CESSATION OF NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES COLLECTION

As foreshadowed in the ABS 2017-2018 Forward Work Program, publication of Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia (cat. no. 9314.0) will cease following release of the December 2017 issue on 16 January 2018. Data on sales of new motor vehicles (in original terms) is available from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries website: https://www.fcai.com.au/sales.



OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	33 087	28 091	19 341	6 017	8 479	1 700	885	1 508	99 106
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	32 744	28 145	19 385	6 023	8 570	1 698	859	1 499	98 922
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	-0.4	-0.5	-0.7	-0.5	1.1	1.7	-2.6	-1.2	-0.4
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-2.6	1.1	2.1	1.3	2.5	-6.1	-1.4	0.6	-
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	-0.1	1.2	1.8	0.6	5.2	-1.9	1.6	-2.8	1.0
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-2.2	0.6	3.5	6.0	8.2	-3.8	4.1	-2.2	1.0
- 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


OCTOBER TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The October 2017 trend estimate (99,106) decreased by 0.4% when compared with September 2017.
• When comparing national trend estimates for October 2017 with September 2017, sales for Other vehicles increased by 0.4%. By contrast, Passenger vehicles and Sports utility vehicles decreased by 1.0% and 0.3% respectively.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (1.7%), continuing an upward trend that began in May 2017.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (-2.6%).

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
November 2017	18 December 2017
December 2017	16 January 2018

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for October 2017.


