The ABS issued the 2025 statistics on the 28th July. One unspoken headline is that 40,748 children under the age of 16 were affected by these divorces making a total of 214,637 between 2021 and 2025. These children will potentially grow up with a fractured view of what marriage is!
Marriages
- The total number of registered marriages for the year was 118,804 the number according to God’s design was 114,168. This is a drop of 2040 compared to 2024, that is a percentage drop of 1.7%, the number of marriages in 2023 was 118,439.
- Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory all registered fewer marriages than in 2024.
- New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory all showed an increase in registrations on 2024
- The median age for marriage in 2025 was 32.7 for men and 31.2 for women, with not a great variation during the last 5 years
Divorces
- Whilst the divorce rate of 2.2 for 2025 remains much lower than the high rate of 3.3 in 2005 it did show a rise against 2024. [The divorce rate is measured against per 1000 people in Australia over the age of 16 years]
- The total number of divorces for the year was 49,158 with a net figure of 48,288 for divorce between man and woman.
- The median duration of a marriage to separation was 9.4 years and 13.4 years to divorce.
- The median age for divorce in 2025 was 47.3 for men and 44.4 for women
The following table show s the figures by state
"“Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”"
Matthew 22:37-40 [NLT]
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