Australia's Love Affair With Weddings

Australia's Love Affair With Weddings In Statistics The wedding industry is seeing a growing trend for more intimate weddings held at home with many couples choosing to remain in Australia for their honeymoon, rather than travelling abroad. Civil celebrants perform 72% of all marriages in Oz* ................ WEDDING SEASON The most popular months to tie the knot are March & November, with July proving to be the least popular. Civil Celebrants Relegious Celebrants 18% 17% 6% March November July Crude Marriage Rate* 1930's 1960's 1990's 2000's Decade 78%* 72% 123,244* Percentage of couples who marry after already having lived together. Percentage of marriages between a bride & The number of marriages registered in 2012. An all time high. groom never previously married. *All Statistics sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/3310.0?0penDocument Married Population (%)