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2025 Year of Resilience: The Majority of Australians Maintained 'Excellent' Credit Scores, Defying Economic Headwinds and the Cost-of-Living Crisis
8th Dec 2025

The latest data from Equifax reveals Australians demonstrated strong financial resilience in 2025, amid an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, the national average credit score remained in the ‘Excellent’ range at 864 (out of a possible 1200), lifting by three points from the 2024 average of 861.

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Market conditions tighten the reins on financial management, requiring a sophisticated 360-customer view, according to the National Credit Managers Survey 2022 from Equifax

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Demand for mortgages continues to decline as the market adjusts downwards 

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Business credit demand has declined year-on-year as external pressures including interest rate rises, inflation and supply chain pressures begin to hit home for Australian businesses.

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Equifax has announced the enablement of its partnering arrangement with enterprise HR software company Tambla.

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To help retailers reduce online payments fraud while also meeting increasingly high customer expectations, Equifax has announced the launch of Kount in Australia.

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Rising rates of construction industry insolvencies and cost of living pressures continue to place a heavy financial burden on sole traders and small business owners, who make up 97% of construction companies.

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Mortgage broker tool fact finder equifax

Not everyone shopping for a loan with a mortgage broker will meet lending criteria or be ready to buy, but discovering their creditworthiness can take a broker many hours of work.

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Mortgage demand fell -4.6% in Q1 2022, marking the first decline in more than two years according to the latest Equifax Quarterly Consumer Credit Demand Index (Mar 2022).

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Rising rates of insolvency in the construction industry are putting significant pressure on sole traders and small business owners in the sector, according to new data from Equifax, the global data, analytics and technology company.

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