--- title: Deaths registered per month, Victoria resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/ publisher: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-08-12 rows: 83 fields: 2 source: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-08/Death-Registration-by-Month.XLSX source_sha256: 7c526fdfdde325e5418a0db1d00ebac5572e828d13541ff8a0195989acdae3ae language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Deaths registered per month, Victoria The number of deaths the Victorian registry registered in each month, for about the last seven years. Updated monthly. Published by Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria has not endorsed this site. Also called: Victorian death registrations by month, Monthly deaths Victoria, BDM Victoria deaths registered per month. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.csv (1.4 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.xlsx (9.0 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.json (6.0 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.parquet (5.6 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.ndjson (5.7 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.arrow (4.7 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.csv.gz (419 B) Pinned version 2026-08-12: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/data.`. 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/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-deaths-registered-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//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//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/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `month` | date | Month-Year | The first day of the month the deaths were registered in. | | `deaths_registered` | integer | Deaths Registered | | Key: `month`. ## Versions - 2026-08-12: 83 rows, 2 fields, sha256 7c526fdfdde3. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/history.tar.zst ## Part of Births, deaths and marriages registered in Victoria - [Marriages registered per month, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-marriages-registered-by-month/) - [Births, deaths and marriages registered by calendar year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-calendar-year/) - [Registrable life events by financial year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Births, deaths and marriages registered each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-registrations-monthly/) (NSW) - [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) - [Registered deaths by method of disposal each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-disposal-methods-monthly/) (NSW) - [Popular baby names by year and sex, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/) (NSW) - [Deaths registered by suburb, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-suburb/) (Qld) - [Deaths registered by residential postcode and quarter, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-postcode-and-quarter/) (Qld) - [Deaths registered by month, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-month/) (Qld) - [Births registered by mother's postcode, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-mothers-postcode/) (Qld) - [Births registered by month, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-births-by-month/) (Qld) - [Historic death index, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-historic-death-index/) (ACT) ## Attribution and citation Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Victorian Government, Deaths registered per month, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/deaths-registered-per-month, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Victorian Government, Deaths registered per month, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/deaths-registered-per-month, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/ Harvard: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (2026) Deaths registered per month, Victoria, version 2026-08-12 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/ Markdown: Data: [Births, deaths and marriages registered in Victoria](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/deaths-registered-per-month), Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Deaths registered per month as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/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 per month in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 83 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/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/v/2026-08-12/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Deaths registered per month cover? The current version covers 2019 to 2025. Each release from BDM Victoria becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Deaths registered per month updated? BDM Victoria releases it monthly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Deaths registered per month commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 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 per month? No. The publisher is Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/deaths-registered-per-month. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What does each row hold? The number of deaths the registry registered in one calendar month. Doctors, funeral directors and the Coroner notify the registry of a death, and the death is counted in the month the registry registers it, which may be later than the month it occurred. ### How far back does it go? Each release covers about the last seven years of months, with the newest month first. Earlier months drop off the publisher's file as new ones are added, and the versions kept here hold them. ## 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.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-deaths-registered-by-month.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-deaths-registered-by-month.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.