Divorce in the UK by Age and Sex
In
England and Wales
| Year |
Decrees made absolute |
Divorce decrees per 1,000
married population |
Per-cent aged under 35 |
Mean age at divorce1 |
Median age at divorce1 |
| Males |
All
divorces |
1st marriage |
2nd or
later marriage |
16 and
over |
16–24 |
25–29 |
30–34 |
35–44 |
45 and over |
| 2000 |
141.1 |
112.1 |
29.1 |
12.7 |
22.3 |
27.9 |
27.4 |
21.9 |
6.3 |
29.9 |
41.3 |
39.7 |
| 2001 |
143.8 |
114.3 |
29.5 |
13.0 |
20.3 |
27.9 |
28.3 |
22.8 |
6.5 |
28.4 |
41.5 |
40.0 |
| 2002 |
147.7 |
116.9 |
30.8 |
13.4 |
23.2 |
29.1 |
29.2 |
23.7 |
6.9 |
26.7 |
41.9 |
40.4 |
| 2003 |
153.5 |
121.4 |
32.0 |
14.0 |
24.6 |
30.3 |
30.0 |
25.2 |
7.4 |
24.7 |
42.3 |
40.9 |
| 2004 |
153.4 |
121.1 |
32.3 |
14.1 |
25.0 |
30.3 |
30.0 |
25.3 |
7.7 |
23.3 |
42.7 |
41.4 |
| 2005 |
141.8 |
111.7 |
30.1 |
13.1 |
23.9 |
28.1 |
27.1 |
23.5 |
7.5 |
21.8 |
43.1 |
42.0 |
| 2006 |
132.6 |
104.3 |
28.2 |
12.4 |
22.0 |
26.9 |
25.7 |
22.2 |
7.2 |
20.6 |
43.4 |
42.4 |
| Females |
| 2000 |
141.1 |
112.6 |
28.5 |
12.6 |
24.5 |
29.0 |
26.6 |
19.4 |
5.2 |
39.6 |
38.8 |
37.3 |
| 2001 |
143.8 |
114.6 |
29.2 |
12.9 |
23.9 |
29.2 |
27.6 |
20.5 |
5.4 |
37.8 |
39.1 |
37.7 |
| 2002 |
147.7 |
117.5 |
30.2 |
13.3 |
26.8 |
30.3 |
28.3 |
21.6 |
5.7 |
35.9 |
39.4 |
38.2 |
| 2003 |
153.5 |
121.9 |
31.6 |
14.0 |
28.2 |
31.4 |
29.1 |
23.2 |
6.1 |
33.7 |
39.8 |
38.7 |
| 2004 |
153.4 |
121.8 |
31.6 |
14.0 |
27.8 |
31.7 |
28.9 |
23.6 |
6.4 |
31.9 |
40.2 |
39.2 |
| 2005 |
141.8 |
112.0 |
29.7 |
13.0 |
26.5 |
28.5 |
26.1 |
22.2 |
6.2 |
30.0 |
40.6 |
39.8 |
| 2006 |
132.6 |
104.8 |
27.7 |
12.3 |
24.4 |
28.0 |
24.4 |
21.1 |
6.0 |
28.8 |
40.9 |
40.1 |
1. The mean/median ages shown in this table
are unstandardised and therefore take no account of changes in the structure
of the population by age or marital status.
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