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		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	33 496	28 084	19 004	5 943	8 277	1 818	872	1 504	98 997
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	33 528	27 887	18 659	5 677	8 053	1 819	817	1 499	97 940
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	0.6	0.7	-0.6	-	-0.4	2.9	-1.5	-1.0	0.3
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-1.0	-1.3	-2.8	-9.1	-4.2	-2.6	-10.9	-4.4	-2.4
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	2.9	5.4	-4.1	2.7	-6.0	13.6	6.2	-1.4	1.5
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	4.0	6.1	-4.8	-4.3	-7.9	14.3	-6.2	-4.3	1.2
- 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.

OCTOBER TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The October 2016 trend estimate (98,997) increased by 0.3% when compared with September 2016.
• When comparing national trend estimates for October 2016 with September 2016, sales for Passenger vehicles and Other vehicles decreased by 0.7% and 0.1% respectively. By contrast, sales for Sports utility vehicles increased by 1.4%.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (2.9%), continuing an upward trend which commenced in May 2016.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (-1.5%).

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term-graph_update

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term-graph_update

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
	August	42 868	35 073	18 958	96 898	-	1.4	-	0.5
	September	42 709	35 493	19 087	97 289	-0.4	1.2	0.7	0.4
	October	42 363	35 809	19 393	97 566	-0.8	0.9	1.6	0.3
	November	41 933	36 020	19 843	97 796	-1.0	0.6	2.3	0.2
	December	41 524	36 085	20 331	97 940	-1.0	0.2	2.5	0.1
2016
	January	41 167	36 086	20 727	97 980	-0.9	-	1.9	-
	February	40 919	36 037	20 955	97 911	-0.6	-0.1	1.1	-0.1
	March	40 807	35 969	21 009	97 785	-0.3	-0.2	0.3	-0.1
	April	40 782	35 969	20 977	97 727	-0.1	-	-0.2	-0.1
	May	40 731	36 111	20 907	97 749	-0.1	0.4	-0.3	-
	June	40 636	36 473	20 810	97 920	-0.2	1.0	-0.5	0.2
	July	40 414	37 053	20 733	98 200	-0.5	1.6	-0.4	0.3
	August	40 130	37 695	20 679	98 503	-0.7	1.7	-0.3	0.3
	September	39 848	38 292	20 604	98 744	-0.7	1.6	-0.4	0.2
	October	39 587	38 823	20 587	98 997	-0.7	1.4	-0.1	0.3
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	August	42 003	34 840	18 629	95 471	-1.9	0.9	-2.9	-1.1
	September	44 199	36 931	18 394	99 524	5.2	6.0	-1.3	4.2
	October	41 184	36 139	19 495	96 818	-6.8	-2.1	6.0	-2.7
	November	41 885	35 543	20 711	98 139	1.7	-1.6	6.2	1.4
	December	42 712	34 872	19 574	97 157	2.0	-1.9	-5.5	-1.0
2016
	January	40 296	36 941	20 922	98 160	-5.7	5.9	6.9	1.0
	February	40 727	36 620	20 814	98 161	1.1	-0.9	-0.5	-
	March	41 510	36 162	21 979	99 651	1.9	-1.3	5.6	1.5
	April	41 127	35 414	20 644	97 185	-0.9	-2.1	-6.1	-2.5
	May	39 816	35 820	20 454	96 090	-3.2	1.1	-0.9	-1.1
	June	42 256	36 175	20 625	99 055	6.1	1.0	0.8	3.1
	July	40 096	36 943	21 027	98 066	-5.1	2.1	1.9	-1.0
	August	39 478	37 801	20 701	97 980	-1.5	2.3	-1.6	-0.1
	September	40 201	39 100	21 022	100 323	1.8	3.4	1.6	2.4
	October	39 281	38 634	20 025	97 940	-2.3	-1.2	-4.7	-2.4
Original
2015
	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
	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
- 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
	August	32 452	26 445	19 682	5 602	8 742	1 602	842	1 530	96 898
	September	32 542	26 559	19 767	5 683	8 773	1 603	827	1 536	97 289
	October	32 555	26 645	19 823	5 789	8 806	1 600	821	1 526	97 566
	November	32 600	26 700	19 837	5 895	8 835	1 592	827	1 510	97 796
	December	32 736	26 704	19 770	5 969	8 837	1 583	842	1 499	97 940
2016
	January	32 914	26 685	19 649	6 002	8 788	1 575	864	1 504	97 980
	February	33 076	26 654	19 514	5 995	8 693	1 563	888	1 529	97 911
	March	33 162	26 639	19 424	5 958	8 582	1 550	909	1 562	97 785
	April	33 147	26 706	19 396	5 931	8 487	1 547	923	1 590	97 727
	May	33 060	26 857	19 399	5 920	8 423	1 563	927	1 600	97 749
	June	33 003	27 103	19 388	5 925	8 391	1 601	921	1 588	97 920
	July	33 038	27 386	19 338	5 938	8 373	1 652	910	1 565	98 200
	August	33 159	27 658	19 245	5 945	8 348	1 709	898	1 541	98 503
	September	33 309	27 894	19 119	5 942	8 310	1 766	885	1 519	98 744
	October	33 496	28 084	19 004	5 943	8 277	1 818	872	1 504	98 997
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	August	32 183	25 668	19 471	5 337	8 752	1 703	831	1 526	95 471
	September	33 358	27 375	19 987	5 691	8 830	1 903	814	1 566	99 524
	October	32 248	26 272	19 590	5 933	8 745	1 591	871	1 567	96 818
	November	32 467	26 648	20 460	5 854	8 844	1 550	799	1 516	98 139
	December	32 353	26 843	19 168	5 999	8 852	1 683	818	1 442	97 157
2016
	January	32 720	26 724	19 940	6 086	8 829	1 552	835	1 472	98 160
	February	33 322	26 649	19 579	5 932	8 739	1 510	936	1 496	98 161
	March	33 844	26 650	20 292	6 069	8 689	1 560	928	1 618	99 651
	April	33 161	26 842	18 911	5 721	8 470	1 577	898	1 605	97 185
	May	32 611	26 179	19 168	6 007	8 032	1 586	940	1 567	96 090
	June	32 919	27 545	20 017	5 975	8 414	1 545	936	1 705	99 055
	July	32 984	27 199	19 453	5 770	8 688	1 578	875	1 517	98 066
	August	32 834	27 726	19 058	5 977	8 276	1 728	922	1 459	97 980
	September	33 875	28 247	19 194	6 246	8 409	1 867	917	1 568	100 323
	October	33 528	27 887	18 659	5 677	8 053	1 819	817	1 499	97 940
Original
2015
	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
	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
(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.