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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
2016
	August	40 130	37 226	20 752	98 108	-0.5	1.2	0.2	0.3
	September	39 995	37 464	20 788	98 246	-0.3	0.6	0.2	0.1
	October	39 816	37 487	20 775	98 079	-0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.2
	November	39 507	37 335	20 758	97 600	-0.8	-0.4	-0.1	-0.5
	December	39 104	37 103	20 837	97 044	-1.0	-0.6	0.4	-0.6
2017
	January	38 724	36 976	21 067	96 767	-1.0	-0.3	1.1	-0.3
	February	38 432	37 124	21 396	96 953	-0.8	0.4	1.6	0.2
	March	38 300	37 555	21 767	97 623	-0.3	1.2	1.7	0.7
	April	38 264	38 131	22 162	98 557	-0.1	1.5	1.8	1.0
	May	38 229	38 640	22 524	99 393	-0.1	1.3	1.6	0.8
	June	38 131	38 962	22 815	99 909	-0.3	0.8	1.3	0.5
	July	37 876	39 126	23 016	100 019	-0.7	0.4	0.9	0.1
	August	37 499	39 128	23 187	99 814	-1.0	-	0.7	-0.2
	September	37 137	39 019	23 332	99 488	-1.0	-0.3	0.6	-0.3
	October	36 769	38 903	23 435	99 106	-1.0	-0.3	0.4	-0.4
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	August	39 904	37 463	20 550	97 917	-0.3	2.3	-3.5	-
	September	40 347	38 331	20 871	99 549	1.1	2.3	1.6	1.7
	October	39 281	38 231	20 414	97 927	-2.6	-0.3	-2.2	-1.6
	November	38 962	36 814	21 103	96 879	-0.8	-3.7	3.4	-1.1
	December	40 543	35 667	21 257	97 468	4.1	-3.1	0.7	0.6
2017
	January	39 186	38 071	20 565	97 823	-3.3	6.7	-3.3	0.4
	February	37 662	36 848	20 686	95 195	-3.9	-3.2	0.6	-2.7
	March	36 946	37 914	21 983	96 842	-1.9	2.9	6.3	1.7
	April	38 126	36 965	22 908	97 998	3.2	-2.5	4.2	1.2
	May	39 511	38 510	22 631	100 653	3.6	4.2	-1.2	2.7
	June	38 821	40 414	22 647	101 882	-1.7	4.9	0.1	1.2
	July	37 833	39 463	22 243	99 539	-2.5	-2.4	-1.8	-2.3
	August	36 604	38 811	23 884	99 298	-3.2	-1.7	7.4	-0.2
	September	36 795	38 549	23 575	98 919	0.5	-0.7	-1.3	-0.4
	October	37 156	38 573	23 192	98 922	1.0	0.1	-1.6	-
Original
2016
	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
2017
	January	34 920	34 127	15 863	84 910	-17.6	-2.3	-26.0	-14.0
	February	34 740	35 497	18 788	89 025	-0.5	4.0	18.4	4.8
	March	38 972	41 484	24 954	105 410	12.2	16.9	32.8	18.4
	April	32 147	31 368	19 620	83 135	-17.5	-24.4	-21.4	-21.1
	May	38 842	39 629	24 430	102 901	20.8	26.3	24.5	23.8
	June	50 646	51 393	32 132	134 171	30.4	29.7	31.5	30.4
	July	35 792	36 979	19 983	92 754	-29.3	-28.0	-37.8	-30.9
	August	35 733	38 118	22 811	96 662	-0.2	3.1	14.2	4.2
	September	38 147	39 003	23 050	100 200	6.8	2.3	1.0	3.7
	October	36 396	36 871	22 496	95 763	-4.6	-5.5	-2.4	-4.4
- 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.
Trend
2016
	August	32 972	27 568	19 183	5 970	8 293	1 707	894	1 521	98 108
	September	33 082	27 742	19 098	5 989	8 188	1 733	883	1 531	98 246
	October	33 119	27 760	19 000	5 983	8 062	1 733	871	1 551	98 079
	November	33 049	27 631	18 900	5 951	7 940	1 704	859	1 567	97 600
	December	32 941	27 431	18 824	5 910	7 862	1 656	849	1 570	97 044
2017
	January	32 881	27 312	18 822	5 882	7 848	1 610	849	1 564	96 767
	February	32 916	27 355	18 924	5 895	7 866	1 582	860	1 555	96 953
	March	33 032	27 587	19 148	5 952	7 897	1 570	884	1 553	97 623
	April	33 201	27 918	19 433	6 024	7 941	1 570	912	1 559	98 557
	May	33 346	28 213	19 672	6 084	7 999	1 579	934	1 567	99 393
	June	33 428	28 380	19 787	6 121	8 083	1 595	944	1 571	99 909
	July	33 419	28 426	19 754	6 117	8 181	1 618	941	1 563	100 019
	August	33 333	28 357	19 634	6 088	8 284	1 644	927	1 547	99 814
	September	33 226	28 234	19 485	6 050	8 385	1 672	909	1 527	99 488
	October	33 087	28 091	19 341	6 017	8 479	1 700	885	1 508	99 106
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	August	32 922	27 660	18 947	6 081	8 205	1 737	910	1 455	97 917
	September	33 368	28 072	19 178	6 271	8 330	1 823	941	1 566	99 549
	October	33 480	27 985	18 733	5 683	7 923	1 765	825	1 533	97 927
	November	32 135	27 746	19 166	6 022	7 720	1 683	852	1 555	96 879
	December	33 790	26 359	19 064	6 027	8 070	1 643	844	1 671	97 468
2017
	January	32 936	28 716	18 494	5 884	7 803	1 586	862	1 542	97 823
	February	32 355	26 501	18 892	5 671	7 819	1 558	881	1 519	95 195
	March	32 624	27 179	19 145	6 013	7 953	1 571	827	1 530	96 842
	April	33 563	27 775	18 817	5 968	7 867	1 567	901	1 540	97 998
	May	33 600	28 536	20 026	6 162	8 206	1 619	940	1 563	100 653
	June	33 678	29 242	20 599	6 213	7 886	1 605	1 014	1 646	101 882
	July	33 231	28 225	19 700	6 187	8 103	1 584	939	1 571	99 539
	August	33 091	28 237	19 515	6 033	8 412	1 537	938	1 535	99 298
	September	33 632	27 831	18 981	5 946	8 359	1 809	871	1 490	98 919
	October	32 744	28 145	19 385	6 023	8 570	1 698	859	1 499	98 922
Original
2016
	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
2017
	January	29 068	24 535	15 709	5 134	7 037	1 337	652	1 438	84 910
	February	30 221	24 917	17 474	5 354	7 526	1 334	760	1 439	89 025
	March	35 677	29 252	21 217	6 387	8 712	1 536	946	1 683	105 410
	April	28 565	23 292	16 312	4 951	6 634	1 214	910	1 257	83 135
	May	34 545	29 077	20 674	6 133	8 154	1 540	1 276	1 502	102 901
	June	44 341	37 255	28 768	8 213	10 161	1 953	1 333	2 147	134 171
	July	30 620	26 584	18 540	5 663	7 576	1 376	914	1 481	92 754
	August	32 137	27 569	18 695	5 790	8 487	1 538	904	1 542	96 662
	September	34 168	28 096	19 175	6 029	8 401	2 016	821	1 494	100 200
	October	31 454	28 098	17 860	5 831	8 458	1 870	744	1 448	95 763
(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.