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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	26 375	23 120	18 377	5 638	8 794	1 449	875	1 314	85 943
Change from previous month (%)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	5.7	7.5	4.5	3.1	4.3	-1.2	13.2	0.9	5.5
Change from previous year (%)
Trend	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	15.8	21.1	19.1	15.5	2.4	-0.4	9.6	10.4	15.8
(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.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

• Following the Federal Government Budget in May 2009, the eligibility period for the Small Business and General Business Tax Break was extended to December 2009. The rebate level was also increased for small businesses, allowing eligible businesses to claim an increased tax deduction on the purchase of new motor vehicles.
• The trend series attempts to measure the underlying behaviour in new motor vehicle sales. In the short term, this measurement may be significantly affected by unusual influences in the original and seasonally adjusted data, like those observed in May and June 2009. If the trend estimates in the publication were to be calculated without fully accounting for this irregular event, they would be likely to provide a misleading view of the underlying trend in new motor vehicle sales activity.
• The new motor vehicle sales trend series has therefore been suspended from May 2009. The trend series will be reintroduced when more certainty emerges in the underlying behaviour of new car sales.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates can still be produced and will continue to be published as usual.
• This publication shows the trend series to April 2009 and seasonally adjusted series to November 2009.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally Adjusted - The November 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (85 943) increased by 5.5% when compared to October 2009. The November 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total new motor vehicle sales increased by 15.8% when compared to the November 2008 estimate.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - All vehicle types increased in seasonally adjusted terms when comparing November 2009 with October 2009. Sports utility vehicles increased by 13.9%, other vehicles increased by 9.0% and passenger vehicles increased by 1.2%. When comparing November 2009 to November 2008, sports utility vehicles increased 37.2%, other vehicles increased by 21.5% and passenger vehicles increased by 7.2%.

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of new motor vehicles increased for seven out of eight all states or territories in seasonally adjusted terms for November 2009 compared to October 2009. Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage increase, rising by 13.2%, followed by Victoria and New South Wales, rising by 7.5% and 5.7% respectively. New motor vehicle sales decreased in Tasmania by 1.2% for November 2009 compared to October 2009.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle
		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(a)
2008
	September	47 158	14 871	17 866	79 895	-2.5	-3.2	-1.9	-2.5
	October	46 169	14 473	17 453	78 095	-2.1	-2.7	-2.3	-2.3
	November	45 341	14 164	16 926	76 431	-1.8	-2.1	-3.0	-2.1
	December	44 603	13 958	16 357	74 919	-1.6	-1.5	-3.4	-2.0
2009
	January	43 936	13 906	15 904	73 747	-1.5	-0.4	-2.8	-1.6
	February	43 404	14 020	15 626	73 049	-1.2	0.8	-1.8	-0.9
	March	43 139	14 290	15 482	72 910	-0.6	1.9	-0.9	-0.2
	April	43 240	14 623	15 414	73 276	0.2	2.3	-0.4	0.5
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	July	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	August	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	September	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	October	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	November	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	September	47 070	15 007	17 688	79 764	-1.2	-2.6	-3.0	-1.8
	October	46 120	14 504	18 254	78 878	-2.0	-3.3	3.2	-1.1
	November	44 389	13 575	16 248	74 211	-3.8	-6.4	-11.0	-5.9
	December	45 310	14 251	16 887	76 448	2.1	5.0	3.9	3.0
2009
	January	45 340	14 195	15 697	75 232	0.1	-0.4	-7.0	-1.6
	February	43 528	14 086	15 128	72 742	-4.0	-0.8	-3.6	-3.3
	March	41 222	13 629	15 516	70 367	-5.3	-3.2	2.6	-3.3
	April	42 794	14 385	15 221	72 400	3.8	5.5	-1.9	2.9
	May	44 194	15 295	17 010	76 498	3.3	6.3	11.7	5.7
	June	44 999	16 069	20 177	81 244	1.8	5.1	18.6	6.2
	July	45 487	15 369	14 985	75 841	1.1	-4.4	-25.7	-6.7
	August	45 624	15 065	15 373	76 063	0.3	-2.0	2.6	0.3
	September	46 503	15 573	16 765	78 842	1.9	3.4	9.1	3.7
	October	47 010	16 354	18 116	81 480	1.1	5.0	8.1	3.3
	November	47 574	18 626	19 743	85 943	1.2	13.9	9.0	5.5
Original
2008
	September	48 865	14 200	17 873	80 938	6.0	-0.2	5.3	4.7
	October	45 978	14 357	18 770	79 105	-5.9	1.1	5.0	-2.3
	November	43 019	12 736	15 862	71 617	-6.4	-11.3	-15.5	-9.5
	December	45 696	14 422	16 392	76 510	6.2	13.2	3.3	6.8
2009
	January	41 309	13 435	12 335	67 079	-9.6	-6.8	-24.7	-12.3
	February	42 463	13 699	14 079	70 241	2.8	2.0	14.1	4.7
	March	43 484	15 022	17 144	75 650	2.4	9.7	21.8	7.7
	April	36 697	13 092	14 176	63 965	-15.6	-12.8	-17.3	-15.4
	May	42 245	15 562	17 634	75 441	15.1	18.9	24.4	17.9
	June	55 837	20 459	26 551	102 847	32.2	31.5	50.6	36.3
	July	46 099	14 752	14 482	75 333	-17.4	-27.9	-45.5	-26.8
	August	44 918	13 972	14 397	73 287	-2.6	-5.3	-0.6	-2.7
	September	47 284	14 443	16 404	78 131	5.3	3.4	13.9	6.6
	October	46 544	15 741	18 528	80 813	-1.6	9.0	12.9	3.4
	November	47 059	18 360	20 414	85 833	1.1	16.6	10.2	6.2

