The given column chart compares the maternal age of women at first born in Australia during the 4 decades from 1966 to 2006.
Overall, it is evident that a trend of late parenthood is growing in Australia, while there is a considerable fall in the choice of early motherhood.
Looking details into the information, in 1966, a significant number of newborn mothers belonged to the age group of 19 to 24 (62 percent), followed by women at age of 25 to 30 and under 19, which makes up 35 percent and 33 percent respectively. First pregnancy after the age of 30 was not common during 1966, together constitutes 23 percent only. Moreover, half of the mothers delivered their first baby at the age of 25-30, in 1986. Though there was a drop in the number of early motherhood during 1986, it’s proportion overweighed the number of first pregnancy after the age of 30.
On the contrary, a surging in the late pregnancy is visible in 2006, accounting for 45 percent, 30 percent for the age groups 30 to 34 and 34 to 49 respectively. 38 percent of women became the mother at age of 25 to 30 years.