DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	33 182	27 213	18 932	5 997	7 902	1 750	840	1 603	97 419
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	33 677	26 363	19 039	6 019	8 011	1 675	839	1 682	97 305
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	-	-0.9	-0.3	0.1	-1.4	-0.3	-1.3	1.7	-0.4
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	4.6	-4.5	-0.9	-0.3	2.9	-1.2	-2.2	7.2	0.3
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	1.4	1.9	-4.2	0.8	-10.7	10.3	-0.7	7.0	-0.5
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	4.5	-2.1	-1.2	2.0	-9.5	-1.1	0.8	16.6	0.2
- 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.

DECEMBER TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The December 2016 trend estimate (97,419) decreased by 0.4% when compared with November 2016.
• When comparing national trend estimates for December 2016 with November 2016, sales for Passenger and Sports utility vehicles decreased by 0.2% and and 1.0% respectively. By contrast, sales for Other vehicles increased by 0.3%.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Western Australia (-1.4%), continuing a downward trend which commenced in January 2016.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Australian Capital Territory (1.7%).

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
	October	42 353	35 758	19 357	97 468	-0.9	1.2	1.3	0.3
	November	41 893	36 078	19 767	97 739	-1.1	0.9	2.1	0.3
	December	41 465	36 235	20 238	97 939	-1.0	0.4	2.4	0.2
2016
	January	41 109	36 278	20 643	98 029	-0.9	0.1	2.0	0.1
	February	40 877	36 211	20 900	97 988	-0.6	-0.2	1.2	-
	March	40 789	36 087	20 995	97 871	-0.2	-0.3	0.5	-0.1
	April	40 781	36 018	20 999	97 797	-	-0.2	-	-0.1
	May	40 740	36 112	20 947	97 799	-0.1	0.3	-0.2	-
	June	40 621	36 471	20 853	97 945	-0.3	1.0	-0.4	0.1
	July	40 381	36 977	20 778	98 135	-0.6	1.4	-0.4	0.2
	August	40 086	37 407	20 783	98 276	-0.7	1.2	-	0.1
	September	39 848	37 573	20 836	98 256	-0.6	0.4	0.3	-
	October	39 697	37 474	20 892	98 063	-0.4	-0.3	0.3	-0.2
	November	39 637	37 201	20 958	97 795	-0.2	-0.7	0.3	-0.3
	December	39 563	36 836	21 019	97 419	-0.2	-1.0	0.3	-0.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	October	41 218	35 897	19 545	96 660	-6.9	-2.5	6.0	-2.9
	November	42 040	35 532	20 500	98 071	2.0	-1.0	4.9	1.5
	December	42 274	35 481	19 390	97 145	0.6	-0.1	-5.4	-0.9
2016
	January	40 291	37 094	20 890	98 276	-4.7	4.5	7.7	1.2
	February	40 744	36 594	20 835	98 174	1.1	-1.3	-0.3	-0.1
	March	41 592	36 381	21 918	99 891	2.1	-0.6	5.2	1.7
	April	41 004	35 362	20 688	97 054	-1.4	-2.8	-5.6	-2.8
	May	39 969	35 839	20 481	96 289	-2.5	1.3	-1.0	-0.8
	June	42 331	36 085	20 714	99 130	5.9	0.7	1.1	3.0
	July	40 066	36 800	21 088	97 954	-5.4	2.0	1.8	-1.2
	August	39 480	37 603	20 813	97 897	-1.5	2.2	-1.3	-0.1
	September	40 154	38 699	21 071	99 924	1.7	2.9	1.2	2.1
	October	39 466	38 080	20 157	97 703	-1.7	-1.6	-4.3	-2.2
	November	39 085	36 722	21 171	96 977	-1.0	-3.6	5.0	-0.7
	December	40 488	35 492	21 326	97 305	3.6	-3.3	0.7	0.3
Original
2015
	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
	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
- 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
	October	32 541	26 564	19 815	5 785	8 813	1 598	824	1 529	97 468
	November	32 586	26 659	19 834	5 880	8 845	1 593	831	1 510	97 739
	December	32 723	26 718	19 770	5 949	8 849	1 586	846	1 498	97 939
2016
	January	32 904	26 747	19 651	5 984	8 797	1 579	867	1 501	98 029
	February	33 068	26 745	19 520	5 983	8 696	1 566	890	1 520	97 988
	March	33 168	26 733	19 431	5 955	8 581	1 552	908	1 543	97 871
	April	33 168	26 779	19 400	5 937	8 483	1 548	921	1 560	97 797
	May	33 103	26 899	19 391	5 930	8 425	1 564	925	1 562	97 799
	June	33 034	27 138	19 373	5 935	8 395	1 603	920	1 548	97 945
	July	33 000	27 405	19 322	5 952	8 365	1 654	909	1 529	98 135
	August	33 034	27 593	19 248	5 971	8 313	1 699	896	1 521	98 276
	September	33 100	27 651	19 151	5 984	8 227	1 733	881	1 530	98 256
	October	33 141	27 587	19 061	5 989	8 118	1 751	866	1 550	98 063
	November	33 167	27 447	18 997	5 989	8 014	1 755	851	1 576	97 795
	December	33 182	27 213	18 932	5 997	7 902	1 750	840	1 603	97 419
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	October	32 107	26 196	19 710	5 935	8 702	1 577	873	1 560	96 660
	November	32 586	26 510	20 314	5 852	8 925	1 562	803	1 520	98 071
	December	32 218	26 940	19 268	5 902	8 851	1 693	832	1 442	97 145
2016
	January	32 748	26 847	19 904	6 096	8 832	1 555	835	1 460	98 276
	February	33 254	26 749	19 575	5 951	8 721	1 500	935	1 490	98 174
	March	33 971	26 738	20 325	6 048	8 702	1 569	928	1 611	99 891
	April	33 021	26 861	18 902	5 740	8 455	1 586	896	1 592	97 054
	May	32 758	26 261	19 145	6 014	8 041	1 579	935	1 556	96 289
	June	32 936	27 525	20 068	5 971	8 412	1 544	934	1 740	99 130
	July	32 879	27 194	19 457	5 802	8 656	1 569	873	1 524	97 954
	August	32 906	27 642	18 933	6 018	8 299	1 726	915	1 459	97 897
	September	33 649	28 084	19 218	6 243	8 363	1 878	918	1 571	99 924
	October	33 376	27 757	18 751	5 718	8 007	1 775	818	1 502	97 703
	November	32 194	27 618	19 216	6 040	7 788	1 695	858	1 569	96 977
	December	33 677	26 363	19 039	6 019	8 011	1 675	839	1 682	97 305
Original
2015
	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
	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
(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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