CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—FAMILIES, ETC., TABLE XXX.—The Ages at Marriage of the Wives of the Principal Religions.

AGE AT MARRIAGE OF WIFE.	RELIGION OF WIFE.							All Wives.
	Church of England.	Roman Catholic.	Methodist.	Presbyterian.	Congregational.	Baptist.	Jewish.
	Number married at each age.
7 years								1
10 years		1	1					2
11 years		1						2
12 years		1						1
13 years	4	6	2	1			1	16
14 years	57	46	5	5			1	121
15 years	298	173	47	25	1	5	6	582
16 years	2,825	1,296	495	361	36	43	37	5,261
17 years	5,727	2,617	1,084	789	104	100	68	10,841
18 years	8,196	3,697	1,835	1,229	236	201	89	16,028
19 years	9,802	4,291	2,388	1,645	338	239	109	19,454
20 years	10,759	5,272	2,605	2,001	426	336	134	22,258
21 years	10,029	4,792	2,478	1,957	459	316	105	20,780
22 years	8,737	4,446	2,201	1,825	414	300	86	18,730
23 years	7,319	3,958	1,792	1,658	362	228	79	15,945
24 years	6,091	3,550	1,592	1,512	344	209	64	13,834
25 years	5,212	3,073	1,169	1,324	277	203	56	11,736
26 years	3,873	2,541	944	1,069	232	119	33	9,085
27 years	3,031	2,098	709	872	168	95	26	7,257
28 years	2,509	1,732	540	670	137	81	24	5,899
29 years	2,044	1,239	410	534	85	54	20	4,562
30 years	1,577	1,109	348	476	79	50	17	3,821
31 years	1,192	741	225	356	55	44	6	2,745
32 years	1,032	634	169	265	41	35	11	2,288
33 years	814	486	165	182	46	20	13	1,798
34 years	703	439	119	169	31	30	5	1,551
35 years	605	355	130	146	26	18	5	1,345
36 years	507	286	87	105	21	13	6	1,074
37 years	433	227	78	96	19	12	4	903
38 years	363	223	80	89	10	18	2	820
39 years	297	176	60	63	14	7	4	654
40 years	290	132	53	62	7	9	2	577
41 years	240	115	44	52	6	10		491
42 years	179	97	49	45	11	13	3	416
43 years	177	78	41	47	9	7		378
44 years	147	74	38	35	8	5	1	318
45 years	117	53	30	22	11	4		250
46 years	97	58	30	23	7	5	1	224
47 years	96	42	29	17	4	4	2	201
48 years	90	48	20	14	3	4		189
49 years	72	33	16	13	1	6		147
50 years and under 55	233	99	54	35	12	15	3	468
55 years and under 60	99	42	26	20	5	5	3	210
60 years and under 65	48	12	14	9		5	1	95
65 years and under 70	17	5	7	3	1			34
70 years and under 75	6	2	2	2				12
75 years	2							2
76 years	1							1
77 years		1		1				2
78 years	2							2
98 years		1						1
Not stated	1,215	918	158	190	44	29	19	2,774
All Ages	97,164	51,316	22,369	20,014	4,090	2,897	1,046	206,186
Average Age at Marriage	23.37	23.82	23.31	24.18	24.18	24.16	22.93	23.59