APRIL KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	27 126	23 820	18 484	5 566	10 137	1 270	870	1 316	88 589
Seasonally Adjusted	27 552	23 904	18 570	5 487	10 238	1 313	851	1 347	89 261
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	0.4	1.2	0.3	1.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	-	0.8
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.1	-1.3	-0.4	-5.1	1.4	0.8	-5.6	0.1	-0.7
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	7.1	10.2	8.8	10.3	13.2	-7.3	8.8	3.2	8.9
Seasonally Adjusted	7.3	7.9	5.0	8.8	11.8	-3.4	2.8	5.0	7.3
- 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 KEY POINTS


TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• The April 2012 trend estimate (88 589) has increased by 0.8% when compared with March 2012.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The April 2012 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (89 261) decreased by 0.7% when compared with March 2012.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

• When comparing national trend estimates for April 2012 with March 2012, sales of Passenger vehicles have decreased by 0.1%, while sales of Sports utility and Other vehicles increased by 1.5% and 2.2% respectively.
• Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for April 2012 with March 2012, sales of Passenger and Sports utility vehicles have decreased by 2.6% and 1.2% respectively. Over the same period, sales of Other vehicles have increased by 5.4%.

SALES BY STATE

• Seven of the eight states and territories have experienced an increase in the trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales when comparing April 2012 with March 2012. South Australia recorded the largest percentage increase (1.9%), followed by the Western Australia (1.5%) and Victoria (1.2%). Sales in the Australian Capital Territory remained steady (0.0%) over the same period.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles decreased in five of the eight states and territories when comparing April 2012 with March 2012. The Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease, with 5.6%, followed by the South Australia (5.1%) and Victoria (1.3%). Sales in the Western Australia increased by 1.4% over the same period.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
May 2012	18 June 2012
June 2012	17 July 2012
July 2012	14 August 2012
August 2012	17 September 2012
September 2012	15 October 2012
October 2012	15 November 2012

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for April 2012.


DATA NOTES

The flooding which occurred in Thailand in from June 2011 may have had an impact on new vehicle sales in Australia due to associated delays in delivery of Thai manufactured vehicles and vehicle parts. The impacts from the flooding is no longer affecting the supply of new motor vehicles to Australia from Thailand.

As new motor vehicle sales are influenced by a range of factors, it is not possible to quantify the specific impacts of these events.


INQUIRIES

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

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
2011
	February	47 364	18 602	17 543	83 508	-1.2	-2.1	0.3	-1.1
	March	46 649	18 296	17 381	82 326	-1.5	-1.6	-0.9	-1.4
	April	46 014	18 252	17 109	81 375	-1.4	-0.2	-1.6	-1.2
	May	45 701	18 514	16 902	81 117	-0.7	1.4	-1.2	-0.3
	June	45 837	19 105	16 910	81 852	0.3	3.2	-	0.9
	July	46 285	19 956	17 111	83 351	1.0	4.5	1.2	1.8
	August	46 823	20 931	17 327	85 080	1.2	4.9	1.3	2.1
	September	47 220	21 788	17 387	86 395	0.8	4.1	0.3	1.5
	October	47 346	22 383	17 186	86 915	0.3	2.7	-1.2	0.6
	November	47 187	22 731	16 819	86 737	-0.3	1.6	-2.1	-0.2
	December	46 910	23 000	16 514	86 424	-0.6	1.2	-1.8	-0.4
2012
	January	46 743	23 402	16 455	86 600	-0.4	1.7	-0.4	0.2
	February	46 674	23 871	16 626	87 171	-0.1	2.0	1.0	0.7
	March	46 658	24 318	16 917	87 894	-	1.9	1.8	0.8
	April	46 617	24 676	17 296	88 589	-0.1	1.5	2.2	0.8
Seasonally Adjusted
2011
	February	47 251	19 511	17 755	84 518	-1.2	5.6	2.5	1.0
	March	46 897	21 162	18 324	86 383	-0.8	8.5	3.2	2.2
	April	47 190	19 015	17 001	83 206	0.6	-10.1	-7.2	-3.7
	May	43 645	16 943	16 389	76 978	-7.5	-10.9	-3.6	-7.5
	June	44 965	17 277	15 710	77 952	3.0	2.0	-4.1	1.3
	July	46 896	20 766	17 503	85 165	4.3	20.2	11.4	9.3
	August	47 582	22 891	17 540	88 014	1.5	10.2	0.2	3.3
	September	47 014	21 685	18 145	86 844	-1.2	-5.3	3.4	-1.3
	October	48 512	21 603	17 411	87 526	3.2	-0.4	-4.0	0.8
	November	46 657	23 035	17 349	87 041	-3.8	6.6	-0.4	-0.6
	December	46 389	22 704	15 344	84 437	-0.6	-1.4	-11.6	-3.0
2012
	January	46 716	23 610	15 653	85 979	0.7	4.0	2.0	1.8
	February	46 198	23 320	16 776	86 293	-1.1	-1.2	7.2	0.4
	March	47 646	24 969	17 254	89 869	3.1	7.1	2.8	4.1
	April	46 395	24 679	18 187	89 261	-2.6	-1.2	5.4	-0.7
Original
2011
	February	45 455	18 916	16 525	80 896	4.4	11.1	27.0	9.9
	March	50 228	23 066	20 690	93 984	10.5	21.9	25.2	16.2
	April	41 565	17 054	15 595	74 214	-17.2	-26.1	-24.6	-21.0
	May	r42 577	17 121	17 703	r77 401	2.4	0.4	13.5	4.3
	June	54 322	21 518	20 317	96 157	27.6	25.7	14.8	24.2
	July	45 701	19 383	15 907	80 991	-15.9	-9.9	-21.7	-15.8
	August	48 423	22 111	17 548	88 082	6.0	14.1	10.3	8.8
	September	47 700	20 778	18 341	86 819	-1.5	-6.0	4.5	-1.4
	October	47 536	20 400	17 260	85 196	-0.3	-1.8	-5.9	-1.9
	November	46 712	24 182	17 760	88 654	-1.7	18.5	2.9	4.1
	December	45 764	22 367	14 328	82 459	-2.0	-7.5	-19.3	-7.0
2012
	January	42 555	22 123	12 105	76 783	-7.0	-1.1	-15.5	-6.9
	February	46 019	23 448	16 256	85 723	8.1	6.0	34.3	11.6
	March	51 161	27 363	19 092	97 616	11.2	16.7	17.4	13.9
	April	40 496	21 841	16 760	79 097	-20.8	-20.2	-12.2	-19.0
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
r revised

