9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Dec 2011

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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

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

Trend	27 608	22 744	18 498	5 201	9 342	1 357	845	1 351	86 947
Seasonally Adjusted	26 660	22 226	17 839	5 090	9 163	1 359	765	1 299	84 403
Change from previous month (%)

Trend	0.2	-0.8	-0.1	-2.1	0.2	-2.2	-1.6	-0.6	-0.3
Seasonally Adjusted	-4.3	-1.5	-3.6	-1.8	-2.7	8.7	-7.4	-3.9	-2.9
Change from previous year (%)

Trend	5.9	-1.7	9.8	-3.3	-0.3	-14.7	4.0	1.2	2.8
Seasonally Adjusted	-5.5	-4.3	5.8	-7.0	-2.2	-22.0	-4.6	-3.9	-3.0

(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.

DECEMBER KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

The December 2011 trend estimate (86 947) has decreased by 0.3% when compared with November 2011.
Seasonally Adjusted - The December 2011 seasonally adjusted estimate for new motor vehicle sales (84 403) decreased by 2.9% when compared with November 2011.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend - When comparing national trend estimates for December 2011 with November 2011, sales of Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.3%, Sports utility vehicles increased by 0.9% and Other vehicles decreased by 1.9%.
Seasonally Adjusted - When comparing seasonally adjusted estimates for December 2011 with November 2011, sales of Passenger vehicles, Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles decreased by 0.0% (19 units), 1.6% and 12.4% respectively.

SALES BY STATE

Six of the eight states and territories have experienced a decrease in the trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales when comparing December 2011 with November 2011. Tasmania recorded the largest percentage decrease (2.2%), followed by South Australia (2.1%) and Northern Territory (1.6%).
In seasonally adjusted terms, sales of new motor vehicles decreased in seven of the eight states and territories when comparing December 2011 with November 2011. Northern Territory recorded the largest percentage decrease of 7.4%, followed by New South Wales (4.3%) and Australian Capital Territory (3.9%). Over the same period Tasmania increased by 8.7%.

NOTES

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details for the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for December 2011.

DATA NOTES

Recent flooding in Thailand may have had an impact on new vehicle sales in Australia due to associated delays in delivery of Thai manufactured vehicles and vehicle parts. Impacts from the flooding could continue to disrupt the supply of new motor vehicles to Australia from Thailand in coming months.

The earthquake and tsunami which occurred in Japan in March 2011 had an impact on the number of new vehicle sales in Australia in mid 2011 due to a reduction in supply. These events are no longer affecting the supply of new vehicles, with Japanese motor vehicle production now returning to levels observed before March 2011.

As new motor vehicle sales are influenced by a range of factors, it is not possible to quantify the specific impacts of these events.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.

SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term
Graph: New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles—Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term
Graph: New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles—Short term

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

2010
	October	47 763	19 901	16 775	84 439	-	-1.4	-0.5	-0.5
	November	47 956	19 573	16 903	84 432	0.4	-1.6	0.8	-
	December	48 094	19 272	17 183	84 548	0.3	-1.5	1.7	0.1
2011
	January	47 916	18 942	17 430	84 288	-0.4	-1.7	1.4	-0.3
	February	47 375	18 571	17 510	83 457	-1.1	-2.0	0.5	-1.0
	March	46 689	18 292	17 393	82 373	-1.4	-1.5	-0.7	-1.3
	April	46 066	18 272	17 161	81 498	-1.3	-0.1	-1.3	-1.1
	May	45 750	18 551	16 971	81 272	-0.7	1.5	-1.1	-0.3
	June	45 861	19 152	16 974	81 987	0.2	3.2	-	0.9
	July	46 275	20 012	17 130	83 418	0.9	4.5	0.9	1.7
	August	46 773	20 976	17 317	85 065	1.1	4.8	1.1	2.0
	September	47 183	21 802	17 402	86 387	0.9	3.9	0.5	1.6
	October	47 374	22 380	17 286	87 041	0.4	2.6	-0.7	0.8
	November	47 422	22 787	17 031	87 240	0.1	1.8	-1.5	0.2
	December	47 258	22 987	16 701	86 947	-0.3	0.9	-1.9	-0.3
Seasonally Adjusted

2010
	October	47 041	20 476	16 389	83 907	-2.3	-2.0	-1.7	-2.1
	November	48 324	19 760	16 657	84 741	2.7	-3.5	1.6	1.0
	December	51 372	18 099	17 566	87 037	6.3	-8.4	5.5	2.7
2011
	January	47 645	18 512	17 053	83 209	-7.3	2.3	-2.9	-4.4
	February	46 948	19 309	17 688	83 946	-1.5	4.3	3.7	0.9
	March	47 503	21 362	18 451	87 317	1.2	10.6	4.3	4.0
	April	47 137	19 102	17 204	83 444	-0.8	-10.6	-6.8	-4.4
	May	43 653	16 942	16 319	76 914	-7.4	-11.3	-5.1	-7.8
	June	44 895	17 211	15 823	77 929	2.8	1.6	-3.0	1.3
	July	46 903	20 857	17 503	85 263	4.5	21.2	10.6	9.4
	August	47 586	22 883	17 562	88 032	1.5	9.7	0.3	3.2
	September	47 060	21 854	18 140	87 054	-1.1	-4.5	3.3	-1.1
	October	48 441	21 603	17 390	87 434	2.9	-1.1	-4.1	0.4
	November	46 615	22 961	17 372	86 948	-3.8	6.3	-0.1	-0.6
	December	46 596	22 582	15 225	84 403	-	-1.6	-12.4	-2.9
Original

