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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
Divorced people who are in de-facto relationshipsare less likely to marry their partner than those
who have never been married
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%
in Australia The average size of households has fallen over the 20th century from 4.5 in 19113.5 in 19663.0 in 1981
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
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
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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