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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Total families | '000 | 1996 | 1,647 | 1,191 | 892 | 401 | 461 | 131 | 34 | 75 | 4,834 |
Persons who live alone (of persons aged 15 and over) | % | 1996 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 12.3 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 10.2 |
Average family size (persons) | no. | 1996 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
Couple families with dependants (of all families) | % | 1996 | 41.3 | 41.7 | 38.6 | 37.4 | 40.6 | 39.5 | 48.9 | 47.1 | 40.6 |
One-parent families with a male parent with dependants (of all families) | % | 1996 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | * * | * * | 1.3 |
One-parent families with a female parent with dependants (of all families) | % | 1996 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
Couple only families (of all families) | % | 1996 | 33.0 | 32.4 | 37.4 | 36.3 | 35.2 | 36.9 | 26.3 | 29.5 | 34.1 |
De facto couples (of all couples) | % | 1991 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 18.5 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
Couples with dependants, both employed (of all couples with dependants) | % | 1996 | 55.1 | 55.9 | 55.4 | 59.1 | 52.3 | 53.3 | 61.2 | 69.7 | 55.7 |
One-parent families with dependants, parent employed (of all one parent families with dependants) | % | 1996 | 47.5 | 45.6 | 43.1 | 45.2 | 51.2 | 49.3 | 65.6 | 63.4 | 46.8 |
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Crude marriage rate | no. | 1995 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
Median age of men at first marriage | years | 1995 | 27.5 | 27.4 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 28.4 | 27.2 | 27.3 |
Median age of women at first marriage | years | 1995 | 25.3 | 25.7 | 24.9 | 25.1 | 25.5 | 24.8 | 26.1 | 25.3 | 25.3 |
Marriages where both partners married for the first time (of all marriages) | % | 1995 | 68.3 | 70.4 | 65.3 | 65.9 | 64.7 | 63.1 | 60.6 | 66.4 | 67.5 |
Crude divorce rate | no. | 1995 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | * * | 2.8 |
Median duration of marriage to separation | years | 1995 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
Divorces involving children (of all divorces) | % | 1994 | 50.0 | n.a. | 56.6 | 47.6 | 50.3 | 61.3 | 56.7 | 56.3 | n.a. |
Total fertility rate (per woman) | no. | 1995 | 1.87 | 1.76 | 1.82 | 1.75 | 1.86 | 1.91 | 2.43 | 1.69 | 1.82 |
Median age of mothers at first birth within registered marriage | years | 1995 | 28.5 | 28.9 | 28.1 | 29.1 | 28.5 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 28.6 | 28.6 |
Births to mothers aged under 20 (of all births) | % | 1995 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 13.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
Births to mothers aged over 35 (of all births) | % | 1995 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 14.6 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 14.3 | 13.7 |
Births outside marriage (of all births) | % | 1995 | 24.9 | 21.8 | 30.7 | 27.4 | 29.7 | 33.3 | 57.2 | 25.7 | 26.6 |
Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) | % | 1995 | 83.8 | 84.6 | 82.6 | 85.3 | 84.3 | 86.6 | 64.3 | 81.5 | 83.3 |
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