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
2011
	February	25 901	22 641	16 941	5 235	9 184	1 486	806	1 313	83 508
	March	25 603	22 086	16 953	5 117	9 054	1 416	804	1 294	82 326
	April	25 330	21 614	16 985	5 047	8 954	1 370	800	1 276	81 375
	May	25 225	21 420	17 076	5 065	8 905	1 358	803	1 266	81 117
	June	25 420	21 581	17 285	5 166	8 931	1 379	816	1 274	81 852
	July	25 893	22 009	17 594	5 298	9 014	1 411	833	1 298	83 351
	August	26 492	22 489	17 960	5 396	9 131	1 432	851	1 329	85 080
	September	26 981	22 812	18 292	5 411	9 254	1 426	867	1 352	86 395
	October	27 208	22 902	18 466	5 353	9 358	1 392	876	1 359	86 915
	November	27 155	22 842	18 453	5 277	9 443	1 340	877	1 350	86 737
	December	26 976	22 813	18 357	5 245	9 534	1 292	872	1 334	86 424
2012
	January	26 888	22 973	18 328	5 289	9 665	1 265	868	1 324	86 600
	February	26 918	23 243	18 366	5 372	9 827	1 258	868	1 318	87 171
	March	27 024	23 544	18 428	5 461	9 991	1 261	868	1 316	87 894
	April	27 126	23 820	18 484	5 566	10 137	1 270	870	1 316	88 589
Seasonally Adjusted
2011
	February	25 941	23 231	17 311	5 375	9 139	1 427	749	1 344	84 518
	March	26 954	23 048	18 421	5 121	9 217	1 444	850	1 327	86 383
	April	25 680	22 161	17 694	5 042	9 159	1 360	828	1 283	83 206
	May	24 491	19 558	16 206	4 663	8 774	1 312	801	1 172	76 978
	June	24 038	20 937	16 144	5 001	8 534	1 296	774	1 230	77 952
	July	26 289	22 687	17 962	5 653	8 960	1 429	816	1 369	85 165
	August	27 402	23 392	18 577	5 443	9 498	1 550	817	1 334	88 014
	September	26 789	22 908	18 383	5 701	9 334	1 433	946	1 351	86 844
	October	27 495	23 074	18 715	5 216	9 268	1 436	939	1 383	87 526
	November	27 777	22 638	18 437	5 181	9 561	1 263	826	1 357	87 041
	December	26 451	22 339	17 888	5 121	9 239	1 330	771	1 299	84 437
2012
	January	26 497	22 716	18 391	5 138	9 723	1 164	972	1 379	85 979
	February	26 387	23 141	18 261	5 396	9 797	1 257	830	1 224	86 293
	March	27 569	24 226	18 640	5 783	10 101	1 303	901	1 346	89 869
	April	27 552	23 904	18 570	5 487	10 238	1 313	851	1 347	89 261
Original
2011
	February	25 048	22 446	16 283	5 128	8 686	1 273	680	1 352	80 896
	March	29 750	24 808	20 395	5 360	9 718	1 520	995	1 438	93 984
	April	22 570	19 535	16 403	4 467	8 101	1 124	862	1 152	74 214
	May	24 470	r19 570	16 519	4 782	8 703	1 268	942	1 147	r77 401
	June	29 685	25 091	21 062	6 057	10 424	1 443	985	1 410	96 157
	July	24 893	21 743	17 341	5 255	8 433	1 196	800	1 330	80 991
	August	27 274	23 436	18 298	5 446	9 903	1 581	802	1 342	88 082
	September	26 661	22 845	18 040	5 853	9 731	1 494	881	1 314	86 819
	October	26 608	22 996	17 972	5 041	8 974	1 439	808	1 358	85 196
	November	28 966	23 049	18 038	5 304	9 650	1 435	799	1 413	88 654
	December	25 109	22 356	17 225	5 275	8 880	1 687	666	1 261	82 459
2012
	January	24 004	20 278	15 732	4 622	9 014	1 008	820	1 305	76 783
	February	26 391	23 270	17 839	5 344	9 673	1 148	776	1 282	85 723
	March	30 209	26 177	20 718	6 037	10 644	1 361	1 052	1 418	97 616
	April	24 426	20 785	17 062	4 746	8 939	1 072	863	1 204	79 097
r revised
(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.