MARRIAGES
From a selected group of countries, Vietnam had the highest
crude marriage rate (12.1 per 1,000 population), followed by
Iran (9.9 per 1,000 population), Egypt (8.4 per 1,000 population)
and the United States of America (7.8 per 1,000 population).
The lowest crude marriage rate was recorded by South Africa
(3.5 per 1,000 population), followed by Chile (3.9 per 1,000
population), Sweden (4.3 per 1,000 population) and Italy (4.6
per 1,000 population).
AUSTRALIAN WEDDING STATISTICS
Selected Marriage Indicators(a), Australia - Selected
years - 1994-2006 |
|
| |
|
1994 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
| ALL MARRIAGES |
|
| Marriages Registered |
no. |
111,174 |
114,316 |
113,429 |
103,130 |
105,435 |
106,394 |
110,958 |
109,323 |
114,222 |
|
| Crude Marriage
Rate(b) |
% |
6.2 |
6.0 |
5.9 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
|
| Previous Marital Status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
First Marriage Both Partners |
no. |
75,045 |
76,440 |
75,503 |
68,987 |
69,861 |
70,644 |
74,581 |
74,303 |
78,178 |
| |
First Marriage One Partner |
no. |
20,159 |
21,386 |
21,185 |
18,889 |
19,462 |
19,678 |
19,994 |
19,573 |
20,122 |
| |
Remarriage Both Partners |
no. |
15,970 |
16,490 |
16,741 |
15,254 |
16,112 |
16,072 |
16,382 |
15,447 |
15,922 |
|
| Marriages
Performed By |
|
| |
Ministers of Religion |
no. |
63,265 |
55,720 |
53,521 |
48,372 |
47,400 |
46,187 |
45,857 |
44,218 |
44,117 |
% |
56.9 |
48.7 |
47.2 |
46.9 |
45.0 |
43.4 |
41.3 |
40.4 |
38.6 |
| Civil Celebrants |
no. |
42,974 |
47,909 |
58,596 |
59,908 |
54,758 |
58,035 |
60,207 |
65,100 |
70,105 |
% |
43.1 |
51.3 |
52.8 |
53.1 |
55.0 |
56.6 |
58.7 |
59.6 |
61.4 |
|
| Relative Birthplace of
Bridegroom & Bride(c) |
|
| |
Both Born in Australia |
no. |
71,165 |
72,354 |
72,122 |
64,373 |
65,020 |
65,436 |
68,639 |
67,085 |
69,710 |
| |
Both Born in the Same Overseas Country |
no. |
8,853 |
9,751 |
9,262 |
8,611 |
9,210 |
9,502 |
9,686 |
9,546 |
10,334 |
|
Born in Different Countries |
no. |
30,652 |
32,190 |
32,032 |
30,130 |
31,184 |
31,444 |
32,630 |
32,640 |
34,126 |
|
| Cohabitation Prior to Marriage |
no. |
na |
78,800 |
80,893 |
74,244 |
77,024 |
79,311 |
83,728 |
83,002 |
86,937 |
% |
na |
68.9 |
71.3 |
72.0 |
73.1 |
74.5 |
75.5 |
75.9 |
76.1 |
|
| na not available |
| (a) See glossary for definitions of terms
used. |
| (b) Per 1,000 population. |
| (c) Excludes marriages where country of birth
of one or both partners is not stated. |
| |
| Total financial amount spent on a wedding: $36,224
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