4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 1994
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 27/05/1994
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National summary tables
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
Units 1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Persons who live alone (of persons aged 15 years and over) %
n.a.
7.6
7.9
8.2
8.2
8.3
8.5
8.4
8.2
8.6
8.9
Average family size (persons) no.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.2
Couple families with dependants (of all families) %
46.6
47.6
47.2
46.7
45.8
45.5
45.7
44.7
44.3
43.7
43.4
One parent families with dependants (of all families) %
7.7
7.5
7.9
7.8
7.8
8.4
8.1
7.6
8.1
8.5
9.0
Couple only families (of all families) %
29.6
29.4
28.9
29.6
30.2
30.4
30.7
31.5
31.2
31.3
31.1
De facto couples (of all couples) %
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
5.7
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
8.2
n.a.
Employed lone parents with dependants (of all lone parents with dependants) %
40.9
36.4
38.5
40.0
42.5
42.1
43.9
50.2
49.0
47.0
45.7
Couples with dependants, both employed (of all couples with dependants) %
42.0
40.3
41.9
44.3
31.2
48.9
49.7
52.4
54.3
51.5
51.0
FAMILY FORMATION
Units 1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Marriage rate (per 1,000 not married males) no.
55.0
52.4
50.7
48.8
46.0
45.7
45.3
44.2
43.0
40.9
n.y.a.
Median age of males at first marriage years
24.6
24.9
25.1
25.4
25.6
25.9
26.1
26.3
26.4
26.7
26.9
Median age of females at first marriage years
22.4
22.7
122.9
23.2
23.5
23.8
24.0
24.2
24.3
24.5
24.7
Divorce rate (per 1,000 married males) no.
12.5
12.2
12.0
10.9
10.7
10.6
10.8
10.8
10.9
11.6
11.5
Median duration of marriage to separation years
7.6
7.7
7.8
7.7
7.6
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.4
7.4
Divorces involving children (of all divorces) %
61.6
61.6
61.0
60.6
59.7
58.6
57.6
55.4
55.7
54.2
52.9
Total fertility rate (per woman) no.
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.8
1.8
1.9
1.9
1.9
Median age of mother at nuptial first confinement years
25.5
25.7
26.0
26.3
26.5
26.8
27.1
27.3
27.6
27.8
28.0
Births to mothers under 20 years (of all births) %
7.2
6.9
6.3
5.9
5.9
5.7
5.6
5.7
5.7
5.7
5.4
Births outside marriage (of all births) %
13.7
14.7
14.8
15.5
16.8
18.0
19.0
20.2
21.9
23.0
24.0
Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) %
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
68.2
70.6
73.0
74.4
75.9
77.1
79.5
81.0
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