The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (2.2%), continuing an upward trend that began in April 2017. The Northern Territory (-1.9%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-0.3%) continue the downward trend which commenced in July 2017.
New Motor Vehicle Sales increased by 4.5%
- Tuesday, Jan 16 2018
The December 2017 trend estimate (99,756) increased by 0.2% when compared with November 2017. In seasonally adjusted terms sales rose by 4.5%. When comparing national trend estimates for December 2017 with November 2017, sales for Sports utility and Other vehicles both increased by 0.5%. By contrast, Passenger vehicles decreased by 0.3%.