JUNE KEY FIGURES

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
Vehicle sales (no.)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	24 277	21 212	17 131	5 101	8 947	1 542	739	1 380	80 330
Change from previous month (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	4.0	5.3	7.7	4.3	7.6	5.6	-2.0	12.8	5.7
Change from previous year (%)
Trend(a)	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted	-6.6	-8.9	-6.5	-7.8	-7.9	0.6	-14.6	6.3	-7.2
np not available for publication (a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

JUNE KEY POINTS


SUSPENSION OF TREND ESTIMATES

Following the Federal Government Budget in May 2009, the eligibility period for the Small Business and General Business Tax Break was extended to December 2009. The rebate level was also increased for small businesses, allowing eligible businesses to claim an increased tax deduction on the purchase of new motor vehicles.

The trend series attempts to measure the underlying behaviour in new motor vehicle sales. In the short term, this measurement may be significantly affected by unusual influences in the original and seasonally adjusted data, like those observed in May and June 2009. If the trend estimates in the publication were to be calculated without fully accounting for this irregular event, they would be likely to provide a misleading view of the underlying trend in new motor vehicle sales activity.
The new motor vehicle sales trend series has therefore been suspended from May 2009. The trend series will be reintroduced when more certainty emerges in the underlying behaviour of new car sales.

Seasonally adjusted estimates can still be produced and will continue to be published as usual.

This publication shows the trend series to April 2009 and seasonally adjusted series to June 2009.


TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - The June 2009 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (80 330) increased by 5.7% when compared to May 2009.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - Sales of all vehicle types increased when comparing June 2009 with May 2009. Other vehicles recorded the largest increase, up 18.3%, followed by sports utility vehicles which rose 3.2% and passenger vehicles which rose 1.6%.

SALES BY STATE

• Trend - See Suspension of trend estimates above.
• Seasonally adjusted - All states/territories except the Northern Territory recorded seasonally adjusted sales for June 2009 above those of May 2009. The Australian Capital Territory had the largest increase at 12.7%, followed by Queensland which rose 7.7%. The Northern Territory decreased 2.1% when compared with May 2009.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
July 2009	24 August 2009
August 2009	21 September 2009
September 2009	21 October 2009
October 2009	23 November 2009
November 2009	21 December 2009
December 2009	21 January 2010

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This issue presents details from the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for June 2009.


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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle
		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(a)
2008
	April	52 290	17 520	19 172	88 982	-1.1	-2.2	-1.1	-1.3
	May	51 611	17 001	18 876	87 488	-1.3	-3.0	-1.5	-1.7
	June	50 754	16 397	18 567	85 718	-1.7	-3.6	-1.6	-2.0
	July	49 675	15 784	18 292	83 752	-2.1	-3.7	-1.5	-2.3
	August	48 487	15 230	18 093	81 810	-2.4	-3.5	-1.1	-2.3
	September	47 400	14 778	17 893	80 071	-2.2	-3.0	-1.1	-2.1
	October	46 479	14 443	17 616	78 538	-1.9	-2.3	-1.5	-1.9
	November	45 639	14 201	17 169	77 009	-1.8	-1.7	-2.5	-1.9
	December	44 831	14 049	16 596	75 476	-1.8	-1.1	-3.3	-2.0
2009
	January	44 115	14 036	16 068	74 219	-1.6	-0.1	-3.2	-1.7
	February	43 538	14 152	15 699	73 388	-1.3	0.8	-2.3	-1.1
	March	43 160	14 386	15 528	73 074	-0.9	1.7	-1.1	-0.4
	April	42 998	14 686	15 506	73 190	-0.4	2.1	-0.1	0.2
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	April	52 118	17 610	20 048	89 775	-1.8	-3.1	2.0	-1.3
	May	51 636	16 518	18 435	86 588	-0.9	-6.2	-8.0	-3.5
	June	51 347	16 965	18 222	86 534	-0.6	2.7	-1.2	-0.1
	July	49 990	15 445	18 258	83 692	-2.6	-9.0	0.2	-3.3
	August	47 899	15 123	17 828	80 849	-4.2	-2.1	-2.4	-3.4
	September	47 394	14 938	17 664	79 996	-1.1	-1.2	-0.9	-1.1
	October	46 371	14 517	18 838	79 725	-2.2	-2.8	6.6	-0.3
	November	44 859	13 689	16 713	75 261	-3.3	-5.7	-11.3	-5.6
	December	45 300	14 334	16 935	76 569	1.0	4.7	1.3	1.7
2009
	January	45 506	14 282	15 811	75 599	0.5	-0.4	-6.6	-1.3
	February	43 626	14 165	15 110	72 901	-4.1	-0.8	-4.4	-3.6
	March	41 000	13 794	15 571	70 365	-6.0	-2.6	3.1	-3.5
	April	42 595	14 444	15 111	72 149	3.9	4.7	-3.0	2.5
	May	43 693	15 395	16 940	76 028	2.6	6.6	12.1	5.4
	June	44 411	15 884	20 034	80 330	1.6	3.2	18.3	5.7
Original
2008
	April	47 639	16 654	19 768	84 061	-10.3	-9.6	0.2	-7.9
	May	51 416	17 279	19 945	88 640	7.9	3.8	0.9	5.4
	June	61 524	21 388	23 629	106 541	19.7	23.8	18.5	20.2
	July	51 068	14 842	18 066	83 976	-17.0	-30.6	-23.5	-21.2
	August	46 114	14 233	16 977	77 324	-9.7	-4.1	-6.0	-7.9
	September	48 865	14 200	17 873	80 938	6.0	-0.2	5.3	4.7
	October	45 978	14 357	18 770	79 105	-5.9	1.1	5.0	-2.3
	November	43 019	12 736	15 862	71 617	-6.4	-11.3	-15.5	-9.5
	December	45 696	14 422	16 392	76 510	6.2	13.2	3.3	6.8
2009
	January	41 309	13 435	12 335	67 079	-9.6	-6.8	-24.7	-12.3
	February	42 463	13 699	14 079	70 241	2.8	2.0	14.1	4.7
	March	43 484	15 022	17 144	75 650	2.4	9.7	21.8	7.7
	April	36 697	13 092	14 176	63 965	-15.6	-12.8	-17.3	-15.4
	May	42 245	15 562	17 634	75 441	15.1	18.9	24.4	17.9
	June	55 837	20 459	26 551	102 847	32.2	31.5	50.6	36.3

