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The Publication

This publication presents monthly information on sales of new motor vehicles in each state/territory in original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimated terms. The original data are sourced from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. Sales data are available for passenger vehicles, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), other vehicles and total vehicles at the state/territory and national levels.

JUNE 2007 KEY POINTS

Trend

The June 2007 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (86 887) increased 0.1% when compared with the May 2007 estimate. The trend estimate has now been increasing for 13 consecutive months. When compared to June 2006, the trend estimate increased by 9.1%.

Sports utility vehicles increased 0.5% and other vehicles increased 0.1% when comparing June 2007 to May 2007. The increases in trend estimates for the two vehicle types have continued for periods of 12 months and 9 months, respectively. Passenger vehicles, however, have decreased by 0.1% when comparing June 2007 to May 2007. This is the first monthly decrease for passenger vehicle trend estimates since April 2006.

When compared to the same period 12 months ago, all vehicle types have recorded increases. Sports utility vehicles, other vehicles and passenger vehicles rose 15.1%, 8.9% and 7.5% respectively.


Seasonally adjusted

The June 2007 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (87 440) increased by 2.2% compared with May 2007. Passenger vehicles increased by 3.3% and sports utility vehicles increased 1.5%. Other vehicles decreased 0.5%.

Total sales increased in all states and territories when comparing June 2007 to May 2007, with Tasmania recording the largest increase of 4.7%. New South Wales and Victoria showed the next highest increases, 3.5% and 2.7% respectively.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	26 846	22 198	19 409	5 079	10 076	1 610	829	1 393	87 440
Trend	26 563	21 920	19 477	5 096	10 004	1 590	830	1 407	86 887
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	3.5	2.7	0.1	2.0	1.5	4.7	1.3	0.9	2.2
Trend	0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.7	0.1	0.3	-0.4	0.4	0.1
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	12.1	15.1	10.7	1.0	10.9	-4.2	9.1	12.7	11.3
Trend	10.5	9.2	10.5	-0.3	8.1	1.1	9.9	18.2	9.1

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
July 2007	21 August 2007
August 2007	21 September 2007
September 2007	19 October 2007
October 2007	21 November 2007
November 2007	21 December 2007
December 2007	22 January 2008

1		The July 2007 seasonally adjusted estimate of total vehicle sales is higher than the June 2007 seasonally adjusted estimate by 3.4%.
2		The July 2007 seasonally adjusted estimate of total vehicle sales is lower than the June 2007 seasonally adjusted estimate by 3.4%.

Table 1: New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle

		Passenger vehicles (No.)	Sports utility vehicles (No.)	Other vehicles (No.)	Total vehicles (No.)	Change passenger vehicles (%)	Change sports utility vehicles (%)	Change other vehicles (%)	Change total vehicles (%)
Original
2006	April	42 307	11 901	14 442	68 650	-20.5	-25.1	-20.1	-21.2
	May	50 683	14 816	17 958	83 457	19.8	24.5	24.3	21.6
	June	57 026	18 079	21 343	96 448	12.5	22.0	18.8	15.6
	July	48 798	13 279	15 485	77 562	-14.4	-26.6	-27.4	-19.6
	August	52 030	13 539	16 092	81 661	6.6	2.0	3.9	5.3
	September	51 388	13 208	15 397	79 993	-1.2	-2.4	-4.3	-2.0
	October	50 532	13 921	15 477	79 930	-1.7	5.4	0.5	-0.1
	November	51 850	15 193	16 254	83 297	2.6	9.1	5.0	4.2
	December	48 348	14 258	14 457	77 063	-6.8	-6.2	-11.1	-7.5
2007	January	49 189	14 303	13 444	76 936	1.7	0.3	-7.0	-0.2
	February	52 628	14 912	16 200	83 740	7.0	4.3	20.5	8.8
	March	57 757	17 589	19 046	94 392	9.7	18.0	17.6	12.7
	April	45 109	14 274	16 231	75 614	-21.9	-18.8	-14.8	-19.9
	May	52 727	16 912	18 958	88 597	16.9	18.5	16.8	17.2
	June	63 768	18 966	22 363	105 097	20.9	12.1	18.0	18.6
Seasonally adjusted
2006	April	49 760	13 829	16 185	79 774	2.8	-0.5	-1.2	1.4
	May	49 776	14 024	16 407	80 207	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.5
	June	48 455	14 437	15 670	78 562	-2.7	2.9	-4.5	-2.1
	July	50 793	14 120	16 111	81 024	4.8	-2.2	2.8	3.1
	August	50 322	13 116	15 945	79 383	-0.9	-7.1	-1.0	-2.0
	September	50 821	14 538	16 009	81 368	1.0	10.8	0.4	2.5
	October	50 434	15 017	16 326	81 777	-0.8	3.3	2.0	0.5
	November	50 540	14 868	16 077	81 485	0.2	-1.0	-1.5	-0.4
	December	51 596	14 840	15 692	82 128	2.1	-0.2	-2.4	0.8
2007	January	54 298	15 324	16 976	86 598	5.2	3.3	8.2	5.4
	February	53 719	15 457	17 255	86 431	-1.1	0.9	1.6	-0.2
	March	53 880	15 587	17 535	87 002	0.3	0.8	1.6	0.7
	April	52 156	16 341	17 449	85 946	-3.2	4.8	-0.5	-1.2
	May	52 611	15 692	17 270	85 573	0.9	-4.0	-1.0	-0.4
	June	54 332	15 929	17 179	87 440	3.3	1.5	-0.5	2.2
Trend
2006	April	49 327	14 014	16 264	79 605	-0.1	-0.6	-1.0	-0.4
	May	49 412	13 935	16 116	79 463	0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.2
	June	49 649	13 935	16 040	79 624	0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.2
	July	49 900	14 012	15 998	79 910	0.5	0.6	-0.3	0.4
	August	50 140	14 138	15 971	80 249	0.5	0.9	-0.2	0.4
	September	50 416	14 321	15 969	80 706	0.6	1.3	-0.0	0.6
	October	50 873	14 545	16 028	81 446	0.9	1.6	0.4	0.9
	November	51 520	14 808	16 182	82 510	1.3	1.8	1.0	1.3
	December	52 192	15 080	16 431	83 703	1.3	1.8	1.5	1.4
2007	January	52 765	15 314	16 726	84 805	1.1	1.6	1.8	1.3
	February	53 166	15 496	17 015	85 677	0.8	1.2	1.7	1.0
	March	53 345	15 668	17 238	86 251	0.3	1.1	1.3	0.7
	April	53 392	15 829	17 375	86 596	0.1	1.0	0.8	0.4
	May	53 417	15 953	17 446	86 816	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.3
	June	53 384	16 034	17 469	86 887	-0.1	0.5	0.1	0.1

