Table
| Year Annual average | All married | Unmarried2 | Previously married3 | Estimated per cent unmarried at age 504 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| 1The average age is average of those actually marrying in the period, thus being influenced by cohort size variations. | ||||||||
| 2Never married. | ||||||||
| 3Divorced and widowed. | ||||||||
| 4On the condition that a cohort unmarried persons at age 15 years will get married according to the age-specific marriage rates in the year observed, and that deaths do not occur. The percentage is not influenced by cohort size variations. In 1996 a new model for calculating per cent unmarried at age 50 was put into use. Using the model, new figures for 1991-1995 have been calculated. The implication of the adjustment is that the percentage is not directly comparable to those of preceding years. | ||||||||
| 1961-1965 | 27.8 | 24.5 | 26.4 | 23.4 | 43.7 | 38.3 | 7.6 | 3.6 |
| 1966-1970 | 26.5 | 23.7 | 25.3 | 22.8 | 41.9 | 37.3 | 7.7 | 4.6 |
| 1971-1975 | 26.5 | 23.8 | 25.2 | 22.8 | 40.2 | 36.2 | 10.9 | 6.0 |
| 1976-1980 | 27.5 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 23.3 | 39.0 | 35.6 | 17.8 | 11.8 |
| 1981-1985 | 28.8 | 25.9 | 26.8 | 24.2 | 40.2 | 36.6 | 25.9 | 19.5 |
| 1986-1990 | 30.4 | 27.4 | 28.2 | 25.5 | 41.6 | 37.7 | 32.5 | 26.5 |
| 1991-1995 | 32.1 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 26.9 | 43.3 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 35.1 |
| 1996-2000 | 34.2 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 28.6 | 45.4 | 41.5 | 37.3 | 32.5 |
| 2001-2005 | 36.0 | 32.5 | 32.6 | 29.8 | 47.0 | 43.1 | 39.3 | 35.3 |
| 2006-2010 | 37.2 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 30.9 | 48.6 | 44.7 | 39.6 | 36.3 |
| 2011-2015 | 37.9 | 34.3 | 34.2 | 31.4 | 50.4 | 46.3 | 44.2 | 41.2 |
| 2001 | 35.3 | 32.1 | 32.0 | 29.3 | 46.4 | 42.8 | 38.5 | 34.3 |
| 2002 | 35.5 | 32.1 | 32.2 | 29.5 | 46.6 | 42.4 | 37.0 | 33.6 |
| 2003 | 35.8 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 29.7 | 47.2 | 43.0 | 40.0 | 35.7 |
| 2004 | 36.3 | 32.8 | 32.9 | 30.0 | 47.1 | 43.4 | 40.4 | 36.5 |
| 2005 | 36.7 | 33.3 | 33.2 | 30.4 | 47.8 | 43.9 | 40.5 | 36.2 |
| 2006 | 36.9 | 33.5 | 33.4 | 30.6 | 48.0 | 44.1 | 41.7 | 38.5 |
| 2007 | 37.2 | 33.7 | 33.7 | 30.8 | 48.3 | 44.3 | 39.4 | 35.7 |
| 2008 | 37.6 | 34.2 | 34.1 | 31.2 | 48.9 | 45.1 | 37.2 | 33.4 |
| 2009 | 37.3 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 31.0 | 49.0 | 45.0 | 38.9 | 35.8 |
| 2010 | 37.2 | 33.6 | 33.8 | 30.9 | 49.0 | 45.2 | 41.0 | 38.2 |
| 2011 | 37.7 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 31.1 | 49.6 | 45.5 | 43.0 | 40.0 |
| 2012 | 37.8 | 34.2 | 34.1 | 31.3 | 49.9 | 46.1 | 41.9 | 38.6 |
| 2013 | 37.9 | 34.3 | 34.2 | 31.4 | 50.4 | 46.4 | 43.8 | 40.6 |
| 2014 | 38.0 | 34.5 | 34.3 | 31.6 | 50.9 | 46.6 | 45.7 | 42.6 |
| 2015 | 38.1 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 31.8 | 51.1 | 46.8 | 46.8 | 44.2 |
| 2016 | 38.2 | 34.8 | 34.6 | 31.9 | 51.4 | 47.0 | 47.5 | 45.3 |