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend(a)
2008
	September	24 048	21 044	16 634	5 193	9 379	1 529	853	1 213	79 895
	October	23 563	20 482	16 311	5 076	9 135	1 485	835	1 209	78 095
	November	23 132	20 005	16 027	4 949	8 857	1 442	807	1 211	76 431
	December	22 767	19 610	15 738	4 824	8 578	1 410	776	1 215	74 919
2009
	January	22 475	19 315	15 510	4 723	8 355	1 400	747	1 221	73 747
	February	22 285	19 162	15 365	4 661	8 220	1 404	725	1 226	73 049
	March	22 249	19 165	15 337	4 648	8 161	1 409	714	1 228	72 910
	April	22 381	19 298	15 427	4 677	8 142	1 406	716	1 229	73 276
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	July	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	August	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	September	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	October	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	November	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	September	24 129	20 839	16 714	5 159	9 435	1 470	838	1 181	79 764
	October	23 683	20 799	16 580	5 069	9 340	1 407	805	1 196	78 878
	November	22 780	19 084	15 433	4 883	8 587	1 455	798	1 190	74 211
	December	23 015	20 240	16 239	4 965	8 525	1 387	821	1 256	76 448
2009
	January	22 797	19 936	15 747	4 841	8 479	1 436	756	1 241	75 232
	February	22 326	18 881	15 473	4 423	8 267	1 372	749	1 251	72 742
	March	21 531	18 596	14 490	4 619	7 919	1 440	618	1 154	70 367
	April	22 383	18 673	15 372	4 582	8 042	1 382	721	1 245	72 400
	May	23 549	20 205	16 061	4 927	8 330	1 448	760	1 218	76 498
	June	24 745	21 569	17 245	5 185	8 858	1 533	740	1 370	81 244
	July	23 351	20 196	16 119	4 863	8 019	1 282	800	1 211	75 841
	August	23 930	19 573	16 162	4 936	7 977	1 493	771	1 220	76 063
	September	24 445	20 767	16 948	5 238	8 079	1 362	765	1 239	78 842
	October	24 943	21 511	17 586	5 469	8 427	1 467	773	1 302	81 480
	November	26 375	23 120	18 377	5 638	8 794	1 449	875	1 314	85 943
Original
2008
	September	24 513	21 479	16 697	5 074	9 679	1 561	755	1 180	80 938
	October	23 448	21 337	16 024	5 069	9 850	1 478	750	1 149	79 105
	November	22 043	18 756	14 111	4 935	8 284	1 575	743	1 170	71 617
	December	22 421	20 792	16 163	5 028	8 416	1 660	751	1 279	76 510
2009
	January	21 085	17 493	13 521	4 355	7 648	1 234	588	1 155	67 079
	February	21 969	18 273	14 604	4 336	7 864	1 227	706	1 262	70 241
	March	23 550	19 503	16 124	4 779	8 329	1 388	718	1 259	75 650
	April	19 596	16 395	13 801	4 128	7 043	1 146	772	1 084	63 965
	May	22 958	19 995	15 884	5 025	8 150	1 404	851	1 174	75 441
	June	31 089	26 508	23 509	6 406	10 838	1 814	991	1 692	102 847
	July	23 472	19 884	16 403	4 632	7 817	1 184	761	1 180	75 333
	August	22 704	18 848	15 661	4 696	8 003	1 476	723	1 176	73 287
	September	24 367	20 857	16 255	5 141	8 217	1 382	698	1 214	78 131
	October	24 251	21 989	16 830	5 506	8 763	1 520	696	1 258	80 813
	November	26 559	23 417	17 719	5 698	8 702	1 619	810	1 309	85 833
np not available for publication (a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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.