4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 1995
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LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
Units Years NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Total families '000 1994 1,607
1,192
831
398
441
131
33
75
4,709
Persons who live alone (of persons aged 15 years and over) % 1994 10.0
9.7
9.9
12.3
10.5
11.3
11.1
8.7
10.2
Average family size (persons) no. 1994 3.2
3.2
3.1
3.0
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.1
Couple families with dependants (of all families) % 1994 42.3
42.5
40.5
37.9
41.5
39.9
48.3
47.0
41.6
One parent families with dependants (of all families) % 1994 8.7
8.5
9.3
9.0
9.6
10.2
12.6
12.3
9.0
Couple only families (of all families) % 1994 31.7
32.6
34.7
37.9
34.3
36.6
27.6
28.0
33.3
De facto couples (of all couples) % 1991 7.9
6.7
9.7
7.9
9.6
8.3
18.5
9.2
8.2
Couples with dependants, both employed (of all couples with dependants) % 1994 51.7
52.7
52.9
55.0
52.9
49.1
63.7
64.1
52.8
FAMILY FORMATION
Units Years NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Crude marriage rate (marriages per 1,000 mean population) no. 1993 6.7
6.1
6.6
6.2
6.2
6.5
4.8
6.0
6.4
Median age of men at first marriage years 1993 27.2
27.0
26.6
26.8
27.1
26.5
28.7
27.1
27.0
Median age of women at first marriage years 1993 24.9
25.2
24.4
24.6
24.8
24.3
25.7
25.1
24.8
Crude divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 mean population) no. 1993 2.7
2.4
2.7
2.7
2.8
3.0
2.3
3.0
2.7
Median duration of marriage to separation years 1993 7.1
7.7
7.9
8.2
8.1
8.3
6.9
8.2
7.6
Divorces involving children (of all divorces) % 1993 50.6
53.7
55.6
49.4
53.6
61.7
58.5
56.8
52.6
Total fertility rate (per woman) no. 1993 1.91
1.78
1.91
1.78
1.88
1.93
2.31
1.69
1.87
Median age of mothers at nuptial first confinement years 1993 28.2
28.5
28.0
28.6
28.3
27.6
28.4
28.3
28.3
Births to mothers under 20 years (of all births) % 1993 5.0
3.4
6.6
4.3
5.8
7.7
12.9
4.2
5.1
Births outside marriage (of all births) % 1993 23.9
19.7
29.2
25.4
27.9
31.5
55.3
22.9
24.9
Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) % 1993 82.0
83.3
80.9
82.9
81.7
86.0
64.2
87.7
81.7
Reference periods: Data on defacto couples are at census date. Data on other living arrangements are at 30 June.
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