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in Australia every third marriage ends in divorce
About 29% of Australians never marry
The crude marriage rate fell from 9.3 in 1970to 7.4 in 1980, falling to 5.3 in 2001
The crude marriage rate has increased slightly to 5.5 in 2008 for every 1,000 members of the population
in Australia Marriages are now lasting longer before the
divorce than 20 years ago12.5 years in 2007, 10.1 years in 1988
in Australia Men are more likely to die than to divorce
47% chance for a man to die while married.33.4% chance for a marriage to end in divorce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Women are more likely to divorce than to die
22% chance for a woman to die while married.33.4% chance for a marriage to end in divorce.
due to longer life expectancy for women Australian Bureau of Statistics
Close to half of divorced people re-marry
Divorced people have a higher chance of re-marriage than those who are widowed
Divorced people who are in de-facto relationshipsare less likely to marry their partner than those
who have never been married
in Australia The number of joint divorce applications
increased in the last years
Women file more divorce applications
than men
Most men divorce at the age 40-44 women at the age 35-39
in Australia legal services generate $18 billion a year in income, contributing $11 billion to the Australian economy
The divorce rate is declining. For 1,000 of residential population the divorce rate peaked in 2001 at 2.7%
The divorce rate reached 2.3% in 2007the lowest since 1988
in Australia The average size of households has fallen over the 20th century from 4.5 in 19113.5 in 19663.0 in 1981
The average size of households was approximately 2.6 in 2006
In 1975, only 16% of marriages were preceded by cohabitation increasing to 23% in 1979
In 2008, 78% of those who married had lived together beforehand
95% of people aged 35-64 years have been in at least one live-in relationship
1 March 2009 - New de-facto regulation became effective in
Queensland: de-facto couples whose relationship broke following 1 March 2009 will be
applying to Family Court for both property settlement and custody of
the children
in Australia In 1976, 48% of households were couple families living with dependent children and 28% were couples living with no children
In 2006, 37% of households were couple families living with dependent children and 37% were couples living with no children
in Australia
About three-quarters of people who marry today lived with their
partner for some time prior to
marriage
Married people are twice as likely to have children than the ones in de-facto relationships
in Australia The average number of children
per divorce of 1.88
About one-third of children today are born outside the traditional marriage
Lone-parent families households have increased from less than 7% in 1976 to
11% by 2006
The proportion of families with children that were headed by a lone parent (father or mother) have increased from 12% in 1980; 15% in 1990; 20% in 1997 and 21% in 2008
1 in 3 lone parents living with dependent children in 2006 were never married. compared with 1 in 5 in 1986
in Australia In 1963 women giving birth to their first child of
the marriage were aged in their early 20’s
In 1963, the late twenties represented the second most common age
In 1963, births to teenage married women were quite common, representing the third
most common age
In 1980 the early and late 20’s represented the most common ages of new mothers
In 1991 new mothers were more likely to be in their late 20’s than in their early 20’s
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Content based on a slideshow by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
Credits: Based on the data of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (LIFETIME MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE TRENDS, COUPLES IN AUSTRALIA and Divorces, Australia)Alan Hayes, Ruth Weston, Lixia Qu and Matthew Gray: Families then and now: 1980-2010: http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/factssheets/fs2010conf/fs2010conf.html
