We report the synthesis and structural characterisation of a series of aliovalently doped metal-formate ABX3 perovskite frameworks [C(NH2)3]Mn 2+ 1−x (Fe 3+ 2x/3 , x/3)(HCOO)3 (= B-site vacancy). For sufficiently large x, the vacancies order, lowering the crystal symmetry from orthorhombic P nna to monoclinic P 2/n. This system establishes B-site vacancies as a new type of defect in formate perovskites, and one with important chemical, structural, and functional implications. Monte Carlo simulations driven by a nearestneighbour vacancy repulsion model show checkerboard vacancy order to emerge for x > 0.6, in accord with experiment.