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	5 688
March	5 037	5 383	5 348	6 340
June	4 712	5 513	5 891	6 037
Annual	18 058	20 303	21 380	23 584
Business bankruptcies - Number (a)
September	943	1 118	1 037	947	971
December	803	1 060	982	851	1 082
March	1 001	1 202	958	824
June	993	1 059	1 167	977
Annual	4 241	4 935	4 590	3 899
Total bankruptcies (a)
September	5 529	6 076	6 330	6 686	7 329
December	5 029	6 016	6 267	6 649	6 770
March	6 038	6 585	6 306	7 164
June	5 705	6 572	7 058	7 014
Annual	22 299	25 238	25 970	27 483
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	1.8
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	5.8
(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								Early April 2010