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State summary tables
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
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 | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT(a) | ACT | Aust. |
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| Total households | '000 | 1999 | 2,403 | 1,748 | 1,338 | 610 | 719 | 186 | 65 | 117 | 7,186 |
| Lone-person households | % | 1999 | 23.8 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 27.6 | 25.5 | 26.1 | 18.7 | 24.1 | 24.2 |
| Households with three or more persons | % | 1999 | 43.4 | 44.9 | 42.7 | 37.1 | 41.7 | 38.9 | 50.2 | 42.0 | 42.8 |
| Total families | '000 | 1999 | 1,721 | 1,260 | 932 | 411 | 488 | 131 | 37 | 75 | 5,056 |
| Families with children under 15 years | '000 | 1999 | 736 | 533 | 413 | 159 | 213 | 57 | 20 | 34 | 2,166 |
| Couple families | '000 | 1999 | 1,429 | 1,046 | 771 | 341 | 408 | 109 | 29 | 64 | 4,197 |
| De facto couple families (of all couple families)(b) | % | 1996 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 19.6 | 11.3 | 10.1 |
| Couple-only families (of all couple families) | % | 1999 | 52.0 | 51.4 | 52.2 | 58.1 | 52.5 | 52.7 | 43.9 | 47.2 | 52.3 |
| Couple-only families with female partner aged under 40 years (of all couple only families) | % | 1999 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 22.3 | 20.4 | 22.6 | 17.4 | 34.9 | 24.1 | 21.3 |
| Couple families with children under 15 years (of all families with children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 79.1 | 80.2 | 77.5 | 75.8 | 79.7 | 78.1 | 73.2 | 81.7 | 78.8 |
| Lone father families with children under 15 years (of all families with children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | * * | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Lone mother families with children under 15 years (of all families with children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 20.5 | 22.3 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 23.2 | 16.1 | 19.3 |
| Families with at least one child aged under 5 years (of all families with children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 45.6 | 45.2 | 44.2 | 42.1 | 44.7 | 48.0 | 48.7 | 47.4 | 45.0 |
| Average family size (persons) | no. | 1999 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Children under 15 years living in one-parent families (of all children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 19.2 | 17.4 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 23.9 | 16.8 | 19.0 |
| Persons aged 20-24 years living with parents (of all persons aged 20-24 years) | % | 1999 | 51.9 | 53.7 | 37.7 | 40.7 | 40.1 | 40.9 | 31.0 | 44.1 | 47.2 |
| Persons aged 25-34 years living with parents (of all persons aged 25-34 years) | % | 1999 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 7.1 | 9.5 | *5.7 | 5.9 | 11.8 |
| Persons aged 15-64 years who live alone (of all persons aged 15-64 years) | % | 1999 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 8.7 | *6.7 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
Persons aged 65 and over who live alone
(of all persons aged 65 and over) | % | 1999 | 29.0 | 28.7 | 31.3 | 31.2 | 27.8 | 33.0 | *28.5 | 26.9 | 29.5 |
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(a) All estimates for the Northern Territory other than household estimates and those for de facto couples, refer to mainly urban areas only.
(b) Includes same-sex couples.
Reference periods: Data on living arrangements, and on families and work, are at June. Data on de facto couples are at census date.
FAMILIES AND WORK
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT(a) | ACT | Aust. |
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| Couple families with children under 15 years, both parents employed (of all couple families with children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 54.3 | 55.1 | 55.6 | 53.7 | 55.3 | 46.9 | 72.3 | 62.3 | 54.9 |
Couple families with children under 15 years, neither parent employed (of all couple families
with children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 14.6 | *2.2 | 5.4 | 7.9 |
One-parent families with children under 15 years, parent employed (of all one-parent families
with children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 44.6 | 40.9 | 45.8 | 44.3 | 41.7 | 42.8 | 53.6 | 61.0 | 44.0 |
| Children under 15 years living in families where no parent is employed (of all children under 15 years) | % | 1999 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 24.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 18.3 |
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Reference periods: Data on living arrangements, and on families and work, are at June. Data on de facto couples are at census date.
FAMILY FORMATION
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| REGISTERED MARRIAGES | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Number of marriages | '000 | 1998 | 39.1 | 26.4 | 21.3 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 110.6 |
| Crude marriage rate (per 1,000 population) | rate | 1998 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Marriages where both partners married for the first time (of all marriages) | % | 1998 | 67.8 | 69.1 | 63.9 | 65.5 | 64.5 | 62.0 | 61.7 | 67.2 | 66.7 |
| Median age of men at first marriage | years | 1998 | 27.9 | 28.1 | 27.7 | 28.0 | 28.2 | 27.6 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 27.9 |
| Median age of women at first marriage | years | 1998 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 26.0 | 26.2 | 25.9 | 26.6 | 26.2 | 26.2 |
| Median age at remarriage (divorced men) | years | 1998 | 42.0 | 41.6 | 42.2 | 42.2 | 42.4 | 41.9 | 42.3 | 42.5 | 42.0 |
| Median age at remarriage (divorced women) | years | 1998 | 38.0 | 38.2 | 38.5 | 39.5 | 38.8 | 38.2 | 37.9 | 38.9 | 38.4 |
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Reference periods: Data on family formation are for the calendar year.
DIVORCE
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Number of divorces | '000 | 1998 | 15.0 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 51.4 |
| Crude divorce rate (per 1,000 population) | rate | 1998 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.4 | (a) | 2.7 |
| Median duration between marriage and final separation | years | 1998 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 7.8 |
| Divorces involving children under 18 years (of all divorces) | % | 1998 | 50.7 | 51.0 | 56.5 | 57.2 | 53.4 | 64.3 | 55.6 | 56.1 | 53.4 |
| Children under 18 years affected by divorce | '000 | 1998 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 51.6 |
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(a) Based on the location of the Family Court where the divorce is granted and registered. Due to the large number of divorces granted in the ACT to usual residents of another State, the divorce rate for the ACT is not representative of the ACT population.
FERTILITY
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Births | '000 | 1998 | 85.5 | 60.5 | 47.0 | 18.2 | 24.7 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 249.6 |
| Total fertility rate (per woman) | rate | 1998 | 1.79 | 1.68 | 1.79 | 1.70 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 2.20 | 1.56 | 1.76 |
| Births to mothers aged under 20 years (of all births) | % | 1998 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 12.9 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| Births to mothers aged 35 years and over (of all births) | % | 1998 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 13.8 | 17.2 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 17.7 | 16.1 |
| Births outside marriage (of all births) | % | 1998 | 26.6 | 23.3 | 33.7 | 30.4 | 31.8 | 38.8 | 58.3 | 26.4 | 28.7 |
| Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) | % | 1998 | 86.2 | 92.0 | 86.3 | 89.6 | 85.9 | 88.9 | 67.6 | 84.4 | 87.1 |
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CHILD CARE
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT(A) | ACT | Aust. |
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| Children aged under 3 years using formal care (of all children under 3 years) | % | 1999 | 20.7 | 19.7 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 23.6 | 20.1 | 34.8 | 28.8 | 22.3 |
| Children aged under 3 years using informal care (of all children under 3 years) | % | 1999 | 43.4 | 47.7 | 37.1 | 50.7 | 38.3 | 38.0 | 32.6 | 40.8 | 43.0 |
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(a) Estimates for child care for the Northern Territory refer to mainly urban areas only.
Reference periods: Data on child care are at June.
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