Divorce declining and marriages 'more successful' as Australians marry later in life

By Inga Ting
Updated January 9 2017 - 1:08pm, first published 1:01pm
Lauren Robertson, 30, says only about a quarter of her female friends are married. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Lauren Robertson, 30, says only about a quarter of her female friends are married. Photo: Brook Mitchell
SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - JANUARY 07: 30-year-old Lauren Robertson poses for a photo on Seven Shiilings Beach, Double Bay, on January 7, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Lauren is at the median age for women to marry and about to cross the age threshold (31 years and over) where the majority of women are married. However, like a growing number of Australians, Lauren has moved away from traditional ideas about marriage and isn't planning to marry any time soon. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Fairfax Media) Photo: Brook Mitchell
SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - JANUARY 07: 30-year-old Lauren Robertson poses for a photo on Seven Shiilings Beach, Double Bay, on January 7, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Lauren is at the median age for women to marry and about to cross the age threshold (31 years and over) where the majority of women are married. However, like a growing number of Australians, Lauren has moved away from traditional ideas about marriage and isn't planning to marry any time soon. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Fairfax Media) Photo: Brook Mitchell

It happens around the age of 30 to almost half of Australians. That moment when, for the first time in their lives, those who have never married are no longer the majority of people their age.

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