The total number of personal insolvencies climbed to 1,015 for January, rising from 805 in December.
This was also a 31 per cent increased from the total number of personal insolvencies recorded in January 2023.
Of the new personal insolvencies, 553 were bankruptcies, 452 were debt agreements and ten were personal insolvencies.
Workers entering personal insolvency most commonly worked in the construction, healthcare and retail industries, according to the data.
The figures for January follow increased numbers of personal insolvencies for the December quarter last year.
There were 2,608 new personal insolvencies in the three-month period to December 2023, up from 2,321 in December 2022.
National data shows personal insolvencies rose …
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