MARCH KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	33 460	26 739	19 617	6 055	8 736	1 546	911	1 501	98 564
Seasonally Adjusted	34 063	26 870	20 516	6 052	8 702	1 561	940	1 592	100 295
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	0.6	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	-1.0	2.8	0.3	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted	2.1	0.7	5.2	1.6	-0.1	2.8	0.4	7.6	2.2
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	8.9	3.0	1.4	4.4	-2.3	-3.5	-3.1	2.1	4.0
Seasonally Adjusted	10.3	2.8	0.7	5.7	-4.2	-1.6	3.8	6.3	4.2
(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 2016 trend estimate (98 564) increased by 0.1% when compared with February 2016.
• When comparing national trend estimates for March 2016 with February 2016, sales of Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.9% and Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 0.2% and 1.8% respectively.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (2.8%) which has been trending upwards since November 2015.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (-1.0%), continuing a downward trend which commenced in October 2015.

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
2015
	January	43 100	31 418	19 471	93 988	-0.1	1.8	-0.1	0.5
	February	43 051	31 979	19 415	94 445	-0.1	1.8	-0.3	0.5
	March	42 959	32 456	19 364	94 779	-0.2	1.5	-0.3	0.4
	April	42 899	32 882	19 289	95 069	-0.1	1.3	-0.4	0.3
	May	42 896	33 327	19 161	95 384	-	1.4	-0.7	0.3
	June	42 883	33 874	19 044	95 801	-	1.6	-0.6	0.4
	July	42 888	34 467	18 966	96 321	-	1.8	-0.4	0.5
	August	42 854	35 055	18 946	96 855	-0.1	1.7	-0.1	0.6
	September	42 654	35 579	19 057	97 290	-0.5	1.5	0.6	0.4
	October	42 286	35 922	19 340	97 548	-0.9	1.0	1.5	0.3
	November	41 851	36 097	19 767	97 716	-1.0	0.5	2.2	0.2
	December	41 476	36 189	20 262	97 928	-0.9	0.3	2.5	0.2
2016
	January	41 111	36 318	20 751	98 181	-0.9	0.4	2.4	0.3
	February	40 789	36 473	21 207	98 469	-0.8	0.4	2.2	0.3
	March	40 438	36 538	21 588	98 564	-0.9	0.2	1.8	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	January	44 125	30 072	19 140	93 337	0.8	-2.8	-7.8	-2.2
	February	43 405	33 202	19 217	95 824	-1.6	10.4	0.4	2.7
	March	45 002	31 943	19 263	96 208	3.7	-3.8	0.2	0.4
	April	41 122	34 477	19 358	94 958	-8.6	7.9	0.5	-1.3
	May	42 253	32 179	19 193	93 625	2.8	-6.7	-0.9	-1.4
	June	44 597	33 406	19 175	97 179	5.5	3.8	-0.1	3.8
	July	42 813	34 317	19 374	96 504	-4.0	2.7	1.0	-0.7
	August	41 634	34 753	18 553	94 939	-2.8	1.3	-4.2	-1.6
	September	44 473	37 523	18 542	100 538	6.8	8.0	-0.1	5.9
	October	41 066	36 205	19 232	96 503	-7.7	-3.5	3.7	-4.0
	November	41 567	35 460	20 592	97 619	1.2	-2.1	7.1	1.2
	December	42 898	35 185	19 613	97 696	3.2	-0.8	-4.8	0.1
2016
	January	40 103	37 021	21 026	98 150	-6.5	5.2	7.2	0.5
	February	40 494	36 723	20 957	98 174	1.0	-0.8	-0.3	-
	March	41 623	36 629	22 043	100 295	2.8	-0.3	5.2	2.2
Original
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
	March	43 652	38 437	22 423	104 512	10.3	4.3	12.0	8.4
- 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
2015
	January	30 423	25 862	18 912	5 775	9 079	1 551	934	1 453	93 988
	February	30 538	25 945	19 166	5 799	9 009	1 583	940	1 464	94 445
	March	30 712	25 972	19 344	5 800	8 939	1 602	940	1 470	94 779
	April	30 981	25 999	19 443	5 757	8 877	1 606	932	1 474	95 069
	May	31 343	26 069	19 469	5 686	8 819	1 602	915	1 482	95 384
	June	31 742	26 175	19 507	5 615	8 774	1 597	891	1 500	95 801
	July	32 116	26 303	19 582	5 579	8 755	1 597	865	1 524	96 321
	August	32 378	26 441	19 681	5 604	8 762	1 605	840	1 544	96 855
	September	32 510	26 573	19 766	5 678	8 783	1 609	822	1 548	97 290
	October	32 558	26 668	19 800	5 772	8 794	1 607	815	1 534	97 548
	November	32 625	26 703	19 792	5 870	8 791	1 598	823	1 513	97 716
	December	32 782	26 720	19 767	5 950	8 785	1 587	840	1 498	97 928
2016
	January	33 001	26 745	19 726	6 007	8 774	1 574	861	1 492	98 181
	February	33 257	26 778	19 684	6 049	8 758	1 562	886	1 496	98 469
	March	33 460	26 739	19 617	6 055	8 736	1 546	911	1 501	98 564
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	January	30 214	25 656	18 890	5 670	8 987	1 616	850	1 454	93 337
	February	30 689	25 748	19 805	6 191	9 193	1 671	1 003	1 523	95 824
	March	30 892	26 133	20 381	5 725	9 088	1 587	906	1 497	96 208
	April	30 320	26 578	19 491	5 761	8 826	1 595	950	1 438	94 958
	May	31 251	25 334	18 955	5 608	8 569	1 527	945	1 436	93 625
	June	32 432	26 092	20 024	5 668	8 912	1 651	883	1 517	97 179
	July	31 891	26 759	19 453	5 670	8 741	1 614	851	1 525	96 504
	August	31 835	25 744	19 283	5 304	8 727	1 709	832	1 506	94 939
	September	33 700	27 560	20 259	5 736	8 904	1 934	809	1 637	100 538
	October	32 266	26 196	19 442	5 872	8 700	1 617	854	1 557	96 503
	November	32 239	26 567	20 356	5 829	8 784	1 540	803	1 503	97 619
	December	32 653	26 991	19 305	6 024	8 813	1 659	815	1 435	97 696
2016
	January	32 805	26 654	19 927	6 067	8 841	1 563	824	1 469	98 150
	February	33 376	26 685	19 508	5 955	8 715	1 519	936	1 480	98 174
	March	34 063	26 870	20 516	6 052	8 702	1 561	940	1 592	100 295
Original
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
	March	35 963	27 716	21 470	6 087	9 054	1 515	1 023	1 684	104 512
(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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