Monthly Statistical Bulletin
4.5 Bankruptcies
Quarter	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Personal bankruptcies - Number (a)
September	5 293	5 739	6 358	4 944	4 463
December	5 285	5 798	5 688	4 512	4 501
March	5 348	6 340	5 513	4 342
June	5 891	6 037	5 701	4 468
Annual	21 380	23 584	22 918	17 963
Business bankruptcies - Number (a)
September	1 037	947	971	1 316	1 214
December	982	851	1 082	1 297	1 072
March	958	824	1 055	1 080
June	1 167	977	1 141	1 134
Annual	4 590	3 899	4 589	5 139
Total bankruptcies (a)
September	6 330	6 686	7 329	6 260	5 677
December	6 267	6 649	6 770	5 809	5 573
March	6 306	7 164	6 568	5 422
June	7 058	7 014	6 842	5 602
Annual	25 970	27 483	27 507	23 102
Annual change in total bankruptcies – per cent
September	4.2	5.6	9.6	-14.6	-9.3
December	4.2	6.1	1.8	-14.2	-4.1
March	-4.2	13.6	-8.3	-17.4
June	7.4	-0.6	-2.5	-18.1
Annual	2.9	5.8	0.1	-16.0
(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								11 April 2012