APRIL KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	32 853	27 255	18 786	5 886	7 815	1 541	873	1 528	96 537
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	33 264	27 470	18 763	5 908	7 782	1 547	891	1 511	97 136
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	0.2	-	0.1	0.3	-	-0.9	1.0	-0.7	0.1
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	1.6	0.7	-1.0	-1.3	-1.4	-2.2	7.6	-1.8	0.3
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	-1.1	1.7	-3.2	-1.0	-7.7	-1.1	-5.1	-2.2	-1.4
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	0.7	2.2	-0.7	2.6	-7.8	-3.4	1.0	-5.2	0.1
- 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.

APRIL TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The April 2017 trend estimate (96,537) increased by 0.1% when compared with March 2017.
• When comparing national trend estimates for April 2017 with March 2017, sales for Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles increased by 0.2% and 1.6% respectively. Sales for Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.9%
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (1.0%), continuing an upward trend that began in January 2017.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (-0.9%).

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
	February	40 948	36 230	20 984	98 161	-0.4	-0.2	1.0	-
	March	40 888	36 118	21 012	98 018	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	-0.1
	April	40 882	36 054	20 947	97 883	-	-0.2	-0.3	-0.1
	May	40 817	36 144	20 854	97 814	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	-0.1
	June	40 652	36 485	20 761	97 898	-0.4	0.9	-0.4	0.1
	July	40 375	36 949	20 732	98 055	-0.7	1.3	-0.1	0.2
	August	40 084	37 363	20 789	98 235	-0.7	1.1	0.3	0.2
	September	39 875	37 542	20 826	98 243	-0.5	0.5	0.2	-
	October	39 678	37 489	20 805	97 972	-0.5	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3
	November	39 436	37 285	20 786	97 508	-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	-0.5
	December	39 131	37 073	20 864	97 068	-0.8	-0.6	0.4	-0.5
2017
	January	38 721	36 961	21 063	96 744	-1.0	-0.3	1.0	-0.3
	February	38 245	36 957	21 347	96 549	-1.2	-	1.3	-0.2
	March	37 789	36 983	21 669	96 440	-1.2	0.1	1.5	-0.1
	April	37 447	37 064	22 025	96 537	-0.9	0.2	1.6	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	February	41 152	36 588	21 225	98 965	2.9	-1.4	-0.5	0.5
	March	41 913	36 196	21 599	99 708	1.8	-1.1	1.8	0.8
	April	40 989	35 565	20 496	97 051	-2.2	-1.7	-5.1	-2.7
	May	39 873	35 983	20 520	96 376	-2.7	1.2	0.1	-0.7
	June	42 390	36 064	20 504	98 957	6.3	0.2	-0.1	2.7
	July	40 140	36 759	21 098	97 997	-5.3	1.9	2.9	-1.0
	August	39 362	37 488	20 823	97 674	-1.9	2.0	-1.3	-0.3
	September	40 207	38 675	21 119	100 001	2.1	3.2	1.4	2.4
	October	39 284	38 044	20 217	97 545	-2.3	-1.6	-4.3	-2.5
	November	38 986	36 697	21 096	96 779	-0.8	-3.5	4.3	-0.8
	December	40 351	35 518	21 257	97 126	3.5	-3.2	0.8	0.4
2017
	January	39 172	37 975	20 501	97 648	-2.9	6.9	-3.6	0.5
	February	37 541	36 705	20 728	94 975	-4.2	-3.3	1.1	-2.7
	March	37 020	37 724	22 061	96 806	-1.4	2.8	6.4	1.9
	April	37 790	36 667	22 680	97 136	2.1	-2.8	2.8	0.3
Original
2016
	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
	April	32 147	31 368	19 620	83 135	-17.5	-24.4	-21.4	-21.1
- 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
2016
	February	33 136	26 766	19 567	5 998	8 705	1 573	894	1 523	98 161
	March	33 234	26 753	19 467	5 968	8 578	1 561	910	1 546	98 018
	April	33 216	26 794	19 417	5 945	8 471	1 558	920	1 562	97 883
	May	33 122	26 901	19 391	5 932	8 410	1 572	922	1 564	97 814
	June	33 024	27 126	19 361	5 932	8 383	1 607	917	1 549	97 898
	July	32 979	27 361	19 313	5 949	8 360	1 657	907	1 529	98 055
	August	33 024	27 564	19 240	5 975	8 315	1 704	893	1 521	98 235
	September	33 093	27 682	19 114	5 985	8 228	1 734	879	1 528	98 243
	October	33 087	27 677	18 977	5 972	8 110	1 740	864	1 545	97 972
	November	32 993	27 576	18 873	5 945	7 990	1 714	854	1 562	97 508
	December	32 880	27 450	18 831	5 914	7 906	1 667	851	1 570	97 068
2017
	January	32 800	27 348	18 806	5 886	7 865	1 619	853	1 566	96 744
	February	32 773	27 286	18 784	5 872	7 839	1 583	858	1 554	96 549
	March	32 779	27 253	18 768	5 866	7 816	1 555	864	1 539	96 440
	April	32 853	27 255	18 786	5 886	7 815	1 541	873	1 528	96 537
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	February	33 590	27 105	19 536	6 037	8 748	1 496	960	1 492	98 965
	March	34 098	26 615	20 281	5 983	8 618	1 585	926	1 601	99 708
	April	33 020	26 868	18 889	5 759	8 436	1 602	882	1 594	97 051
	May	32 673	26 305	19 230	6 031	8 063	1 580	931	1 563	96 376
	June	32 883	27 504	20 038	5 947	8 363	1 550	934	1 739	98 957
	July	32 917	27 135	19 449	5 813	8 708	1 574	873	1 528	97 997
	August	32 843	27 657	18 818	6 014	8 265	1 712	911	1 454	97 674
	September	33 759	28 018	19 277	6 230	8 355	1 869	924	1 569	100 001
	October	33 224	27 760	18 740	5 712	8 033	1 762	817	1 496	97 545
	November	32 137	27 727	19 052	6 013	7 761	1 686	847	1 556	96 779
	December	33 618	26 285	19 004	6 007	8 033	1 657	842	1 679	97 126
2017
	January	32 732	28 753	18 453	5 888	7 835	1 589	856	1 544	97 648
	February	32 292	26 452	18 786	5 660	7 812	1 562	890	1 522	94 975
	March	32 744	27 287	18 951	5 986	7 891	1 581	828	1 538	96 806
	April	33 264	27 470	18 763	5 908	7 782	1 547	891	1 511	97 136
Original
2016
	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
	April	28 565	23 292	16 312	4 951	6 634	1 214	910	1 257	83 135
(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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