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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Total families | '000 | 1997 | 1,644 | 1,212 | 908 | 412 | 485 | 128 | 34 | 76 | 4,899 |
Persons who live alone (of persons aged 15 and over) | % | 1997 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 12.9 | 6.6 | 9.1 | 10.5 |
Average family size (persons) | no. | 1997 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
Couple families with dependants (of all families) | % | 1997 | 40.8 | 42.5 | 39.5 | 37.6 | 41.5 | 38.9 | 46.5 | 44.8 | 40.8 |
One-parent families with a male parent with dependants (of all families) | % | 1997 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | * * | 2.2 | 1.3 |
One-parent families with a female parent with dependants (of all families) | % | 1997 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 9.1 |
Couple-only families (of all families) | % | 1997 | 32.8 | 31.7 | 35.5 | 37.3 | 34.2 | 36.5 | 31.2 | 29.6 | 33.6 |
De facto couples (of all couples)(a) | % | 1996 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 19.6 | 11.3 | 10.1 |
Couples with dependants, both employed (of all couples with dependants) | % | 1997 | 54.4 | 57.4 | 57.1 | 60.9 | 54.8 | 50.7 | 64.9 | 63.4 | 56.3 |
One-parent families with dependants, parent employed (of all one parent families with dependants) | % | 1997 | 42.9 | 50.8 | 48.1 | 45.4 | 45.9 | 40.1 | 56.0 | 61.2 | 46.5 |
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Crude marriage rate | no. | 1996 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
Median age of men at first marriage | years | 1996 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 27.8 | 27.1 | 28.5 | 27.7 | 27.6 |
Median age of women at first marriage | years | 1996 | 25.6 | 26.0 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 25.8 | 25.1 | 26.4 | 26.1 | 25.7 |
Marriages where both partners married for the first time (of all marriages) | % | 1996 | 67.0 | 69.1 | 64.4 | 65.0 | 63.7 | 61.5 | 63.4 | 67.4 | 66.4 |
Crude divorce rate | no. | 1996 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | (b) | 2.9 |
Median duration of marriage to separation | years | 1996 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
Divorces involving children (of all divorces) | % | 1996 | 50.8 | 51.9 | 56.9 | 56.4 | 53.5 | 64.0 | 50.6 | 56.4 | 53.6 |
Total fertility rate (per woman) | no. | 1996 | 1.83 | 1.71 | 1.84 | 1.75 | 1.81 | 1.92 | 2.29 | 1.68 | 1.80 |
Median age of mothers at first birth within registered marriage | years | 1996 | 28.6 | 29.1 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.7 |
Births to mothers aged under 20 (of all births) | % | 1996 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 13.2 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
Births to mothers aged 35 and over (of all births) | % | 1996 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 16.2 | 14.6 |
Births outside marriage (of all births) | % | 1996 | 25.4 | 21.6 | 32.6 | 30.1 | 30.9 | 34.3 | 57.8 | 25.2 | 27.4 |
Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) | % | 1996 | 84.3 | 86.0 | 83.7 | 86.6 | 84.4 | 87.6 | 62.8 | 84.3 | 84.2 |
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