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3.26 Average age at marriage

Year	All married		Previously married1		Never married
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males		Females
					Observed	Hypothetic2	Observed	Hypothetic2
1851-1855	30.5	28.1	43.9	40.5	28.7	..	27.1	..
1856-1860	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1861-1865	31.0	28.7	43.8	40.4	29.2	..	27.2	..
1866-1870	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1871-1875	..	..	..	..	28.7	..	26.6	..
1876-1880	..	..	..	..	28.2	..	26.3	..
1881-1885	..	..	..	..	28.3	..	26.4	..
1886-1890	30.4	27.1	45.7	40.1	28.3	..	26.4	..
1891-1895	30.5	27.1	46.2	39.9	28.2	..	26.4	..
1896-1900	29.6	26.5	45.5	39.7	27.8	..	25.9	..
1901-1905	29.5	26.5	45.1	39.6	27.7	..	25.7	..
1906-1910	29.8	26.3	45.9	38.8	27.9	..	25.7	..
1911-1915	29.4	26.2	45.0	38.5	27.8	..	25.6	..
1916-1920	29.0	25.9	43.7	37.9	27.6	..	25.4	..
1921-1925	29.4	26.1	43.3	37.1	28.1	..	25.6	..
1926-1930	29.9	26.4	43.8	37.8	28.7	29.6	26.0	26.6
1931-1935	30.2	26.7	44.1	37.8	29.1	29.8	26.3	26.7
1936-1940	30.3	26.8	44.9	38.6	29.3	29.2	26.4	26.0
1941-1945	30.2	26.9	44.2	37.9	29.2	29.1	26.4	25.9
1946-1950	30.4	27.0	43.9	37.3	29.3	28.3	26.4	24.8
1951-1955	29.7	26.3	44.7	38.3	28.5	27.3	25.5	23.6
1956-1960	29.0	25.5	44.7	38.7	27.7	26.4	24.5	23.0
1961-1965	27.8	24.5	43.7	38.3	26.4	26.0	23.4	23.2
1966-1970	26.5	23.7	41.9	37.3	25.3	25.4	22.8	22.8
1971-1975	26.5	23.8	40.2	36.2	25.2	25.6	22.8	23.0
1976-1980	27.5	24.7	39.0	35.6	25.9	26.8	23.3	24.4
1981-1985	28.8	25.9	40.2	36.6	26.8	28.2	24.2	25.8
1986-1990	30.4	27.4	41.6	37.5	28.1	29.7	25.5	27.3
1991-1995	32.1	29.0	43.3	39.2	29.5	31.0	26.9	28.7
1996-2000	34.2	31.1	45.4	41.5	31.1	31.9	28.6	29.5
2001-2005	35.9	32.5	47.0	43.1	32.6	32.6	29.8	30.3

1	Divorced and widowed.
2	Average age at marriage to be found for a cohort living through the age-specific marriage rates in the (reference) period. The average age observed is an average of those actually marrying in the period, thus being influenced by cohort size variations.
Source: Population Statistics.

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