SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	32 972	26 739	19 794	5 511	8 814	1 789	819	1 566	98 003
Seasonally Adjusted	33 563	27 641	20 152	5 714	8 941	1 929	809	1 622	100 372
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	1.0	0.7	0.5	-0.1	0.3	3.1	-2.3	1.5	0.7
Seasonally Adjusted	4.5	7.4	4.8	9.0	2.3	14.6	-2.3	6.7	5.5
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	10.1	5.1	8.8	-5.3	-7.4	26.8	-9.3	8.8	5.7
Seasonally Adjusted	11.8	9.8	8.2	-2.1	-7.5	23.3	-11.1	12.7	7.7
(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.

SEPTEMBER TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The September 2015 trend estimate (98 003) has increased by 0.7% when compared with August 2015.

• When comparing national trend estimates for September 2015 with August 2015, sales of Passenger and Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.4% and 2.1% respectively. Over the same period sales for Other vehicles decreased by 1.3%.

• Six of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing September 2015 with August 2015. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage increase (3.1%), followed by the Australian Capital Territory (1.5%) and New South Wales (1.0%). Over the same period, the Northern Territory recorded the largest decrease in sales (2.3%).

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
2014
	July	44 191	29 762	19 137	93 090	-0.6	0.9	0.4	0.1
	August	43 847	29 874	19 186	92 907	-0.8	0.4	0.3	-0.2
	September	43 483	29 973	19 220	92 677	-0.8	0.3	0.2	-0.2
	October	43 213	30 122	19 260	92 595	-0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1
	November	43 089	30 395	19 327	92 812	-0.3	0.9	0.3	0.2
	December	43 006	30 838	19 403	93 247	-0.2	1.5	0.4	0.5
2015
	January	42 955	31 369	19 447	93 772	-0.1	1.7	0.2	0.6
	February	42 949	31 925	19 461	94 334	-	1.8	0.1	0.6
	March	42 913	32 414	19 474	94 802	-0.1	1.5	0.1	0.5
	April	42 881	32 870	19 435	95 186	-0.1	1.4	-0.2	0.4
	May	42 893	33 337	19 327	95 557	-	1.4	-0.6	0.4
	June	42 974	33 891	19 171	96 037	0.2	1.7	-0.8	0.5
	July	43 133	34 549	18 964	96 646	0.4	1.9	-1.1	0.6
	August	43 327	35 240	18 732	97 299	0.4	2.0	-1.2	0.7
	September	43 515	35 991	18 497	98 003	0.4	2.1	-1.3	0.7
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	July	44 682	29 950	18 430	93 063	0.4	1.2	-8.2	-1.2
	August	43 831	29 374	19 191	92 396	-1.9	-1.9	4.1	-0.7
	September	43 211	30 671	19 349	93 230	-1.4	4.4	0.8	0.9
	October	43 347	29 888	19 248	92 482	0.3	-2.6	-0.5	-0.8
	November	42 961	30 427	18 813	92 201	-0.9	1.8	-2.3	-0.3
	December	44 104	30 742	20 138	94 984	2.7	1.0	7.0	3.0
2015
	January	43 550	30 329	19 297	93 176	-1.3	-1.3	-4.2	-1.9
	February	43 137	33 278	19 236	95 652	-0.9	9.7	-0.3	2.7
	March	45 044	31 695	19 527	96 267	4.4	-4.8	1.5	0.6
	April	41 434	34 388	19 392	95 214	-8.0	8.5	-0.7	-1.1
	May	42 180	32 220	19 327	93 727	1.8	-6.3	-0.3	-1.6
	June	44 751	33 492	19 427	97 670	6.1	3.9	0.5	4.2
	July	42 981	34 509	19 225	96 716	-4.0	3.0	-1.0	-1.0
	August	41 803	34 942	18 356	95 101	-2.7	1.3	-4.5	-1.7
	September	44 729	37 388	18 254	100 372	7.0	7.0	-0.6	5.5
Original
2014
	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
	November	43 063	31 032	18 137	92 232	-0.1	7.6	-5.9	1.1
	December	45 051	30 666	21 092	96 809	4.6	-1.2	16.3	5.0
2015
	January	39 799	27 679	14 638	82 116	-11.7	-9.7	-30.6	-15.2
