9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Oct 2014

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ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 17/11/2014

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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)

Trend	30 325	25 363	18 203	5 863	9 561	1 423	886	1 457	93 080
Seasonally Adjusted	30 564	25 237	17 958	5 786	9 453	1 424	908	1 409	92 741
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	0.5	-0.1	-0.4	-	-0.8	-0.1	-1.2	-0.2	-
Seasonally Adjusted	0.9	-0.6	-4.7	-1.8	-3.7	-10.9	1.0	-4.7	-1.6
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	2.9	-1.9	-4.9	0.5	-4.9	-11.5	-5.4	-2.1	-1.4
Seasonally Adjusted	6.1	-1.3	-4.7	-0.4	-6.5	-14.2	-2.4	-3.9	-0.5

- 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.

OCTOBER KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend estimates: The October 2014 trend estimate (93 080) has decreased by 25 units when compared with September 2014.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The October 2014 seasonally adjusted estimate (92 741) has decreased by 1.6% when compared with September 2014.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for October 2014 with September 2014, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 0.4% and 0.2% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.6%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for October 2014 with September 2014, sales of Passenger, Sports utility and Other vehicles decreased by 1.0%, 3.0% and 0.6% respectively.

SALES BY STATE

Trend estimates: Seven of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing October 2014 with September 2014. The Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease (1.2%), followed by Western Australia (0.8%) and Queensland (0.4%). Over the same period, New South Wales recorded an increase in sales of 0.5%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: Six of the states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing October 2014 with September 2014. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease (10.9%) followed by both Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory (4.7%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory recorded the largest increase in sales (1.0%).

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term

Footnote(s): Break in time series for trend between June and July 2000. See paragraph 13 of the Expanatory Notes.

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - long term-graph_update

Graph Image for New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term

Source(s): New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - short term-graph_update

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

2013
	August	47 541	27 705	19 132	94 378	-0.2	0.3	-0.3	-0.1
	September	47 450	27 790	19 149	94 390	-0.2	0.3	0.1	-
	October	47 335	27 856	19 193	94 384	-0.2	0.2	0.2	-
	November	47 124	27 905	19 247	94 277	-0.4	0.2	0.3	-0.1
	December	46 792	27 956	19 232	93 980	-0.7	0.2	-0.1	-0.3
2014
	January	46 330	28 031	19 144	93 505	-1.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.5
	February	45 805	28 185	19 010	93 000	-1.1	0.5	-0.7	-0.5
	March	45 314	28 408	18 910	92 633	-1.1	0.8	-0.5	-0.4
	April	44 905	28 689	18 903	92 496	-0.9	1.0	-	-0.1
	May	44 620	29 041	18 978	92 638	-0.6	1.2	0.4	0.2
	June	44 422	29 409	19 083	92 913	-0.4	1.3	0.6	0.3
	July	44 242	29 701	19 123	93 066	-0.4	1.0	0.2	0.2
	August	44 057	29 945	19 102	93 103	-0.4	0.8	-0.1	-
	September	43 884	30 153	19 068	93 105	-0.4	0.7	-0.2	-
	October	43 703	30 342	19 035	93 080	-0.4	0.6	-0.2	-
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	August	47 971	28 469	18 460	94 899	2.3	4.9	-5.0	1.5
	September	47 149	27 583	18 885	93 618	-1.7	-3.1	2.3	-1.4
	October	47 222	27 034	18 934	93 191	0.2	-2.0	0.3	-0.5
	November	47 386	28 446	19 335	95 167	0.3	5.2	2.1	2.1
	December	47 122	28 789	20 375	96 286	-0.6	1.2	5.4	1.2
2014
	January	46 023	27 708	18 921	92 652	-2.3	-3.8	-7.1	-3.8
	February	46 236	27 336	18 748	92 320	0.5	-1.3	-0.9	-0.4
	March	44 772	28 694	18 598	92 065	-3.2	5.0	-0.8	-0.3
	April	45 102	28 666	18 372	92 140	0.7	-0.1	-1.2	0.1
	May	44 033	29 282	19 108	92 423	-2.4	2.1	4.0	0.3
	June	44 740	29 467	20 433	94 641	1.6	0.6	6.9	2.4
	July	44 646	30 015	18 425	93 086	-0.2	1.9	-9.8	-1.6
	August	43 738	29 137	18 760	91 635	-2.0	-2.9	1.8	-1.6
	September	43 950	31 085	19 184	94 220	0.5	6.7	2.3	2.8
	October	43 529	30 143	19 069	92 741	-1.0	-3.0	-0.6	-1.6
Original

