CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1901.—FAMILIES, ETC., TABLE XXXIX.—The Ages at Marriage of the Wives of various Birthplaces.

AGE AT MARRIAGE OF WIFE.	BIRTHPLACE OF WIFE.							ALL WIVES.
	New South Wales.	Other Australian States and New Zealand.	England and Wales.	Scotland.	Ireland.	Germany.	United States of America.
	Number Married at each age.
7 years								1
10 years								2
11 years								2
12 years								1
13 years	9	2		1				16
14 years	75	9	10	1	7	2		121
15 years	432	49	28	5	24	9		582
16 years	3,610	614	575	103	226	25	13	5,261
17 years	7,272	1,260	1,318	260	482	64	28	10,841
18 years	10,615	1,861	2,079	430	726	82	37	16,028
19 years	12,588	2,361	2,683	546	885	98	42	19,454
20 years	13,910	2,633	3,240	748	1,281	133	47	22,258
21 years	12,954	2,585	3,022	615	1,177	128	60	20,780
22 years	11,291	2,298	2,774	640	1,315	132	39	18,730
23 years	9,508	1,978	2,324	547	1,254	123	38	15,945
24 years	8,001	1,786	2,108	502	1,112	107	39	13,834
25 years	6,526	1,454	1,795	509	1,165	80	30	11,736
26 years	4,963	1,113	1,433	375	990	74	25	9,085
27 years	3,927	860	1,151	289	840	65	21	7,257
28 years	3,077	708	975	248	734	56	15	5,899
29 years	2,338	566	789	196	571	27	9	4,562
30 years	1,840	471	672	175	557	39	5	3,821
31 years	1,313	348	516	144	342	25	9	2,745
32 years	1,092	269	440	122	297	29	5	2,288
33 years	826	193	409	72	238	21	7	1,798
34 years	650	182	339	96	227	16	5	1,551
35 years	580	142	293	84	213	15	9	1,345
36 years	494	115	248	54	130	17	1	1,074
37 years	399	86	215	51	115	12	2	903
38 years	345	76	204	47	118	9	3	820
39 years	264	64	177	32	96	9	1	654
40 years	224	42	172	44	71	6	3	577
41 years	182	36	161	30	68	3	4	491
42 years	146	29	131	35	57	8	1	416
43 years	149	17	129	22	44	8		378
44 years	99	17	113	26	46	4		318
45 years	91	16	86	10	37	4	2	250
46 years	65	13	88	16	32	5		224
47 years	69	10	77	8	25	4		201
48 years	60	5	69	11	39	2	1	189
49 years	39	3	65	7	26	4		147
50 years and under 55	124	13	203	28	77	12	2	468
55 years and under 60	48	3	105	16	32	10		210
60 years and under 65	16	2	51	10	9	3	1	95
65 years and under 70	2		25	1	4	3		34
70 years and under 75			9	2		1		12
75 years			2					2
76 years			1					1
77 years				2				2
78 years			2					2
98 years					1			1
Not stated	1,253	289	516	124	453	31	10	2,774
All ages	121,461	24,578	31,824	7,284	16,143	1,505	514	206,186
Average age at Marriage	23.27	23.76	25.27	26.51	26.30	25.54	24.23	23.59