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Marriages in Australia Sources: ABS, Marriages and Divorces Australia

Number of marriages in 2012

123,244 marriages

Age specific first marriage rates for men

aged 30-34 years

Age specific first marriage rates for women 25-29

years

Proportion of marriages preceded by cohabitation

78% in 2012

Age group1996(%)

2001(%)

2006(%)

2011(%)

15-19 80.4 83.4 87.7 91.4

20-24 57.9 67.3 74.5 75.8

25-29 29.1 38.4 46.0 47.3

30-34 15.9 21.5 26.3 27.0

35-39 10.6 14.2 17.9 19.1

40-44 8.1 10.8 13.9 16.0

45-49 6.5 8.8 11.4 13.6

50-54 5.2 7.3 9.6 11.5;

55-59 3.6 5.6 7.7 9.6

60-64 2.4 3.8 5.6 7.4

65-69 1.7 2.5 3.8 5.3

Proportion of partnered men who were in a cohabiting relationship

Age group1996(%)

2001(%)

2006(%)

2011(%)

15-19 77.7 82.1 85.9 87.7

20-24 46.3 57.1 64.9 66.4

25-29 22.3 30.2 37.3 38.9

30-34 12.5 17.1 21.0 22.4

35-39 8.8 11.9 15.2 16.6

40-44 7.1 9.5 12.5 14.5

45-49 5.7 8.1 10.5 12.7

50-54 4.3 6.4 8.8 10.8

55-59 2.7 4.5 6.5 8.5

60-64 1.6 2.7 4.3 6.0

Proportion of partnered women who were in a cohabiting relationship, 1996 - –2011

Divorce

Number of divorces in 2012, 49917

Divorces involving children in 2012

44834

Median age at divorceIn 2012, 44.6

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