Personal insolvency summary statistics for June quarter 2022

Date issued: 25 August 2022

NSW

ACT

Vic

Qld

SA

NT

WA

Tas

Other

Total

Debtor's petitions

In business*

126

8

77

117

32

0

49

10

48

467

Not in business or not stated

224

4

125

230

57

3

83

36

49

811

Total

350

12

202

347

89

3

132

46

97

1,278

Percentage change from total last year

-28.1%

-40.0%

-17.2%

-31.4%

-26.4%

-66.7%

-30.9%

-2.1%

1516.7%

-21.6%

Proportion involved in business*

36.0%

66.7%

38.1%

33.7%

36.0%

0.0%

37.1%

21.7%

49.5%

36.5%

Sequestration orders

In business*

6

1

4

6

0

0

4

0

3

24

Not in business or not stated

25

2

27

22

1

0

7

0

4

88

Total

31

3

31

28

1

0

11

0

7

112

Percentage change from total last year

-3.1%

50.0%

-8.8%

27.3%

-80.0%

-100.0%

22.2%

-100.0%

600.0%

4.7%

Proportion involved in business*

19.4%

33.3%

12.9%

21.4%

0.0%

-

36.4%

-

42.9%

21.4%

Total bankruptcies

In business*

132

9

81

123

32

0

53

10

51

491

Not in business or not stated

249

6

152

252

58

3

90

36

53

899

Total

381

15

233

375

90

3

143

46

104

1,390

Percentage change from total last year

-26.6%

-31.8%

-16.2%

-29.0%

-28.6%

-70.0%

-28.5%

-4.2%

1385.7%

-20.0%

Proportion involved in business*

34.6%

60.0%

34.8%

32.8%

35.6%

0.0%

37.1%

21.7%

49.0%

35.3%

Insolvent deceased estates

In business*

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Not in business or not stated

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

Total

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

5

Percentage change from total last year

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

400.0%

400.0%

Proportion involved in business*

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20.0%

20.0%

Debt agreements

In business*

20

0

11

13

2

1

5

4

0

56

Not in business or not stated

248

9

134

267

56

6

80

19

2

821

Total

268

9

145

280

58

7

85

23

2

877

Percentage change from total last year

-11.0%

-43.8%

-12.7%

17.6%

28.9%

-46.2%

-22.0%

-28.1%

100.0%

-4.8%

Proportion involved in business*

7.5%

0.0%

7.6%

4.6%

3.4%

14.3%

5.9%

17.4%

0.0%

6.4%

Personal insolvency agreements

In business*

4

0

3

0

0

0

3

0

0

10

Not in business or not stated

5

0

1

10

1

0

2

0

0

19

Total

9

0

4

10

1

0

5

0

0

29

Percentage change from total last year

28.6%

-

33.3%

42.9%

-50.0%

-

66.7%

-

-

31.8%

Proportion involved in business*

44.4%

-

75.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-

60.0%

-

-

34.5%

Total personal insolvencies

In business*

156

9

95

136

34

1

61

14

52

558

Not in business or not stated

502

15

287

529

115

9

172

55

59

1,743

Total

658

24

382

665

149

10

233

69

111

2,301

Percentage change from total last year

-20.4%

-36.8%

-14.5%

-14.0%

-13.9%

-56.5%

-25.3%

-13.8%

1133.3%

-14.2%

Proportion involved in business*

23.7%

37.5%

24.9%

20.5%

22.8%

10.0%

26.2%

20.3%

46.8%

24.3%

* You are in a business or company if you:

  • have traded as a sole trader, including as a contractor, sub-contractor or similar, or been involved in a partnership, and/or
  • been a director/secretary or held a management role in a company.

We ask for this information for the last 5 years for bankruptcies and personal insolvency agreements and 2 years for debt agreements.

Notes:

Total bankruptcies are comprised of bankruptcies by debtor’s petition and sequestration order.

State/territory “Other” includes records where no address is stated, records coded to Other Territories and records where the stated address is not in the Australian Statistical Geography (ASGS).

For further information please read the Guide to quarterly personal insolvency statistics.

Source – https://www.afsa.gov.au/