The table below gives information about the marriages in Australia between 1960 and 2000.

The table illustrates the number of religious and civil

marriages

in Australia in the years 1960 and 2000,

as well as

the average

age

of brides and grooms.

Overall

,

while

religious

marriages

experienced a significant drop over the period, civil

marriages

showed a quick growth.

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Meanwhile

, the average

age

which both men and women

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steadily increased. The two types of

marriages

exhibited differing patterns of change. In 1960, religious

marriages

stood at 12,000 which was higher than civil ones to a mere 8,000. Both types of

marriages

grew to 46.000 and 11.000, respectively in 1970,

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to show a moderate increase after a decade. Meanwhile,

while

the number of religious

marriages

fell to 2,000, civil

marriages

went up to 28,000. In 2000, civil ones increased sharply and religious

marriages

witnessed a growth to 36,000.

Similarly

, regarding the

age

of

marriages

, in 1960 the average

age

of brides and grooms was 21 and 23, respectively.

Thereafter

, both

age

groups went up by 2 years until 1980.

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after a 10-year period,

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the

average

age

of females grew to 28 and continued to double by 2 years until 2000, the marriage

age

of males

also

showed growth to 29. In 2000, men's average

age

increased consistently by a year, finishing at 31.