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

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MAY KEY FIGURES

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

Trend	29 068	24 584	18 732	5 742	9 865	1 476	912	1 385	91 764
Seasonally Adjusted	29 193	25 204	18 641	5 739	9 915	1 485	837	1 397	92 410
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	-0.5	-0.3	-0.6	-0.4	0.2	-1.1	-0.2	-2.0	-0.4
Seasonally Adjusted	-0.4	3.5	-2.1	1.3	0.7	-2.1	-19.2	0.8	0.3
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	-0.6	-3.6	-4.2	-1.5	-7.1	-10.5	-5.4	-7.2	-3.3
Seasonally Adjusted	0.9	-0.9	-4.3	-0.4	-5.8	-11.7	-15.3	-7.4	-2.0

(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.

MAY KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend estimates: The May 2014 trend estimate (91 764) has decreased by 0.4% when compared with April 2014.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The May 2014 seasonally adjusted estimate (92 410) has increased by 0.3% when compared with April 2014.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend estimates: When comparing national trend estimates for May 2014 with April 2014, sales of Passenger and Other vehicles decreased by 0.9% and 0.7% respectively. Over the same period, Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.7%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for May 2014 with April 2014, sales of Other and Sports utility vehicles increased by 3.4% and 1.8% respectively. Over the same period, sales of Passenger vehicles decreased by 2.0%.

SALES BY STATE

Trend estimates: Seven of the eight states and territories experienced a decrease in new motor vehicle sales when comparing May 2014 with April 2014. The Australian Capital Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease (2.0%), followed by Tasmania (1.1%) and Queensland (0.6%). Over the same period, Western Australia was the only jurisdiction to record an increase of 0.2%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: Four of the eight states and territories experienced an increase in new motor vehicle sales when comparing May 2014 with April 2014. Victoria recorded the largest percentage increase (3.5%) followed by South Australia (1.3%) and the Australian Capital Territory (0.8%). The Northern Territory recorded the largest decrease in sales (19.2%) followed by Queensland and Tasmania with 2.1% each.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

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June 2014	15 July 2014
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August 2014	15 September 2014
September 2014	15 October 2014
October 2014	17 November 2014
November 2014	15 December 2014

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for May 2014.

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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
	March	47 281	27 601	20 192	95 074	-0.5	0.8	-0.9	-0.2
	April	47 342	27 704	19 938	94 985	0.1	0.4	-1.3	-0.1
	May	47 525	27 681	19 648	94 854	0.4	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1
	June	47 678	27 605	19 360	94 642	0.3	-0.3	-1.5	-0.2
	July	47 683	27 616	19 166	94 464	-	-	-1.0	-0.2
	August	47 554	27 704	19 103	94 361	-0.3	0.3	-0.3	-0.1
	September	47 431	27 787	19 123	94 342	-0.3	0.3	0.1	-
	October	47 294	27 838	19 182	94 313	-0.3	0.2	0.3	-
	November	47 076	27 880	19 256	94 212	-0.5	0.2	0.4	-0.1
	December	46 757	27 946	19 287	93 990	-0.7	0.2	0.2	-0.2
2014
	January	46 320	28 058	19 194	93 571	-0.9	0.4	-0.5	-0.4
	February	45 811	28 225	18 986	93 023	-1.1	0.6	-1.1	-0.6
	March	45 297	28 437	18 781	92 514	-1.1	0.7	-1.1	-0.5
	April	44 819	28 680	18 627	92 126	-1.1	0.9	-0.8	-0.4
	May	44 404	28 868	18 491	91 764	-0.9	0.7	-0.7	-0.4
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	March	48 163	27 169	19 630	94 962	5.1	-3.8	-9.7	-0.9
	April	47 390	27 480	18 992	93 862	-1.6	1.1	-3.3	-1.2
	May	47 504	27 468	19 334	94 305	0.2	-	1.8	0.5
	June	48 407	27 953	20 665	97 025	1.9	1.8	6.9	2.9
	July	47 050	27 345	19 285	93 680	-2.8	-2.2	-6.7	-3.4
	August	47 888	28 137	18 265	94 290	1.8	2.9	-5.3	0.7
	September	47 087	27 636	19 072	93 794	-1.7	-1.8	4.4	-0.5
	October	47 139	27 105	18 851	93 096	0.1	-1.9	-1.2	-0.7
	November	47 349	28 298	19 322	94 969	0.4	4.4	2.5	2.0
	December	47 131	28 903	20 433	96 467	-0.5	2.1	5.8	1.6
2014
	January	45 984	27 523	18 939	92 447	-2.4	-4.8	-7.3	-4.2
	February	46 261	27 362	18 743	92 367	0.6	-0.6	-1.0	-0.1
	March	44 732	28 768	18 583	92 083	-3.3	5.1	-0.9	-0.3
	April	45 023	28 806	18 324	92 153	0.7	0.1	-1.4	0.1
	May	44 141	29 326	18 943	92 410	-2.0	1.8	3.4	0.3
Original

