JULY KEY FIGURES

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
	Trend (no.)	32 919	27 056	19 557	5 863	8 441	1 552	917	1 618	97 922
	Seasonally Adjusted (no.)	32 969	27 066	19 570	5 768	8 743	1 545	875	1 525	98 062
Change from previous month
	Trend (%)	-0.3	0.5	0.2	-0.4	0.1	0.3	-0.5	0.1	0.1
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	-0.2	-1.9	-2.6	-3.7	3.2	0.5	-6.7	-11.0	-1.3
Change from previous year
	Trend (%)	2.3	2.7	-0.3	5.1	-3.6	-2.8	5.9	6.6	1.5
	Seasonally Adjusted (%)	3.0	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.1	-4.3	1.3	0.3	1.6
(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.

JULY TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

• The July 2016 trend estimate (97 922) increased by 0.1% when compared with June 2016.
• When comparing national trend estimates for July 2016 with June 2016, sales for Passenger vehicles increased by 0.4% and sales for Other vehicles decreased by 0.4%. There was no movement in sales for Sports utility vehicles.
• The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Victoria (0.5%), continuing an upward trend which commenced in March 2016.

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
2015
	May	42 859	33 410	19 235	95 504	-0.1	1.5	-0.5	0.4
	June	42 836	33 988	19 117	95 940	-0.1	1.7	-0.6	0.5
	July	42 846	34 579	19 013	96 438	-	1.7	-0.5	0.5
	August	42 832	35 135	18 959	96 927	-	1.6	-0.3	0.5
	September	42 663	35 614	19 036	97 313	-0.4	1.4	0.4	0.4
	October	42 320	35 947	19 299	97 566	-0.8	0.9	1.4	0.3
	November	41 902	36 133	19 735	97 770	-1.0	0.5	2.3	0.2
	December	41 501	36 143	20 237	97 880	-1.0	-	2.5	0.1
2016
	January	41 146	36 086	20 668	97 901	-0.9	-0.2	2.1	-
	February	40 888	36 021	20 926	97 835	-0.6	-0.2	1.2	-0.1
	March	40 794	36 005	21 010	97 809	-0.2	-	0.4	-
	April	40 787	35 992	21 011	97 790	-	-	-	-
	May	40 828	35 979	20 984	97 791	0.1	-	-0.1	-
	June	40 880	36 012	20 962	97 855	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.1
	July	41 028	36 013	20 881	97 922	0.4	-	-0.4	0.1
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	May	42 710	32 310	19 370	94 389	5.3	-7.0	-0.3	-0.4
	June	44 132	33 667	19 336	97 134	3.3	4.2	-0.2	2.9
	July	43 002	34 250	19 285	96 537	-2.6	1.7	-0.3	-0.6
	August	41 608	34 830	18 540	94 978	-3.2	1.7	-3.9	-1.6
	September	44 396	37 539	18 543	100 478	6.7	7.8	-	5.8
	October	41 101	36 247	19 182	96 530	-7.4	-3.4	3.4	-3.9
	November	41 750	35 440	20 558	97 748	1.6	-2.2	7.2	1.3
	December	42 792	35 043	19 548	97 384	2.5	-1.1	-4.9	-0.4
2016
	January	40 347	36 820	20 905	98 072	-5.7	5.1	6.9	0.7
	February	40 580	36 542	20 751	97 872	0.6	-0.8	-0.7	-0.2
	March	41 577	36 269	22 041	99 888	2.5	-0.7	6.2	2.1
	April	41 127	35 191	20 733	97 051	-1.1	-3.0	-5.9	-2.8
	May	39 767	35 749	20 498	96 014	-3.3	1.6	-1.1	-1.1
	June	42 502	36 064	20 794	99 360	6.9	0.9	1.4	3.5
	July	40 291	36 597	21 173	98 062	-5.2	1.5	1.8	-1.3
Original
2015
	May	40 592	32 530	20 205	93 327	15.9	9.7	19.0	14.3
	June	56 386	42 256	27 208	125 850	38.9	29.9	34.7	34.8
	July	41 420	32 679	18 209	92 308	-26.5	-22.7	-33.1	-26.7
	August	40 673	32 900	17 132	90 705	-1.8	0.7	-5.9	-1.7
	September	46 084	36 968	18 340	101 392	13.3	12.4	7.1	11.8
	October	40 856	34 744	18 721	94 321	-11.3	-6.0	2.1	-7.0
	November	41 726	36 070	20 843	98 639	2.1	3.8	11.3	4.6
	December	44 172	35 439	20 005	99 616	5.9	-1.7	-4.0	1.0
2016