2010
	October	45 268	19 348	16 309	80 925	-7.2	-1.7	-1.8	-4.9
	November	49 405	20 806	17 131	87 342	9.1	7.5	5.0	7.9
	December	51 039	18 555	16 993	86 587	3.3	-10.8	-0.8	-0.9
2011
	January	43 539	17 032	13 013	73 584	-14.7	-8.2	-23.4	-15.0
	February	45 455	18 916	16 525	80 896	4.4	11.1	27.0	9.9
	March	50 228	23 066	20 690	93 984	10.5	21.9	25.2	16.2
	April	41 565	17 054	15 595	74 214	-17.2	-26.1	-24.6	-21.0
	May	r42 577	17 121	17 703	r77 401	2.4	0.4	13.5	4.3
	June	54 322	21 518	20 317	96 157	27.6	25.7	14.8	24.2
	July	45 701	19 383	15 907	80 991	-15.9	-9.9	-21.7	-15.8
	August	48 423	22 111	17 548	88 082	6.0	14.1	10.3	8.8
	September	47 700	20 778	18 341	86 819	-1.5	-6.0	4.5	-1.4
	October	47 536	20 400	17 260	85 196	-0.3	-1.8	-5.9	-1.9
	November	46 712	24 182	17 760	88 654	-1.7	18.5	2.9	4.1
	December	45 764	22 367	14 328	82 459	-2.0	-7.5	-19.3	-7.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
r revised

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

2010
	October	26 026	22 910	16 813	5 372	9 551	1 584	835	1 348	84 439
	November	26 031	23 018	16 792	5 378	9 452	1 601	821	1 340	84 432
	December	26 068	23 136	16 853	5 380	9 373	1 590	812	1 336	84 548
2011
	January	26 016	23 042	16 915	5 332	9 302	1 546	809	1 326	84 288
	February	25 811	22 663	16 948	5 229	9 211	1 477	809	1 310	83 457
	March	25 540	22 137	16 976	5 117	9 101	1 408	805	1 289	82 373
	April	25 308	21 674	17 017	5 055	9 008	1 364	802	1 271	81 498
	May	25 243	21 470	17 103	5 079	8 953	1 357	804	1 263	81 272
	June	25 460	21 610	17 296	5 185	8 963	1 382	817	1 274	81 987
	July	25 923	22 019	17 578	5 317	9 030	1 414	836	1 301	83 418
	August	26 493	22 491	17 925	5 411	9 130	1 432	853	1 331	85 065
	September	27 009	22 820	18 251	5 432	9 228	1 432	865	1 351	86 387
	October	27 350	22 934	18 439	5 385	9 292	1 414	867	1 360	87 041
	November	27 545	22 932	18 519	5 311	9 327	1 387	859	1 360	87 240
	December	27 608	22 744	18 498	5 201	9 342	1 357	845	1 351	86 947
Seasonally Adjusted

2010
	October	25 851	22 971	16 849	5 173	9 395	1 498	812	1 356	83 907
	November	26 087	22 809	17 154	5 433	9 511	1 646	841	1 260	84 741
	December	28 219	23 221	16 863	5 472	9 366	1 743	802	1 351	87 037
2011
	January	25 977	23 197	15 662	5 335	9 240	1 492	950	1 355	83 209
	February	25 613	23 113	17 226	5 357	9 143	1 416	751	1 327	83 946
	March	27 178	23 443	18 612	5 179	9 288	1 439	855	1 322	87 317
	April	25 779	22 293	17 631	5 070	9 197	1 374	823	1 276	83 444
	May	24 441	19 419	16 337	4 606	8 832	1 294	805	1 180	76 914
	June	24 001	20 918	16 141	5 038	8 527	1 307	775	1 222	77 929
	July	26 367	22 708	17 914	5 646	9 021	1 420	814	1 373	85 263
	August	27 416	23 401	18 491	5 550	9 454	1 571	816	1 333	88 032
	September	26 910	22 964	18 408	5 677	9 328	1 449	958	1 361	87 054
	October	27 583	23 066	18 656	5 211	9 156	1 448	922	1 392	87 434
	November	27 857	22 562	18 496	5 182	9 421	1 250	827	1 352	86 948
	December	26 660	22 226	17 839	5 090	9 163	1 359	765	1 299	84 403
Original

2010
	October	24 451	22 847	15 904	4 974	9 244	1 477	717	1 311	80 925
	November	27 422	23 491	17 025	5 651	9 738	1 902	809	1 304	87 342
	December	27 195	23 873	16 422	5 636	9 238	2 181	714	1 328	86 587
2011
	January	23 560	20 323	13 300	4 792	8 289	1 309	772	1 239	73 584
	February	25 048	22 446	16 283	5 128	8 686	1 273	680	1 352	80 896
	March	29 750	24 808	20 395	5 360	9 718	1 520	995	1 438	93 984
	April	22 570	19 535	16 403	4 467	8 101	1 124	862	1 152	74 214
	May	24 470	r19 570	16 519	4 782	8 703	1 268	942	1 147	r77 401
	June	29 685	25 091	21 062	6 057	10 424	1 443	985	1 410	96 157
	July	24 893	21 743	17 341	5 255	8 433	1 196	800	1 330	80 991
	August	27 274	23 436	18 298	5 446	9 903	1 581	802	1 342	88 082
	September	26 661	22 845	18 040	5 853	9 731	1 494	881	1 314	86 819
	October	26 608	22 996	17 972	5 041	8 974	1 439	808	1 358	85 196
	November	28 966	23 049	18 038	5 304	9 650	1 435	799	1 413	88 654
	December	25 109	22 356	17 225	5 275	8 880	1 687	666	1 261	82 459

r revised
(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.