2013
	March	48 664	29 148	19 588	97 400	12.3	8.6	-2.3	8.0
	April	42 844	24 384	17 889	85 117	-12.0	-16.3	-8.7	-12.6
	May	46 774	29 152	20 862	96 788	9.2	19.6	16.6	13.7
	June	57 636	34 398	26 724	118 758	23.2	18.0	28.1	22.7
	July	46 318	25 568	18 349	90 235	-19.6	-25.7	-31.3	-24.0
	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

- 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
	March	28 984	25 379	19 758	5 942	10 946	1 605	952	1 508	95 074
	April	29 121	25 458	19 642	5 886	10 784	1 635	956	1 504	94 985
	May	29 252	25 496	19 550	5 828	10 622	1 649	964	1 493	94 854
	June	29 328	25 524	19 441	5 794	10 463	1 647	968	1 477	94 642
	July	29 363	25 612	19 303	5 795	10 325	1 635	969	1 462	94 464
	August	29 383	25 731	19 178	5 813	10 209	1 628	964	1 456	94 361
	September	29 449	25 806	19 109	5 827	10 109	1 626	954	1 462	94 342
	October	29 538	25 808	19 079	5 831	10 014	1 626	937	1 480	94 313
	November	29 620	25 705	19 083	5 831	9 934	1 619	921	1 499	94 212
	December	29 663	25 477	19 118	5 821	9 886	1 604	913	1 508	93 990
2014
	January	29 621	25 189	19 111	5 806	9 858	1 575	912	1 499	93 571
	February	29 500	24 919	19 046	5 790	9 840	1 540	914	1 475	93 023
	March	29 349	24 739	18 945	5 775	9 836	1 512	915	1 444	92 514
	April	29 214	24 646	18 841	5 762	9 843	1 492	914	1 414	92 126
	May	29 068	24 584	18 732	5 742	9 865	1 476	912	1 385	91 764
Seasonally Adjusted

2013
	March	29 206	24 491	20 263	5 720	11 106	1 675	973	1 527	94 962
	April	28 812	25 811	18 864	5 952	10 492	1 560	904	1 466	93 862
	May	28 934	25 433	19 475	5 759	10 527	1 683	988	1 508	94 305
	June	30 227	25 980	20 104	5 835	10 677	1 748	930	1 524	97 025
	July	28 963	25 422	19 070	5 743	10 389	1 648	1 014	1 431	93 680
	August	29 717	25 470	19 360	5 823	10 025	1 418	998	1 480	94 290
	September	29 183	25 638	18 981	5 846	10 123	1 711	914	1 397	93 794
	October	28 920	25 574	18 707	5 774	10 108	1 638	926	1 449	93 096
	November	29 665	26 564	18 884	6 004	9 737	1 651	933	1 530	94 969
	December	30 520	26 086	19 699	5 777	10 264	1 632	933	1 556	96 467
2014
	January	29 744	24 328	19 256	5 648	9 502	1 557	879	1 534	92 447
	February	29 203	24 532	18 996	5 832	9 908	1 519	910	1 467	92 367
	March	28 984	24 974	18 575	5 928	9 852	1 480	877	1 413	92 083
	April	29 303	24 363	19 040	5 663	9 844	1 517	1 036	1 386	92 153
	May	29 193	25 204	18 641	5 739	9 915	1 485	837	1 397	92 410
Original

2013
	March	29 928	25 360	21 135	5 680	11 145	1 564	1 075	1 513	97 400
	April	25 982	23 023	17 666	5 381	9 497	1 273	971	1 324	85 117
	May	29 707	26 226	20 221	5 761	10 610	1 597	1 132	1 534	96 788
	June	37 194	30 647	26 245	6 999	12 782	1 917	1 162	1 812	118 758
	July	27 789	24 584	18 618	5 485	9 848	1 466	1 049	1 396	90 235
	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

(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.