	January	35 214	33 073	16 086	84 373	-20.3	-6.7	-19.6	-15.3
	February	39 558	36 865	20 020	96 443	12.3	11.5	24.5	14.3
	March	43 652	38 437	22 423	104 512	10.3	4.3	12.0	8.4
	April	36 671	31 783	19 117	87 571	-16.0	-17.3	-14.7	-16.2
	May	38 222	36 230	22 220	96 672	4.2	14.0	16.2	10.4
	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
- 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
2015
	May	31 380	26 097	19 508	5 684	8 841	1 601	910	1 483	95 504
	June	31 806	26 209	19 545	5 613	8 786	1 596	889	1 497	95 940
	July	32 185	26 332	19 609	5 576	8 754	1 597	866	1 518	96 438
	August	32 440	26 459	19 689	5 604	8 750	1 605	843	1 537	96 927
	September	32 554	26 581	19 756	5 680	8 764	1 611	826	1 542	97 313
	October	32 585	26 671	19 791	5 782	8 781	1 608	818	1 530	97 566
	November	32 639	26 721	19 792	5 885	8 800	1 599	823	1 511	97 770
	December	32 765	26 712	19 722	5 959	8 801	1 587	839	1 496	97 880
2016
	January	32 922	26 683	19 606	5 996	8 759	1 575	862	1 498	97 901
	February	33 057	26 661	19 480	5 991	8 676	1 563	888	1 519	97 835
	March	33 151	26 680	19 411	5 965	8 584	1 556	909	1 553	97 809
	April	33 152	26 737	19 402	5 939	8 502	1 552	921	1 584	97 790
	May	33 084	26 825	19 439	5 912	8 452	1 551	924	1 604	97 791
	June	33 005	26 933	19 512	5 885	8 434	1 548	922	1 616	97 855
	July	32 919	27 056	19 557	5 863	8 441	1 552	917	1 618	97 922
Seasonally Adjusted
2015
	May	31 464	25 652	19 081	5 610	8 669	1 525	936	1 451	94 389
	June	32 387	26 108	20 012	5 651	8 955	1 654	877	1 490	97 134
	July	32 019	26 729	19 475	5 664	8 650	1 615	864	1 520	96 537
	August	31 873	25 765	19 272	5 293	8 735	1 711	825	1 503	94 978
	September	33 709	27 520	20 227	5 759	8 882	1 927	824	1 630	100 478
	October	32 276	26 203	19 478	5 878	8 666	1 618	855	1 556	96 530
	November	32 342	26 624	20 304	5 830	8 803	1 548	793	1 504	97 748
	December	32 493	26 913	19 225	6 012	8 816	1 665	822	1 438	97 384
2016
	January	32 755	26 692	19 883	6 077	8 803	1 558	834	1 471	98 072
	February	33 196	26 646	19 464	5 915	8 717	1 516	931	1 487	97 872
	March	33 920	26 681	20 394	6 086	8 706	1 556	933	1 612	99 888
	April	33 092	26 750	18 910	5 726	8 499	1 565	901	1 608	97 051
	May	32 539	26 199	19 179	5 992	8 039	1 570	937	1 559	96 014
	June	33 033	27 590	20 090	5 989	8 471	1 538	938	1 713	99 360
	July	32 969	27 066	19 570	5 768	8 743	1 545	875	1 525	98 062
Original
2015
	May	30 996	25 231	19 312	5 429	8 353	1 440	1 144	1 422	93 327
	June	42 105	32 615	27 270	7 286	11 503	1 989	1 189	1 893	125 850
	July	30 332	25 902	18 700	5 256	8 341	1 445	836	1 496	92 308
	August	30 529	24 608	18 183	5 088	8 371	1 710	767	1 449	90 705
	September	33 983	27 675	20 387	5 859	9 009	2 090	785	1 604	101 392
	October	31 196	26 503	18 246	5 825	8 534	1 719	785	1 513	94 321
	November	33 176	27 421	19 249	6 019	8 724	1 764	734	1 552	98 639
	December	32 740	27 785	19 711	6 315	8 969	1 913	733	1 450	99 616
2016
	January	28 392	22 426	17 193	5 208	7 861	1 298	626	1 369	84 373
	February	32 633	26 782	18 711	5 988	8 725	1 319	851	1 434	96 443
	March	35 963	27 716	21 470	6 087	9 054	1 515	1 023	1 684	104 512
	April	29 391	23 963	17 753	5 174	7 601	1 313	969	1 407	87 571
	May	32 867	26 125	19 565	5 949	7 935	1 503	1 180	1 548	96 672
	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
(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.

NOTES

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