The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (BDM) keeps comprehensive records and statistics for Victoria.
Organisations may apply to access this data for research. These organisations may include government departments, research organisations, and universities.
We're happy to consider reasonable data requests on application. Note that the Registrar decides who may access data.
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How to apply
Email bdmdatarequests@justice.vic.gov.au (External link) and provide:
- Your name
- Your organisation (if appropriate)
- Data required
- Reason for data request
- For data matching services, the approximate number of records you want us to match against Registry records.
- For medical research projects, you must also provide:
- Your study protocol, and
- Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approvals
What happens next?
After we receive your request, we'll email you. If appropriate, we'll get you to pay the application fee.
Data fees
| Type of fee | Price or explanation |
|---|---|
| Application fee | $65 |
| Data fee |
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Data services
We offer the following types of data service:
Data matching
We can match data you provide against our Register. For example, researchers can assess mortality rate by data matching against deaths data.
Data extraction
We can extract data with certain criteria, such as date range or location of event. This service is often used by our strategic partners, such as the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Privacy
We're regulated by three main pieces of legislation to ensure the privacy and safety of the data we collect: