Band 6+: The two pie charts below show the marital status of the populations of Canada and Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts provide demographic data about the current civil status of canadians and australians.

Overall, most people in both countries seem to be married or have been married and know seperated, divorced or widowed. Nevertheless, whereas married people account for 46% of australian, only 32% of canadian are married, including 3% of same sex marriage, a category not represented for Australia pie chart.

Moreover, people who either never married or are widowed share the same percentage, accounting for 7% of Canada’s population, higher by approximately 1 or 2% than the shares in Australia. In the opposite, divorced people represente the lower percentage of status in both countries, even though the percent of divorced people in Australia, reprensenting 2% of the citizens is twice as high as the one in Canada.

To conclude, it is worth noting that marriages seem to be more successful in Australia than in Canada, even though the percentage of divorced people is higher.