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Personal insolvency in regional Australia is growing

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NT reports highest gains but Darwin sees biggest reduction in debtors.

Areas of regional Australia have recorded significant increases in the number of individuals entering into personal and business-related insolvency.

The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) has released regional personal insolvency statistics for the June quarter 2016.

There was an 11% nationwide increase in the number of debtors who entered a personal insolvency in the three months to June, compared with the previous March quarter.

Personal insolvency cases rose across all states and territories, though the greater Darwin (-8.5%) and greater Adelaide (-2.7%) regions reported small quarterly decreases in the number of debtors.

The highest quarterly gains were seen in the Northern Territory, with the number of debtors rising 45.5% in the June quarter, compared to March. The next highest region was greater Hobart (32.8%), followed by greater Perth (22.1%) and the Australian Capital Territory (16.9%).

The number of debtors who entered a business-related personal insolvency climbed 20.6% in the June quarter 2016, when compared with the March quarter 2016.

Breaking down the stats further, the suburbs of Bringelly-Green Valley, Canterbury and Penrith were most responsible for the 16.2% increase in personal insolvency debtors in greater Sydney. In terms of business-related personal insolvency the main contributors to the 24.7% rise in debtors were Canterbury and Richmond-Windsor.

Debtors in Alice Springs contributed heavily to the rise in the Northern Territory, while the people of Palmerston helped Darwin to reduce the number of personal insolvency cases.

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