The variety of Aussies getting wed is down, with authorities blaming COVID-19 constraints for the drop in weddings.
There were 89,164 marital relationships signed up in Australia in 2021, listed below pre-pandemic numbers however more than the historical low taped in 2020, when 78,989 got married, the Australian Bureau of Stats stated.
That’s 31 percent down in NSW on 2019, and a drop of 34.6 percent in Victoria.However, lockdowns didn’t effect divorces which increased compared to 2020 numbers.
There were 56,244 divorces given in 2021, a boost of 13.6 percent on the year prior to.
In 2019, 48,582 couples got separated.
Nevertheless, The Federal Circuit and Household Court of Australia state the high variety of divorces settled in 2021 remains in part associated to administrative modifications to increase finalisations and decrease timeframes.
Same-sex marital relationships represented 3.2 percent of all marital relationships signed up in Australia in 2021.