AUGUST KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	33 416	28 806	20 078	6 206	8 176	1 556	976	1 594	100 809
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	33 100	28 365	19 678	6 072	8 332	1 515	944	1 558	99 564
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	-	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	-0.6	0.9	0.3	0.3
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-0.2	0.5	-0.4	-2.3	3.3	-3.0	-0.6	-1.5	-
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	1.2	4.6	4.6	4.1	-1.3	-8.8	9.4	4.9	2.7
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	0.6	2.5	3.8	-0.2	2.3	-12.1	3.4	6.5	1.7
- 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.

AUGUST KEY POINTS


AUGUST TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The August 2017 trend estimate (100,809) increased by 0.3% when compared with July 2017.
• When comparing national trend estimates for August 2017 with July 2017, sales for Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles increased by 0.8% and 0.7% respectively. By contrast, Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.4%.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (0.9%), continuing an upward trend that began in January 2017.
• The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (-0.6%).

NOTES

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This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for August 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
	June	40 516	36 415	20 782	97 713	-0.4	0.8	-0.5	0.1
	July	40 307	36 862	20 726	97 894	-0.5	1.2	-0.3	0.2
	August	40 100	37 284	20 755	98 139	-0.5	1.1	0.1	0.3
	September	39 970	37 494	20 772	98 236	-0.3	0.6	0.1	0.1
	October	39 808	37 474	20 743	98 026	-0.4	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
	November	39 518	37 280	20 719	97 517	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1	-0.5
	December	39 129	37 026	20 802	96 957	-1.0	-0.7	0.4	-0.6
2017
	January	38 752	36 902	21 047	96 702	-1.0	-0.3	1.2	-0.3
	February	38 455	37 070	21 399	96 924	-0.8	0.5	1.7	0.2
	March	38 306	37 523	21 793	97 622	-0.4	1.2	1.8	0.7
	April	38 256	38 097	22 182	98 535	-0.1	1.5	1.8	0.9
	May	38 231	38 620	22 530	99 381	-0.1	1.4	1.6	0.9
	June	38 160	39 070	22 816	100 046	-0.2	1.2	1.3	0.7
	July	38 004	39 418	23 057	100 479	-0.4	0.9	1.1	0.4
	August	37 835	39 745	23 229	100 809	-0.4	0.8	0.7	0.3
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	June	42 036	35 906	20 604	98 546	6.6	-	0.3	2.8
	July	40 017	36 550	21 298	97 864	-4.8	1.8	3.4	-0.7
	August	39 840	37 497	20 529	97 865	-0.4	2.6	-3.6	-
	September	40 216	38 663	20 997	99 876	0.9	3.1	2.3	2.1
	October	39 424	38 038	20 275	97 738	-2.0	-1.6	-3.4	-2.1
	November	38 983	36 761	21 034	96 778	-1.1	-3.4	3.7	-1.0
	December	40 451	35 517	21 242	97 209	3.8	-3.4	1.0	0.4
2017
	January	39 310	37 991	20 504	97 805	-2.8	7.0	-3.5	0.6
	February	37 681	36 830	20 740	95 252	-4.1	-3.1	1.2	-2.6
	March	36 942	37 888	22 044	96 874	-2.0	2.9	6.3	1.7
	April	38 133	37 063	22 873	98 069	3.2	-2.2	3.8	1.2
	May	39 493	38 514	22 681	100 688	3.6	3.9	-0.8	2.7
	June	38 872	40 412	22 693	101 977	-1.6	4.9	0.1	1.3
	July	37 781	39 511	22 234	99 527	-2.8	-2.2	-2.0	-2.4
	August	36 642	39 088	23 834	99 564	-3.0	-1.1	7.2	-
Original
2016
	June	53 832	46 011	28 726	128 569	40.8	27.0	29.3	33.0
	July	38 033	33 817	19 481	91 331	-29.3	-26.5	-32.2	-29.0
	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
- 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
	June	32 976	27 050	19 308	5 920	8 387	1 607	916	1 548	97 713
	July	32 955	27 311	19 259	5 932	8 345	1 659	906	1 528	97 894
	August	33 026	27 550	19 200	5 960	8 286	1 707	892	1 519	98 139
	September	33 120	27 707	19 097	5 975	8 193	1 738	879	1 527	98 236
	October	33 124	27 723	18 980	5 969	8 077	1 741	865	1 545	98 026
	November	33 013	27 606	18 869	5 942	7 959	1 713	853	1 562	97 517
	December	32 878	27 424	18 791	5 907	7 878	1 665	846	1 568	96 957
2017
	January	32 816	27 323	18 795	5 885	7 856	1 616	848	1 564	96 702
	February	32 871	27 375	18 908	5 901	7 867	1 584	861	1 557	96 924
	March	33 024	27 600	19 129	5 956	7 899	1 575	885	1 554	97 622
	April	33 198	27 914	19 408	6 023	7 947	1 576	910	1 558	98 535
	May	33 320	28 216	19 676	6 091	8 000	1 576	934	1 569	99 381
	June	33 395	28 456	19 884	6 146	8 059	1 572	953	1 580	100 046
	July	33 425	28 605	20 022	6 182	8 122	1 565	967	1 590	100 479
	August	33 416	28 806	20 078	6 206	8 176	1 556	976	1 594	100 809
Seasonally Adjusted
2016
	June	32 886	27 398	19 765	5 876	8 436	1 543	930	1 711	98 546
	July	32 889	27 108	19 414	5 757	8 714	1 586	871	1 525	97 864
	August	32 899	27 683	18 958	6 083	8 141	1 724	913	1 463	97 865
	September	33 805	28 002	19 190	6 200	8 334	1 862	923	1 560	99 876
	October	33 275	27 908	18 734	5 708	8 020	1 770	816	1 508	97 738
	November	32 106	27 718	19 117	6 010	7 741	1 683	851	1 553	96 778
	December	33 654	26 322	18 980	6 020	8 063	1 653	844	1 673	97 209
2017
	January	32 818	28 820	18 489	5 889	7 789	1 590	861	1 548	97 805
	February	32 339	26 539	18 901	5 681	7 825	1 562	883	1 522	95 252
	March	32 710	27 161	19 113	6 004	7 950	1 577	826	1 534	96 874
	April	33 516	27 768	18 919	6 007	7 857	1 556	907	1 539	98 069
	May	33 663	28 566	19 965	6 159	8 217	1 610	948	1 560	100 688
	June	33 633	29 321	20 667	6 216	7 872	1 598	1 015	1 654	101 977
	July	33 159	28 232	19 761	6 213	8 069	1 562	950	1 581	99 527
	August	33 100	28 365	19 678	6 072	8 332	1 515	944	1 558	99 564
Original
2016
	June	43 449	34 262	27 270	7 613	10 749	1 853	1 240	2 133	128 569
	July	30 219	25 517	18 445	5 210	8 234	1 389	831	1 486	91 331
	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
(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.