---
title: Deaths registered by month, Queensland, latest year
resource: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/
publisher: Department of Justice
licence: CC BY 3.0 AU
licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/
version: 2026-02-13
rows: 12
fields: 2
source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/e85435cc-9748-4ec7-b7bc-08073a66316d/resource/73acdbf5-626b-4c73-be7e-4700400b5d8c/download/2025-deaths-by-month.csv
source_sha256: 68d16e1b001ea98f7d255db8c6f1be6b32ffd20035c36dfbf39fa70a9a1d1b57
language: en-AU
operator: National Digital
not_endorsed: true
---

# Deaths registered by month, Queensland, latest year

The number of deaths registered in Queensland in each month of the newest year the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has published.

Published by Department of Justice under CC BY 3.0 AU and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Justice has not endorsed this site.

Also called: Queensland death registrations by month, Number of deaths in Queensland each month, QLD deaths per month.

## Download

Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/`:

- csv: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.csv (115 B)
- xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.xlsx (8.0 KB)
- json: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.json (2.3 KB)
- parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.parquet (4.9 KB)
- sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB)
- duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB)
- ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.ndjson (2.1 KB)
- arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.arrow (4.2 KB)
- csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.csv.gz (112 B)

Pinned version 2026-02-13: `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/data.<format>`. Dated versions never change.

## Query

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-deaths-by-month/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-deaths-by-month/aggregate.

- Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-deaths-by-month/rows?limit=5
- Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-deaths-by-month/aggregate?group=month&metric=sum.deaths_registered

Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`.

- `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
- `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
- `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
- `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you.
- `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated.
- `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent.
- `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions/<date>/` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/openapi.json

## Explore

Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded.

## Fields

| field | type | publisher's header | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `month` | integer | Month | Month number, 1 for January to 12 for December. |
| `deaths_registered` | integer | Transactions |  |

Key: `month`.

## Versions

- 2026-02-13: 12 rows, 2 fields, sha256 68d16e1b001e. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/

Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/history.tar.zst

## Part of Births, deaths and baby names registered in Queensland

- [Top 100 baby names, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-top-baby-names/)
- [Top 100 baby names by year, Queensland, 1960 to 2005](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-top-baby-names-1960-2005/)
- [Births registered by month, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-month/)
- [Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/)
- [Deaths registered by suburb, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-suburb/)
- [Deaths registered by residential postcode and quarter, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-postcode-and-quarter/)

## Same subject, other publishers

- [Deaths registered per month, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/) (Vic)
- [Births, deaths and marriages registered each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-registrations-monthly/) (NSW)
- [Registered deaths by method of disposal each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-disposal-methods-monthly/) (NSW)
- [Registrable life events by financial year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/) (Vic)
- [Marriages registered per month, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-marriages-registered-by-month/) (Vic)
- [Births, deaths and marriages registered by calendar year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-calendar-year/) (Vic)
- [Birth, death and marriage registrations by month, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-bdm-registrations/) (ACT)
- [Top three names registered for girls by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-female/) (NSW)
- [Top three names registered for boys by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-male/) (NSW)
- [Historic death index, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-historic-death-index/) (ACT)
- [Registered births by age of mother and nuptiality, Australia, 1975 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-age-of-mother/) (Cth)
- [Registered births by age of father and nuptiality, Australia, 1975 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/au-births-by-age-of-father/) (Cth)

## Attribution and citation

Department of Justice, Queensland Government, Deaths by Month, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/deaths-by-month, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU.

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

Plain text: Department of Justice, Queensland Government, Deaths by Month, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/deaths-by-month, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/

Harvard: Department of Justice (2026) Deaths registered by month, Queensland, latest year, version 2026-02-13 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/

Markdown: Data: [Births, deaths and baby names registered in Queensland](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/deaths-by-month), Department of Justice, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/).

## Questions

### How do I download Deaths registered by month, Queensland as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

### Can I open Deaths registered by month, Queensland in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 12 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/v/2026-02-13/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

### How often is Deaths registered by month, Queensland updated?

Justice releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

### Can I use Deaths registered by month, Queensland commercially?

Yes. CC BY 3.0 AU allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

### Is this the official source for Deaths registered by month, Queensland?

No. The publisher is Department of Justice, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/deaths-by-month. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

### What is in each row?

One month of the newest year the registry has published, numbered 1 to 12, with the number of deaths registered in Queensland in that month.

### Is this the month the person died?

No. The registry counts registrations, and it notes that the month a death was registered may differ from the month of death.

## What this site did to the data

Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`.

## Improve this dataset

This page is built from [register/qld-deaths-by-month.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/qld-deaths-by-month.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.
