Band 6+: The table below provides information on marriage status and age from 1960 to 2000 in Australia. Summarize the information on marriage status and age from 1960 to 2000 in Australia.

The given table illustrates the number of religious and civil marriages and includes the average age of brides and the average age of bridegrooms from 1962 to 2000 in Australia

Overall, the data in this whole data the table shows that civil marriages slightly increased over the years, and the average marriage age for both genders also increased.

First, in 1960 the number of religious marriages was 25,000, which jumped slightly jumped to 28,000 in 1970. After that, in 1980 the number grew dramatically and reached a high number of 50,000. However, in 1990, the table shows a drastic fall to 32,000. After this period the number increased to 34,000 in 2000.

the Civil marriages increased slightly developed year by year. In 1960, there were 8,000; after that, the number grew to 12,000, and in 1980, it grew to 16,000.in addition the number of marriage was 40,000 in 2000.

The average age of brides was 21 in 1960 but increased slightly to 30 year by 2000. The average age of bridegrooms also increased from 24 to 32 over the shown period of time .