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| l | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Persons who live alone (of all persons aged 15 years and over) | % | 1993 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 10.2 |
| Average family size (persons) | no. | 1993 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Couple families with dependants (of all families) | % | 1993 | 43.3 | 43.8 | 42.7 | 39.7 | 42.0 | 40.6 | 51.9 | 46.5 | 42.9 |
| One parent families with dependants (of all families) | % | 1993 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 12.1 | 9.0 |
| Couple only families (of all families) | % | 1993 | 40.3 | 41.3 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 43.1 | 44.4 | 32.4 | 36.9 | 41.8 |
| 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 |
| Employed lone parents with dependants (of all lone parents with dependants) | % | 1993 | 44.7 | 43.9 | 44.2 | 44.4 | 49.3 | 38.4 | 60.7 | 62.9 | 45.3 |
| Couples with dependants, both employed (of all couples with dependants) | % | 1993 | 52.1 | 51.9 | 52.7 | 54.4 | 50.4 | 52.8 | 63.1 | 61.9 | 52.5 |
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 | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Marriage rate (per 1,000 not married males) | no. | 1991 | 44.2 | 44.0 | 43.4 | 44.7 | 44.1 | 47.4 | 27.8 | 41.8 | 40.9 |
| Median age of males at first marriage | years | 1992 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 26.4 | 26.5 | 27.0 | 26.5 | 28.1 | 26.7 | 26.9 |
| Median age of females at first marriage | years | 1992 | 24.8 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 24.4 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 24.7 |
| Divorce rate (per 1,000 married males) | no. | 1991 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 11.2 | 33.1 | 11.6 |
| Median duration of marriage to separation | years | 1992 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| Divorces involving children (of all divorces) | % | 1992 | 47.2 | 53.3 | 57.6 | 51.9 | 56.1 | 60.6 | 55.4 | 59.5 | 52.9 |
| Total fertility rate (per woman) | no. | 1992 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Median age of mother at nuptial first confinement | years | 1992 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 28.2 | 28.0 |
| Births to mothers under 20 years (of all births) | % | 1992 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 15.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| Births outside marriage (of all births) | % | 1992 | 23.1 | 19.1 | 27.9 | 25.0 | 26.6 | 28.4 | 55.3 | 20.4 | 24.0 |
| Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) | % | 1992 | 81.7 | 82.4 | 80.3 | 82.3 | 80.1 | 83.7 | 66.0 | 85.5 | 81.0 |
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