National summary tables
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
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 | Units | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
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| Total families | '000 | 4,087 | 4,146 | 4,236 | 4,319 | 4,456 | 4,502 | 4,587 | 4,638 | 4,709 | 4,791 | 4,834 |
| Persons who live alone (of persons aged 15 and over) | % | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.2 |
| Average family size (persons) | no. | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Couple families with dependants (of all families) | % | 45.8 | 45.5 | 45.7 | 44.7 | 44.3 | 43.7 | 43.4 | 42.9 | 41.6 | 41.4 | 40.6 |
| One-parent families with a male parent with dependants (of all families) | % | n.a. | n.a. | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| One-parent families with a female parent with dependants (of all families) | % | n.a. | n.a. | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| Couple only families (of all families) | % | 30.2 | 30.4 | 30.7 | 31.5 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 31.1 | 32.1 | 33.3 | 33.6 | 34.1 |
| De facto couples (of all couples) | % | 5.7 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 8.2 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.y.a. |
| Couples with dependants, both employed (of all couples with dependants) | % | 48.5 | 50.2 | 50.9 | 53.8 | 55.9 | 53.4 | 53.3 | 52.5 | 52.8 | 57.7 | 55.7 |
| One-parent families with dependants, parent employed (of all one parent families with dependants) | % | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 50.2 | 49.0 | 47.0 | 45.7 | 45.3 | 45.9 | 46.9 | 46.8 |
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Reference periods: Data on de facto couples are at census date. Data on other living arrangements are at 30 June from 1986; prior to that the reference date was 30 July.
FAMILY FORMATION
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| Units | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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| Marriage rate (per 1,000 not married males) | no. | 48.8 | 46.0 | 45.8 | 45.5 | 44.6 | 43.5 | 41.7 | 41.1 | 39.8 | 38.2 | 36.7 |
| Median age of men at first marriage | years | 25.4 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 26.1 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 27.3 |
| Median age of women at first marriage | years | 23.2 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 25.3 |
| Marriages where both partners married for the first time (of all marriages) | % | 67.1 | 66.7 | 67.2 | 67.1 | 67.3 | 67.4 | 67.5 | 67.2 | 67.1 | 67.5 | 67.5 |
| Divorce rate (per 1,000 married males) | no. | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.3 |
| Median duration of marriage to separation | years | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| Divorces involving children (of all divorces) | % | 60.6 | 59.7 | 58.6 | 57.5 | 55.3 | 55.6 | 54.2 | 52.9 | 52.6 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Total fertility rate (per woman) | no. | 1.89 | 1.87 | 1.85 | 1.84 | 1.84 | 1.90 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.87 | 1.85 | 1.82 |
| Median age of mothers at first birth within registered marriage | years | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 28.0 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 28.6 |
| Births to mothers aged under 20 (of all births) | % | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Births to mothers aged over 35 (of all births) | % | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 |
| Births outside marriage (of all births) | % | 15.5 | 16.8 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 21.9 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 26.6 |
| Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) | % | 68.2 | 70.6 | 73.0 | 74.4 | 75.9 | 77.1 | 79.5 | 81.0 | 81.7 | 82.2 | 83.3 |
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Reference periods: Data on family formation are for the calendar year.
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