2013
	August	48 060	27 515	17 761	93 336	3.8	7.6	-3.2	3.4
	September	47 149	26 199	19 314	92 662	-1.9	-4.8	8.7	-0.7
	October	46 939	26 258	19 406	92 603	-0.4	0.2	0.5	-0.1
	November	49 089	28 889	18 946	96 924	4.6	10.0	-2.4	4.7
	December	47 686	28 543	20 527	96 756	-2.9	-1.2	8.3	-0.2
2014
	January	41 626	25 868	14 791	82 285	-12.7	-9.4	-27.9	-15.0
	February	43 651	25 867	17 300	86 818	4.9	-	17.0	5.5
	March	47 079	30 778	19 410	97 267	7.9	19.0	12.2	12.0
	April	39 027	25 350	16 333	80 710	-17.1	-17.6	-15.9	-17.0
	May	43 819	30 730	20 013	94 562	12.3	21.2	22.5	17.2
	June	53 844	36 846	27 619	118 309	22.9	19.9	38.0	25.1
	July	43 464	28 805	17 598	89 867	-19.3	-21.8	-36.3	-24.0
	August	42 658	27 543	17 956	88 157	-1.9	-4.4	2.0	-1.9
	September	45 194	30 027	19 757	94 978	5.9	9.0	10.0	7.7
	October	43 126	28 835	19 275	91 236	-4.6	-4.0	-2.4	-3.9

- 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

2013
	August	29 407	25 697	19 218	5 791	10 233	1 612	965	1 455	94 378
	September	29 427	25 813	19 162	5 813	10 146	1 608	955	1 467	94 390
	October	29 474	25 857	19 131	5 836	10 054	1 608	936	1 487	94 384
	November	29 532	25 777	19 121	5 854	9 962	1 606	919	1 506	94 277
	December	29 567	25 526	19 134	5 851	9 886	1 595	908	1 513	93 980
2014
	January	29 550	25 188	19 114	5 837	9 837	1 574	907	1 499	93 505
	February	29 476	24 907	19 032	5 824	9 830	1 543	915	1 473	93 000
	March	29 396	24 798	18 889	5 818	9 852	1 510	925	1 445	92 633
	April	29 346	24 882	18 715	5 826	9 883	1 485	932	1 428	92 496
	May	29 408	25 099	18 570	5 843	9 892	1 466	933	1 428	92 638
	June	29 585	25 311	18 477	5 858	9 865	1 451	927	1 439	92 913
	July	29 790	25 402	18 404	5 865	9 799	1 439	916	1 452	93 066
	August	29 983	25 412	18 332	5 867	9 716	1 430	905	1 458	93 103
	September	30 169	25 386	18 269	5 864	9 635	1 425	897	1 459	93 105
	October	30 325	25 363	18 203	5 863	9 561	1 423	886	1 457	93 080
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	August	29 915	25 531	19 572	5 791	10 160	1 432	1 025	1 474	94 899
	September	29 069	25 646	18 879	5 798	10 212	1 699	895	1 420	93 618
	October	28 808	25 573	18 835	5 812	10 106	1 659	931	1 467	93 191
	November	29 576	26 736	18 921	6 030	9 790	1 648	934	1 533	95 167
	December	30 393	26 128	19 673	5 790	10 196	1 627	923	1 556	96 286
2014
	January	29 716	24 445	19 268	5 709	9 549	1 556	879	1 529	92 652
	February	29 199	24 506	18 970	5 891	9 875	1 501	908	1 471	92 320
	March	29 035	24 933	18 562	5 914	9 842	1 491	874	1 415	92 065
	April	29 352	24 361	18 891	5 749	9 834	1 506	1 059	1 389	92 140
	May	29 365	25 290	18 464	5 693	9 890	1 475	846	1 400	92 423
	June	29 922	25 888	18 699	6 043	10 129	1 514	980	1 465	94 641
	July	29 647	25 625	18 266	5 833	9 845	1 467	914	1 490	93 086
	August	29 721	24 988	17 954	5 872	9 390	1 396	865	1 450	91 635
	September	30 290	25 395	18 849	5 895	9 816	1 598	899	1 479	94 220
	October	30 564	25 237	17 958	5 786	9 453	1 424	908	1 409	92 741
Original

2013
	August	29 223	25 210	19 101	5 730	10 177	1 491	967	1 437	93 336
	September	28 702	25 430	18 498	5 847	10 153	1 835	852	1 345	92 662
	October	28 519	25 961	18 057	5 732	10 305	1 737	853	1 439	92 603
	November	30 496	27 547	18 381	6 216	9 815	1 984	904	1 581	96 924
	December	29 966	26 316	19 718	6 039	10 287	2 009	835	1 586	96 756
2014
	January	27 080	21 289	16 660	5 082	8 707	1 280	713	1 474	82 285
	February	27 585	23 411	17 367	5 567	9 427	1 263	791	1 407	86 818
	March	30 656	26 311	20 073	6 184	10 117	1 457	998	1 471	97 267
	April	25 625	21 108	17 041	4 897	8 604	1 182	1 070	1 183	80 710
	May	29 788	26 042	19 252	5 764	9 920	1 409	978	1 409	94 562
	June	37 575	31 327	24 643	7 531	12 440	1 743	1 258	1 792	118 309
	July	28 587	24 756	17 767	5 514	9 556	1 302	913	1 472	89 867
	August	28 404	24 184	17 169	5 618	9 137	1 418	807	1 420	88 157
	September	30 388	25 670	18 890	6 099	9 882	1 734	904	1 411	94 978
	October	29 839	25 559	16 990	5 628	9 534	1 488	826	1 372	91 236

(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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