np not available for publication
(a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009.

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(b)	NT(b)	ACT(b)	Aust.
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Trend(a)
2008
	April	26 625	23 554	19 108	5 509	10 239	1 654	937	1 355	88 982
	May	26 135	23 247	18 656	5 464	10 093	1 641	926	1 326	87 488
	June	25 608	22 787	18 159	5 410	9 933	1 626	906	1 290	85 718
	July	25 076	22 210	17 617	5 351	9 759	1 600	884	1 255	83 752
	August	24 576	21 612	17 103	5 295	9 566	1 566	865	1 226	81 810
	September	24 130	21 067	16 711	5 221	9 356	1 524	851	1 211	80 071
	October	23 727	20 610	16 418	5 126	9 131	1 483	836	1 209	78 538
	November	23 330	20 196	16 135	5 006	8 873	1 444	811	1 213	77 009
	December	22 954	19 806	15 825	4 872	8 606	1 412	782	1 220	75 476
2009
	January	22 635	19 485	15 574	4 755	8 389	1 402	755	1 224	74 219
	February	22 409	19 266	15 408	4 677	8 256	1 412	734	1 226	73 388
	March	22 309	19 188	15 356	4 651	8 196	1 426	719	1 229	73 074
	April	22 307	19 243	15 401	4 665	8 184	1 442	713	1 235	73 190
	May	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
	June	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np	np
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	April	26 191	23 407	20 287	5 422	10 394	1 810	925	1 339	89 775
	May	26 160	23 260	17 991	5 427	10 015	1 544	883	1 308	86 588
	June	25 986	23 280	18 319	5 534	9 718	1 533	866	1 298	86 534
	July	25 025	22 256	17 566	5 312	9 740	1 593	916	1 285	83 692
	August	24 098	21 208	16 774	5 248	9 637	1 777	899	1 208	80 849
	September	24 319	20 811	16 761	5 219	9 414	1 456	835	1 180	79 996
	October	23 883	21 041	16 793	5 187	9 408	1 415	800	1 198	79 725
	November	23 104	19 541	15 610	4 961	8 569	1 454	815	1 207	75 261
	December	23 141	20 286	16 153	4 966	8 555	1 387	826	1 253	76 569
2009
	January	22 843	20 089	15 860	4 867	8 500	1 439	758	1 243	75 599
	February	22 405	18 915	15 472	4 413	8 305	1 386	751	1 253	72 901
	March	21 542	18 522	14 467	4 619	7 976	1 460	620	1 159	70 365
	April	22 302	18 637	15 307	4 540	8 018	1 381	720	1 243	72 149
	May	23 333	20 141	15 910	4 891	8 315	1 460	755	1 224	76 028
	June	24 277	21 212	17 131	5 101	8 947	1 542	739	1 380	80 330
Original
2008
	April	24 489	21 814	19 109	5 293	9 475	1 496	1 049	1 336	84 061
	May	26 334	23 865	18 672	5 803	10 067	1 585	1 025	1 289	88 640
	June	32 027	27 638	24 335	6 568	11 564	1 778	1 128	1 503	106 541
	July	25 216	22 272	17 963	5 237	9 580	1 510	900	1 298	83 976
	August	22 669	20 575	15 679	5 034	9 652	1 680	855	1 180	77 324
	September	24 513	21 479	16 697	5 074	9 679	1 561	755	1 180	80 938
	October	23 448	21 337	16 024	5 069	9 850	1 478	750	1 149	79 105
	November	22 043	18 756	14 111	4 935	8 284	1 575	743	1 170	71 617
	December	22 421	20 792	16 163	5 028	8 416	1 660	751	1 279	76 510
2009
	January	21 085	17 493	13 521	4 355	7 648	1 234	588	1 155	67 079
	February	21 969	18 273	14 604	4 336	7 864	1 227	706	1 262	70 241
	March	23 550	19 503	16 124	4 779	8 329	1 388	718	1 259	75 650
	April	19 596	16 395	13 801	4 128	7 043	1 146	772	1 084	63 965
	May	22 958	19 995	15 884	5 025	8 150	1 404	851	1 174	75 441
	June	31 089	26 508	23 509	6 406	10 838	1 814	991	1 692	102 847
np not available for publication (a) Trend series temporarily suspended from May 2009. (b) 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.