UK Wedding News
08/02/2013
In the past fifty years, the average age of grooms has decreased from 30.9 years in 1960 to a low of 26.2 years in 1977 and has increased to a high of 34.1 years in 2010.
A similar trend is evident for brides with the average age decreasing from 27.1 in 1960 to 24.0 in 1977 and has increased to a high of 32.0 in 2010.
The number of marriages registered in 2010 was 20,594, which equates to a crude marriage rate of 4.5 per 1,000 of the population. This compares with a total of 21,627 marriages and a marriage rate of 4.8 per thousand of the population in 2009.
Of the 20,594 marriages registered in 2010, there were 13,781 Roman Catholic marriage ceremonies (67%), 5,991 civil marriages (29%), 427 Church of Ireland ceremonies (2%) and the remaining 2% was made up of Presbyterian, Methodist, Jewish and other ceremonies.
(CD/GK)
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Average Age Of Bride And Groom Continues To Rise
The average age of grooms in 2010 was 34.1 years, 0.1 years more than the average age in 2009, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).In the past fifty years, the average age of grooms has decreased from 30.9 years in 1960 to a low of 26.2 years in 1977 and has increased to a high of 34.1 years in 2010.
A similar trend is evident for brides with the average age decreasing from 27.1 in 1960 to 24.0 in 1977 and has increased to a high of 32.0 in 2010.
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The number of marriages registered in 2010 was 20,594, which equates to a crude marriage rate of 4.5 per 1,000 of the population. This compares with a total of 21,627 marriages and a marriage rate of 4.8 per thousand of the population in 2009.
Of the 20,594 marriages registered in 2010, there were 13,781 Roman Catholic marriage ceremonies (67%), 5,991 civil marriages (29%), 427 Church of Ireland ceremonies (2%) and the remaining 2% was made up of Presbyterian, Methodist, Jewish and other ceremonies.
(CD/GK)
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