The table below gives information about the situation of marriage and age from 1960 to 2000 in Australia

The table shows the

number

of marital statuses, with approval from religion and civil, and the

number

of brides and bridegrooms classified by age in Australia between 1960 and 2000.

Overall

, proven by religion marriage led the

number

over a 40-year

period

, except in the year 2000,

while

the bridegroom's

number

was higher than the bride’s one during the same

period

. From 1960 to 1980, the

number

of civilians in Australia, who were married by religion was triple times higher than those, being married by civilian approval.

This

number

started to decline to 32.000 in 1990, but it is still popular in Australia.

In contrast

, in 2000, the

number

of civil marriages surpassed the

number

of married by religious by 6000 inhabitants. For the proportion of age,

although

both bride and bridegroom numbers increased steadily in the given

period

. the

number

of bridegrooms took dominance with a slight gap between 2 and 3 in the given

period

.