people per quarter - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's personal insolvencies was 3,596 people per quarter as of April 2026. People entering a new personal insolvency administration - bankruptcy, debt agreement or personal insolvency agreement - each quarter, national total (AFSA). The clearest headline read on household financial distress; rising insolvencies often accompany worsening employment and cost-of-living conditions. Data is sourced from AFSA quarterly personal insolvency statistics - total personal insolvencies, national and updated quarterly.
People entering a new personal insolvency administration - bankruptcy, debt agreement or personal insolvency agreement - each quarter, national total (AFSA).
The clearest headline read on household financial distress; rising insolvencies often accompany worsening employment and cost-of-living conditions.
Lower is better
Source: AFSA quarterly personal insolvency statistics - total personal insolvencies, national
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (AFSA quarterly personal insolvency statistics - total personal insolvencies, national), updated quarterly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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