The table chart gives data about various types of marriages between 1960 and 2000 in Australia.
Overall, it evidences that the age of the brides and bridegrooms rose slightly as well as total rate of civil marriage.
In detail, the number of religious marriages started at 2500 in 1960, while the individuals who preferred civil marriage was about 8000 at the beginning of the period and the average age of brides and bridegrooms were 21 and 24 respectively. After 10 years, there was a marginal increase in both marriages status. The average age for both also went up. After that, just in two decades, civil marriages saw a considerable increase to 16000. The average age for brides and bridegrooms also went up, which meaning that the average age of brides were 30 , moreover the average age of bridegrooms were reached to 32 in 2000.
By contrast, the number of religious marriages saw a sharp decline to 34000 in a years. Despite being the most popular status by 1980, religious marriages witnessed a dramatic drop.
