114	25 596	19 010	5 801	10 157	1 624	959	1 430	93 690
Seasonally Adjusted
2012
	August	28 955	24 909	20 104	5 739	10 716	1 277	940	1 472	94 112
	September	29 746	26 110	20 310	5 877	11 225	1 579	988	1 548	97 383
	October	29 347	25 422	20 291	5 905	11 209	1 535	1 026	1 479	96 215
	November	28 599	25 169	20 492	5 829	11 275	1 679	999	1 530	95 571
	December	30 064	25 481	20 639	6 035	11 369	1 464	959	1 561	97 572
2013
	January	28 774	25 264	19 949	6 405	11 006	1 684	901	1 529	95 511
	February	28 967	25 276	20 025	5 909	11 276	1 527	978	1 497	95 456
	March	29 042	24 680	20 139	5 846	10 950	1 643	964	1 528	94 792
	April	28 664	25 567	18 891	5 904	10 592	1 560	920	1 435	93 532
	May	28 887	25 372	19 244	5 697	10 418	1 653	973	1 485	93 729
	June	30 141	25 982	20 097	5 837	10 697	1 750	931	1 518	96 953
	July	28 912	25 309	19 061	5 732	10 385	1 645	1 025	1 422	93 490
	August	29 592	25 561	19 224	5 820	10 057	1 435	1 006	1 459	94 154
	September	29 053	25 694	19 080	5 852	10 153	1 705	919	1 411	93 866
	October	28 787	25 567	18 788	5 774	10 269	1 646	941	1 437	93 209
Original
2012
	August	28 706	24 696	19 791	5 577	11 072	1 365	898	1 447	93 552
	September	28 854	25 263	19 579	5 821	11 054	1 651	918	1 487	94 627
	October	28 792	26 078	19 602	5 848	11 228	1 612	949	1 475	95 584
	November	30 030	25 740	20 368	6 024	11 676	2 015	938	1 556	98 347
	December	28 619	25 238	20 116	6 265	11 014	1 772	859	1 544	95 427
2013
	January	26 194	22 583	16 946	5 918	10 198	1 403	748	1 440	85 430
	February	27 427	24 415	18 369	5 696	10 679	1 309	867	1 456	90 218
	March	29 928	25 360	21 135	5 680	11 145	1 564	1 075	1 513	97 400
	April	25 982	23 023	17 666	5 381	9 497	1 273	971	1 324	85 117
	May	29 707	26 226	20 221	5 761	10 610	1 597	1 132	1 534	96 788
	June	37 194	30 647	26 245	6 999	12 782	1 917	1 162	1 812	118 758
	July	27 789	24 584	18 618	5 485	9 848	1 466	1 049	1 396	90 235
	August	29 223	25 210	19 101	5 730	10 177	1 491	967	1 437	93 336
	September	28 702	25 430	18 498	5 847	10 153	1 835	852	1 345	92 662
	October	28 519	25 961	18 057	5 732	10 305	1 737	853	1 439	92 603
(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.