	February	40 775	32 039	17 610	90 424	2.5	15.8	20.3	10.1
	March	48 185	35 503	21 366	105 054	18.2	10.8	21.3	16.2
	April	35 015	29 664	16 977	81 656	-27.3	-16.4	-20.5	-22.3
	May	40 592	32 530	20 205	93 327	15.9	9.7	19.0	14.3
	June	56 386	42 256	27 208	125 850	38.9	29.9	34.7	34.8
	July	41 420	32 679	18 209	92 308	-26.5	-22.7	-33.1	-26.7
	August	40 673	32 900	17 132	90 705	-1.8	0.7	-5.9	-1.7
	September	46 084	36 968	18 340	101 392	13.3	12.4	7.1	11.8
- 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
2014
	July	29 752	25 438	18 403	5 879	9 820	1 433	914	1 452	93 090
	August	29 883	25 437	18 275	5 858	9 680	1 416	907	1 451	92 907
	September	29 961	25 439	18 191	5 819	9 515	1 411	903	1 439	92 677
	October	30 027	25 468	18 210	5 778	9 358	1 424	904	1 427	92 595
	November	30 099	25 562	18 367	5 757	9 238	1 456	909	1 424	92 812
	December	30 165	25 715	18 607	5 765	9 150	1 497	917	1 431	93 247
2015
	January	30 266	25 844	18 881	5 788	9 079	1 537	931	1 446	93 772
	February	30 454	25 939	19 143	5 810	9 016	1 570	941	1 462	94 334
	March	30 724	25 978	19 336	5 806	8 949	1 591	945	1 473	94 802
	April	31 069	26 003	19 442	5 763	8 887	1 603	938	1 481	95 186
	May	31 459	26 071	19 481	5 691	8 830	1 616	920	1 489	95 557
	June	31 869	26 192	19 531	5 614	8 793	1 643	894	1 502	96 037
	July	32 273	26 355	19 607	5 556	8 783	1 685	866	1 521	96 646
	August	32 642	26 550	19 686	5 515	8 789	1 735	838	1 544	97 299
	September	32 972	26 739	19 794	5 511	8 814	1 789	819	1 566	98 003
Seasonally Adjusted
2014
	July	29 602	25 426	18 378	5 824	9 952	1 466	920	1 494	93 063
	August	29 858	25 357	18 076	5 929	9 431	1 411	877	1 457	92 396
	September	30 020	25 165	18 627	5 836	9 668	1 564	911	1 439	93 230
	October	30 368	25 226	17 979	5 764	9 399	1 425	907	1 415	92 482
	November	29 708	25 863	17 944	5 789	9 149	1 428	897	1 422	92 201
	December	30 357	25 970	20 323	5 548	9 028	1 411	953	1 393	94 984
2015
	January	30 003	25 594	18 976	5 695	9 030	1 590	850	1 439	93 176
	February	30 685	25 729	19 732	6 153	9 196	1 657	1 010	1 490	95 652
	March	30 858	26 215	20 328	5 758	9 075	1 586	917	1 528	96 267
	April	30 572	26 530	19 492	5 775	8 824	1 595	951	1 474	95 214
	May	31 256	25 379	18 973	5 593	8 600	1 554	952	1 418	93 727
	June	32 712	26 160	20 139	5 666	8 914	1 674	888	1 517	97 670
	July	32 041	26 728	19 527	5 624	8 767	1 646	850	1 532	96 716
	August	32 112	25 741	19 237	5 243	8 737	1 683	828	1 520	95 101
	September	33 563	27 641	20 152	5 714	8 941	1 929	809	1 622	100 372
Original
2014
	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
	November	30 419	26 282	16 814	5 888	8 876	1 650	841	1 462	92 232
	December	30 257	26 783	20 853	5 830	9 143	1 645	894	1 404	96 809
2015
	January	26 796	22 211	16 570	5 039	8 101	1 364	662	1 373	82 116
	February	28 975	24 742	18 212	5 915	8 851	1 409	877	1 443	90 424
	March	33 773	28 536	22 499	6 173	9 823	1 560	1 064	1 626	105 054
	April	26 264	22 160	17 335	4 843	7 609	1 280	948	1 217	81 656
	May	30 996	25 231	19 312	5 429	8 353	1 440	1 144	1 422	93 327
	June	42 105	32 615	27 270	7 286	11 503	1 989	1 189	1 893	125 850
	July	30 332	25 902	18 700	5 256	8 341	1 445	836	1 496	92 308
	August	30 529	24 608	18 183	5 088	8 371	1 710	767	1 449	90 705
	September	33 983	27 675	20 387	5 859	9 009	2 090	785	1 604	101 392
(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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