Table 5  Causes by State – Non-business

 

 

Bankruptcies (Part IV and XI)

 

Cause

NSW

%

ACT

%

VIC

%

QLD

%

SA

%

NT

%

WA

%

TAS

%

Total

%

Unemployment

3169

33.5

72

33.96

1549

30.1

1576

31.99

598

34

24

31.58

544

36.7

252

33.92

7784

32.68

Excessive use of credit

2255

23.8

41

19.34

1254

24.4

1389

28.19

483

27.5

18

23.68

350

23.6

223

30.01

6013

25.25

Domestic discord

1030

10.9

27

12.74

663

12.9

534

10.84

221

12.6

8

10.53

163

11

90

12.11

2736

11.49

Ill health

926

9.77

25

11.79

587

11.4

595

12.08

185

10.5

12

15.79

180

12.2

86

11.57

2596

10.9

Adverse litigation

425

4.49

9

4.25

202

3.93

154

3.13

73

4.15

0

0

60

4.05

14

1.88

937

3.93

Gambling or speculation

456

4.81

10

4.72

210

4.08

141

2.86

76

4.32

3

3.95

59

3.98

21

2.83

976

4.1

Liabilities on guarantees

242

2.55

7

3.3

153

2.97

89

1.81

31

1.76

1

1.32

25

1.69

12

1.62

560

2.35

Other causes or causes not stated

971

10.25

21

9.9

526

10.23

449

9.11

92

5.23

10

13.16

101

6.81

45

6.06

2215

9.30

TOTAL

9474

212

5144

4927

1759

76

1482

743

23817

 

 

Debt agreements (Part IX)

 

Cause

NSW

%

ACT

%

VIC

%

QLD

%

SA

%

NT

%

WA

%

TAS

%

Total

%

Unemployment

942

34.1

30

31.25

701

31.3

750

37.26

106

37.9

22

34.92

200

37.7

76

34.86

2827

34.46

Excessive use of credit

1189

43.1

43

44.79

1021

45.5

829

41.18

109

38.9

23

36.51

185

34.8

86

39.45

3485

42.48

Domestic discord

300

10.9

10

10.42

242

10.8

246

12.22

36

12.9

8

12.7

70

13.2

23

10.55

935

11.4

Ill health

193

7

7

7.29

180

8.02

113

5.61

15

5.36

6

9.52

48

9.04

23

10.55

585

7.13

Adverse litigation

6

0.22

1

1.04

2

00.9

5

0.25

0

0

0

0

2

0.38

0

0

16

0.2

Gambling or speculation

30

1.09

3

3.13

45

2.01

10

0.5

4

1.143

1

1.59

7

1.32

3

1.38

103

1.26

Liabilities on guarantees

4

0.14

0

0

2

0.09

1

0.05

0

0

1

1.59

0

0

0

0

8

0.1

Other causes or causes not stated

95

3.44

2

2.08

50

2.23

59

2.93

10

3.57

2

3.17

19

3.58

7

3.21

244

2.97

TOTAL

2759

96

2243

2013

280

63

531

218

8203

 

 

 

 

Personal insolvency agreements (Part X)

 

Cause

NSW

%

ACT

%

VIC

%

QLD

%

SA

%

NT

%

WA

%

TAS

%

Total

%

Unemployment

12

14.5

0

0

31

12.2

3

10.34

1

12.5

0

0

3

14.3

0

0

50

12.53

Excessive use of credit

32

38.6

1

100

130

51

9

31.03

0

0

1

100

3

14.3

0

0

176

44.11

Domestic discord

5

6.02

0

0

17

6.67

1

3.45

2

25

0

0

1

4.76

0

0

26

6.52

Ill health

6

7.23

0

0

19

7.45

4

13.79

0

0

0

0

4

19.1

1

100

34

8.52

Adverse litigation

4

4.82

0

0

7

2.75

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

4.76

0

0

12

3.01

Gambling or speculation

8

9.64

0

0

13

5.1

0

0

3

37.5

0

0

1

4.76

0

0

25

6.27

Liabilities on guarantees

8

9.64

0

0

11

4.31

3

10.34

1

12.5

0

0

2

9.52

0

0

25

6.27

Other causes or causes not stated

8

9.64

0

0

27

10.59

9

31.03

1

12.5

0

0

6

28.6

0

0

51

11.79

TOTAL

83

1

255

29

8

1

21

1

399