Australian Personal Insolvency Statistics by State and Region

AFSA publishes official quarterly and annual personal insolvency statistics covering bankruptcies, debt agreements, and personal insolvency agreements for all Australian states and territories. From June 2023, the data includes granular breakdowns by Greater Capital Cities Statistical Area (GCCSA) and Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3). The dataset is released by the Australian Financial Security Authority under a Creative Commons license.

Use Cases

• Track regional economic distress based on quarterly personal insolvency counts by state and territory.
• Analyze trends in formal debt solutions based on the breakdown of bankruptcies, debt agreements, and personal insolvency agreements.
• Model the impact of economic policy based on time-series data of insolvency filings.
• Compare urban and regional financial stress based on GCCSA and SA3 geographic breakdowns introduced in mid-2023.

Strengths

• Data includes three distinct legal categories of personal insolvency: bankruptcies, debt agreements, and personal insolvency agreements.
• Provides geographic breakdowns at state/territory level and, from June 2023, at GCCSA and SA3 levels.
• Published quarterly and annually, offering regular updates on a key economic indicator.
• Released by the official Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA)

Collection Method

Official administrative statistics collected under the Bankruptcy Act 1966.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 06:06:37.612346; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia, all states and territories, with GCCSA and SA3 breakdowns from June 2023.