Monthly Statistical Bulletin
4.5 Bankruptcies
Quarter	2005-06	2006-07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Personal bankruptcies - Number (a)
September	4 586	4 958	5 293	5 739	6 358
December	4 226	4 956	5 285	5 798
March	5 037	5 383	5 348	6 340
June	4 712	5 513	5 891	6 037
Annual	18 561	20 810	21 817	23 914
Business bankruptcies - Number (a)
September	943	1 118	1 037	947	971
December	803	1 060	982	851
March	1 001	1 202	958	824
June	993	1 059	1 167	977
Annual	3 740	4 439	4 144	3 599
Total bankruptcies (a)
September	5 529	6 076	6 330	6 686	7 329
December	5 029	6 016	6 267	6 649
March	6 038	6 585	6 306	7 164
June	5 705	6 572	7 058	7 014
Annual	22 301	25 249	25 961	27 513
Annual change in total bankruptcies – per cent
September	6.3	9.9	4.2	5.6	9.6
December	5.5	19.6	4.2	6.1
March	23.7	9.1	-4.2	13.6
June	1.0	15.2	7.4	-0.6
Annual	8.8	13.2	2.9	5.9
(a) The quarterly figures are preliminary only and may not sum to the annual totals. When an
annual total is verified any subsequent revisions are not made to the quarterly figures.
								Update
Source: Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia								Mid January 2010