--- title: Registrable life events by financial year, Victoria resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/ publisher: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-07-06 rows: 144 fields: 3 source: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-07/Registrable-Events-Financial-Year.xlsx source_sha256: bfa5e29c12da580236bf4c6874c4dfa1e88f1a505ad09278f08a35eeca68d9bb language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Registrable life events by financial year, Victoria The number of births, deaths, marriages, changes of name, registered relationships, adoptions and stillbirths registered in Victoria in each financial year from 2009/10. 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: BDM Victoria registered events by financial year, Victorian change of name registrations per year, Registered relationships Victoria per year. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.csv (4.3 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.xlsx (11 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.json (13 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.parquet (6.5 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.sqlite (37 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.ndjson (12 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.arrow (6.2 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.csv.gz (1.0 KB) Pinned version 2026-07-06: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/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-registered-events-by-financial-year/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/rows?financial_year=eq.2024%2F25&event=neq.Total&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/aggregate?group=event&metric=sum.registrations&financial_year=eq.2024%2F25&event=neq.Total 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-registered-events-by-financial-year/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `event` | string | (row header 1) | | | `financial_year` | string | (column header 1) | The financial year as the publisher writes it, for example 2024/25. | | `registrations` | integer | (cell) | | Key: `event, financial_year`. ## Versions - 2026-07-06: 144 rows, 3 fields, sha256 bfa5e29c12da. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/history.tar.zst ## Part of Births, deaths and marriages registered in Victoria - [Deaths registered per month, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-deaths-registered-by-month/) - [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/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [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) - [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) - [Popular baby names by year and sex, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/) (NSW) - [Registered deaths by method of disposal each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-disposal-methods-monthly/) (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) - [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) - [Deaths registered by month, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-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, Births, Deaths and Marriages - registered events by financial year, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/births-deaths-and-marriages-registered-events-registered-events-by-financial-year, 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, Births, Deaths and Marriages - registered events by financial year, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/births-deaths-and-marriages-registered-events-registered-events-by-financial-year, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/ Harvard: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (2026) Registrable life events by financial year, Victoria, version 2026-07-06 [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-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/ Markdown: Data: [Births, deaths and marriages registered in Victoria](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/births-deaths-and-marriages-registered-events-registered-events-by-financial-year), 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-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Registrable life events by financial year as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/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 Registrable life events by financial year in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 144 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-registered-events-by-financial-year/v/2026-07-06/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Registrable life events by financial year cover? The current version covers the years since 2009. Each release from BDM Victoria becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Registrable life events by financial year updated? BDM Victoria releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Registrable life events by financial year 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 Registrable life events by financial year? No. The publisher is Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/births-deaths-and-marriages-registered-events-registered-events-by-financial-year. 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 one kind of life event the registry registered in one financial year, from 2009/10. The kinds are births, changes of name, marriages, deaths, registered and revoked relationships, adoptions and stillbirths, and the publisher's own total of them all, kept as published. ### Have past figures changed? The publisher states it found and corrected an issue with the registrations first published for 2022-23. Earlier versions kept here show the figures as they were published at the time. ## 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-registered-events-by-financial-year.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.