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	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	29 679	25 633	19 264	5 743	10 205	1 584	995	1 465	94 569
Seasonally Adjusted	29 864	25 540	19 255	5 815	10 031	1 415	1 007	1 469	94 396
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-1.2	-1.7	0.9	-0.3	-0.1
Seasonally Adjusted	2.7	0.8	1.3	1.5	-3.6	-14.1	-1.4	2.7	0.8
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	2.8	3.2	-4.3	0.5	-6.3	9.9	0.6	-1.8	0.2
Seasonally Adjusted	2.5	2.6	-4.1	1.4	-6.0	11.0	7.1	-0.7	0.2
(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.

AUGUST KEY POINTS


TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• Trend estimates: The August 2013 trend estimate (94 569) has decreased by 0.1% when compared with July 2013.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: The August 2013 seasonally adjusted estimate (94 396) has increased by 0.8% when compared with July 2013.

• Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for August 2013 with July 2013, sales of Passenger and Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.2% respectively. Over the same period, Other vehicles decreased by 1.0%.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for August 2013 with July 2013, sales of Passenger and Sports utility vehicles increased by 2.1% and 2.9% respectively. Over the same period, Other vehicles decreased by 5.3%.

• Trend estimates: Five of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease for new motor vehicle sales when comparing August 2013 with July 2013. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease (1.7%), followed by Western Australia (1.2%). Over the same period, sales in the Northern Territory and New South Wales increased by 0.9% and 0.4% respectively.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: Five of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing August 2013 with July 2013. New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory each recorded a 2.7% increase followed by South Australia (1.5%) and Queensland (1.3%). Over the same period, sales in Tasmania decreased by 14.1%.

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
	June	47 239	25 741	19 413	92 393	-0.2	1.6	3.3	1.0
	July	47 421	26 027	19 912	93 360	0.4	1.1	2.6	1.0
	August	47 944	26 196	20 238	94 378	1.1	0.6	1.6	1.1
	September	48 568	26 287	20 460	95 315	1.3	0.3	1.1	1.0
	October	49 042	26 377	20 631	96 051	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.8
	November	49 164	26 508	20 719	96 391	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.4
	December	48 850	26 714	20 664	96 227	-0.6	0.8	-0.3	-0.2
2013
	January	48 233	26 997	20 508	95 739	-1.3	1.1	-0.8	-0.5
	February	47 613	27 303	20 324	95 240	-1.3	1.1	-0.9	-0.5
	March	47 249	27 559	20 083	94 891	-0.8	0.9	-1.2	-0.4
	April	47 203	27 686	19 810	94 699	-0.1	0.5	-1.4	-0.2
	May	47 357	27 705	19 554	94 616	0.3	0.1	-1.3	-0.1
	June	47 534	27 738	19 340	94 612	0.4	0.1	-1.1	-
	July	47 703	27 790	19 136	94 630	0.4	0.2	-1.1	-
	August	47 781	27 840	18 948	94 569	0.2	0.2	-1.0	-0.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2012
	June	46 829	25 697	18 350	90 875	-3.9	1.4	-3.3	-2.3
	July	44 958	25 440	20 511	90 909	-4.0	-1.0	11.8	-
	August	46 950	26 532	20 718	94 199	4.4	4.3	1.0	3.6
	September	49 460	27 175	20 628	97 264	5.3	2.4	-0.4	3.3
	October	48 955	26 611	20 313	95 879	-1.0	-2.1	-1.5	-1.4
	November	50 155	24 969	20 349	95 473	2.5	-6.2	0.2	-0.4
	December	50 588	26 705	20 328	97 621	0.9	7.0	-0.1	2.2
2013
	January	46 576	27 708	21 139	95 423	-7.9	3.8	4.0	-2.3
	February	46 121	27 797	21 575	95 493	-1.0	0.3	2.1	0.1
	March	47 758	27 629	19 432	94 819	3.5	-0.6	-9.9	-0.7
	April	47 355	27 484	18 729	93 569	-0.8	-0.5	-3.6	-1.3
	May	46 898	27 564	19 324	93 786	-1.0	0.3	3.2	0.2
	June	48 469	28 021	20 666	97 156	3.4	1.7	6.9	3.6
	July	46 994	27 385	19 254	93 633	-3.0	-2.3	-6.8	-3.6
	August	47 993	28 168	18 235	94 396	2.1	2.9	-5.3	0.8
Original
2012
	June	57 439	31 617	23 510	112 566	18.6	17.7	13.3	17.2
	July	43 354	23 845	19 442	86 641	-24.5	-24.6	-17.3	-23.0
	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
- 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
	June	28 460	24 221	19 683	5 621	10 621	1 343	983	1 459	92 393
	July	28 679	24 497	19 921	5 658	10 750	1 388	990	1 478	93 360
	August	28 881	24 837	20 129	5 717	10 891	1 442	989	1 493	94 378
	September	29 055	25 175	20 281	5 799	11 030	1 492	982	1 502	95 315
	October	29 189	25 404	20 387	5 885	11 168	1 529	976	1 513	96 051
	November	29 234	25 460	20 427	5 955	11 271	1 548	972	1 523	96 391
	December	29 164	25 376	20 348	6 000	11 292	1 550	968	1 528	96 227
2013
	January	29 043	25 260	20 176	6 014	11 213	1 547	959	1 526	95 739
	February	28 958	25 210	19 977	5 993	11 080	1 558	949	1 515	95 240
	March	28 971	25 258	19 768	5 944	10 917	1 583	946	1 503	94 891
	April	29 060	25 353	19 594	5 882	10 753	1 614	952	1 491	94 699
	May	29 201	25 448	19 472	5 824	10 596	1 632	963	1 482	94 616
	June	29 376	25 533	19 388	5 784	10 452	1 629	974	1 475	94 612
	July	29 556	25 595	19 326	5 759	10 326	1 612	987	1 469	94 630
	August	29 679	25 633	19 264	5 743	10 205	1 584	995	1 465	94 569
Seasonally Adjusted
2012
	June	28 353	23 775	18 880	5 548	10 380	1 322	1 065	1 552	90 875
	July	27 866	23 996	19 013	5 618	10 647	1 431	917	1 421	90 909
	August	29 125	24 883	20 085	5 736	10 677	1 275	941	1 479	94 199
	September	29 606	26 094	20 406	5 897	11 170	1 593	979	1 518	97 264
	October	29 179	25 349	20 164	5 879	11 261	1 549	1 018	1 480	95 879
	November	28 577	25 151	20 448	5 833	11 261	1 674	998	1 530	95 473
	December	30 034	25 499	20 674	6 032	11 396	1 465	959	1 561	97 621
2013
	January	28 633	25 258	19 971	6 408	11 044	1 675	903	1 532	95 423
	February	28 961	25 306	20 026	5 912	11 282	1 529	980	1 498	95 493
	March	29 049	24 683	20 168	5 846	10 942	1 642	967	1 521	94 819
	April	28 678	25 601	18 876	5 902	10 604	1 551	919	1 438	93 569
	May	28 938	25 386	19 220	5 711	10 405	1 655	977	1 494	93 786
	June	30 242	26 012	20 196	5 827	10 680	1 741	937	1 522	97 156
	July	29 066	25 327	19 007	5 729	10 404	1 648	1 022	1 431	93 633
	August	29 864	25 540	19 255	5 815	10 031	1 415	1 007	1 469	94 396
Original
2012
	June	34 785	28 662	25 051	6 728	12 698	1 443	1 357	1 842	112 566
	July	26 594	22 991	18 234	5 298	9 968	1 268	917	1 371	86 641
	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
(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.