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2006	April	21 171	17 636	14 820	4 619	7 507	1 129	764	1 004	68 650
	May	25 124	20 776	18 774	5 601	9 472	1 623	863	1 224	83 457
	June	28 560	23 015	23 091	6 164	11 170	1 936	1 058	1 454	96 448
	July	23 688	19 322	17 910	4 794	8 720	1 334	679	1 115	77 562
	August	24 223	21 043	18 124	5 107	9 736	1 436	768	1 224	81 661
	September	24 267	20 449	17 061	4 903	9 716	1 688	682	1 227	79 993
	October	24 379	20 785	16 625	4 781	9 591	1 797	762	1 210	79 930
	November	25 418	20 739	18 076	5 116	9 972	1 973	733	1 270	83 297
	December	22 927	19 790	16 551	4 700	9 471	1 748	688	1 188	77 063
2007	January	24 429	19 000	16 769	4 620	8 929	1 285	651	1 253	76 936
	February	25 636	21 510	18 221	5 138	9 625	1 463	771	1 376	83 740
	March	29 107	23 408	21 772	5 588	10 530	1 533	978	1 476	94 392
	April	23 245	18 833	16 907	4 616	8 701	1 214	883	1 215	75 614
	May	26 649	22 151	20 428	5 237	10 172	1 587	973	1 400	88 597
	June	31 965	25 491	24 997	6 152	11 995	1 750	1 107	1 640	105 097
Seasonally adjusted
2006	April	24 221	20 581	17 355	5 285	8 873	1 520	744	1 195	79 774
	May	24 108	20 213	17 787	5 305	9 281	1 615	744	1 154	80 207
	June	23 946	19 289	17 536	5 030	9 085	1 680	760	1 236	78 562
	July	24 181	20 487	18 330	5 112	9 491	1 513	740	1 170	81 024
	August	23 939	20 329	17 217	4 944	9 536	1 421	800	1 197	79 383
	September	24 672	20 754	17 564	5 028	9 661	1 678	766	1 245	81 368
	October	25 144	20 503	17 891	4 902	9 641	1 657	834	1 205	81 777
	November	24 858	19 988	18 386	4 962	9 597	1 658	767	1 269	81 485
	December	25 063	20 373	18 602	4 841	9 785	1 410	803	1 251	82 128
2007	January	26 723	21 761	19 039	5 402	9 938	1 562	839	1 334	86 598
	February	25 967	22 197	19 093	5 209	10 025	1 715	829	1 396	86 431
	March	26 625	21 957	19 567	5 263	9 777	1 596	829	1 388	87 002
	April	26 473	21 224	19 258	5 183	10 009	1 551	844	1 404	85 946
	May	25 927	21 616	19 393	4 978	9 924	1 537	818	1 380	85 573
	June	26 846	22 198	19 409	5 079	10 076	1 610	829	1 393	87 440
Trend
2006	April	24 317	20 145	17 543	5 145	8 917	1 586	760	1 192	79 605
	May	24 108	20 035	17 588	5 132	9 080	1 577	754	1 189	79 463
	June	24 040	20 078	17 623	5 113	9 253	1 572	755	1 190	79 624
	July	24 089	20 166	17 651	5 069	9 401	1 577	762	1 195	79 910
	August	24 250	20 229	17 698	5 009	9 510	1 579	772	1 202	80 249
	September	24 495	20 295	17 787	4 960	9 592	1 579	784	1 214	80 706
	October	24 812	20 435	17 977	4 952	9 664	1 582	793	1 231	81 446
	November	25 198	20 671	18 263	4 998	9 732	1 587	803	1 258	82 510
	December	25 585	20 952	18 603	5 071	9 795	1 591	813	1 293	83 703
2007	January	25 913	21 251	18 918	5 140	9 848	1 588	819	1 328	84 805
	February	26 155	21 530	19 143	5 184	9 897	1 584	826	1 358	85 677
	March	26 326	21 724	19 282	5 190	9 934	1 586	829	1 380	86 251
	April	26 443	21 832	19 378	5 168	9 962	1 587	831	1 395	86 596
	May	26 527	21 903	19 442	5 133	9 990	1 586	833	1 402	86 816
	June	26 563	21 920	19 477	5 096	10 004	1 590	830	1 407	86 887
(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For further information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.