State summary tables
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 |
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