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CSO statistical release, 10 April 2019, 11am

Marriages

2018

	2018	2017
Opposite-Sex Marriages	20,389	21,262
Same-Sex Marriages	664	759
All Marriages rate per 1,000 population	4.3	4.6
Average Age of Groom (Opposite-Sex Marriage)	36.4	36.1
Average Age of Bride (Opposite-Sex Marriage)	34.4	34.1
Average Age of Male (Same-Sex Marriage)	40.1	40.3
Average Age of Female (Same-Sex Marriage)	38.7	40.5

There were 21,053 marriages in 2018 including 664 same-sex marriages

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There were 664 same-sex marriages in 2018, of which 372 were male unions and 292 were female unions.

The average age of couples in same-sex marriages in 2018 was 39.5 years. The average age of male partners in same-sex marriages was 40.1 and the average age of female partners was lower at 38.7. See tables 23A, 23B and 23C.

There were 20,389 opposite-sex marriages in 2018. The average age of grooms was 36.4 years, 0.3 years more than the average age of grooms in 2017. In the past 50 years, the average age of grooms decreased from 28.4 years in 1968 to 26.2 years, 10 years later, in 1978 and increased to a high of 36.4 years in 2018. A similar trend is evident for brides with the average age decreasing from 25.5 in 1968 to a record low of 24.0 in 1978 and increasing to a high of 34.4 in 2018. See tables 1 and 3.

The number of all marriages (opposite-sex and same-sex) registered in 2018 was 21,053 which equates to a crude (unadjusted) marriage rate of 4.3 per 1,000 population, 0.3 less than the 2017 rate. This is 968 fewer marriages than in 2017 when 22,021 marriages took place. Same-sex marriages accounted for 3.2% of all marriages in 2018. See table 1.

In 2018, religious ceremonies accounted for 61.2% of all marriages. There were 10,027 (47.6%) Catholic marriage ceremonies, 323 (1.5%) Church of Ireland ceremonies, The Spiritualist Union of Ireland performed 1,430 (6.8%) ceremonies and 1,108 (5.3%) couples opted for other religious ceremonies. The majority of non-religious ceremonies were civil marriages which accounted for 29.8% (6,278) of all marriages; the remaining 1,887 (9.0%) couples had Humanist ceremonies. See tables 1, 3, 3A, 17, 17A and figure 2.

X-axis label	%
Other Religious	5.3
Church of Ireland	1.5
Roman Catholic	47.6
Civil Marriages	29.8
Humanist Association	9.0
Spiritualist Union of Ireland	6.8

63%

Percentage of opposite-sex couples opting for religious ceremonies (62.6%)

In 2018, religious ceremonies accounted for the highest proportion of opposite-sex marriages (62.6%). There were 10,027 (49.2%) Catholic marriage ceremonies, 323 (1.6%) Church of Ireland ceremonies, 62 (0.3%) Presbyterian ceremonies while The Spiritualist Union of Ireland performed 1,341 (6.6%) marriage ceremonies in 2018. The remaining 1,009 (4.9%) couples opted for other religious ceremonies. Civil marriage ceremonies were the most popular choice for non-religious marriage ceremonies accounting for 5,861 (28.7%) of all opposite-sex marriages. In recent years the Humanist Association has also risen in popularity with 1,766 (8.7%) such marriages in 2018 compared to 1,616 (7.6%) in 2017. See tables 1, 3 and 17, and figure 2.

63%

Percentage of same-sex couples having civil ceremonies in 2018 (62.8%)

The most popular form of ceremony for same-sex marriage celebrations was civil marriage ceremonies, which accounted for 417 marriages (62.8%) followed by The Humanist Association of Ireland with 121 or 18.2% of ceremonies, The Spiritualist Union of Ireland accounted for 89 or 13.4% of ceremonies and the remaining 37 of same-sex couples (i.e. 5.6%) had ceremonies with other religious denominations. Over one-third of all same-sex marriage ceremonies took place in the Dublin City area (34.8%), followed by Cork City with 6.2%. See Tables 1, 3A, 3B, 13A, 13B and 17A.

August

The most popular month for all marriages in 2018

August was the most popular month for opposite-sex marriages in 2018

August was the most popular month for opposite-sex marriages, similar to 2017. In 2018, 13.5% (or 2,758) of marriages occurred in August. Almost a quarter (24.5%) of all marriages took place in the months of July and August. January continued to be the least popular month for marriage ceremonies with only 566 (2.8%) of opposite-sex marriages occurring during that month.

Friday and Saturday were the most popular days of the week to get married with 14,385 or 70.6% of opposite-sex marriages occurring on those days. The least popular day was Sunday when 594 (2.9%) couples wed. See table 16.

Saturday 4th August was the most popular date for opposite-sex marriages in 2018 with 239 (1.3%) marriages taking place on that day. This was followed by Saturday 2nd June, when 231 (1.2%) marriages occurred. Friday 10th August was the third most popular date with 229 (1.2%) marriage celebrations on that day. See table 16.

August was the most popular month for same-sex marriages in 2018

The most popular month for same-sex marriages in 2018 was August with 92 (13.8%) marriages.

Friday was the most popular day for same-sex marriages with over one-third (246) or 37.0% of all same-sex marriages celebrated on that day. As with opposite-sex marriages, Sunday was the least popular day for same-sex marriages when only 28 couples (4.2%) wed. See table 16A.

Friday 23rd of March and Friday 7th September were jointly the most popular dates for same-sex marriages in 2018 with 10 (1.5%) marriages respectively, occurring on each of these days. These were followed by Friday 22nd June, 20th July, and the 17th August, when 9 (1.4%) marriages took place on each of those dates.

EU marriage rate

In 2017 (most recent available data) Lithuania had the highest crude (unadjusted) marriage rate of the EU 28 Member States with a rate of 7.5 per 1,000 population. Slovenia had the lowest rates, with 3.1 marriages per 1,000 population. In comparison, in 2017 Ireland had a marriage rate of 4.6 per thousand population and was ranked 18th. (The latest available data for Germany and France was 2016 and 2015 was the most recent data available for The United Kingdom. See figure 3.

EU-28	Marriage rate
Lithuania	7.5
Romania	7.3
Cyprus	6.8
Latvia	6.8
Malta	6.3
Slovakia	5.8
Denmark	5.5
Hungary	5.2
Sweden	5.2
Austria	5.1
Poland	5.1
Germany (2016)	5
Czech Republic	5
Croatia	4.9
Estonia	4.9
Finland	4.8
Greece	4.7
Ireland (2017)	4.6
United Kingdom (2015)	4.4
Ireland (2018)	4.3
Bulgaria	4
Belgium	3.9
Netherlands	3.8
Spain	3.7
France (2016)	3.5
Portugal	3.3
Italy	3.2
Luxembourg	3.2
Slovenia	3.1

Groom older than bride in 62.5% of opposite-sex marriages

The average age of grooms and brides in 2018 was 36.4 years and 34.4 years respectively. The average age of grooms marrying for the first time was 34.9 years and for brides the average age was 33.4 years. See tables 22 and 23.

The groom was older than the bride in 62.5% of marriages in 2018. See tables 7 and 8.

In 2018, 2.0% of grooms were under the age of 25 and 45.1% of grooms were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. For brides, 3.2% were under the age of 25 and 34.6% were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. See tables 1, 7 and 8.

Monaghan had the lowest average age for both grooms and brides in 2018, at 34.5 and 32.5 years respectively. At the other end of the scale, Wicklow had the highest average age for both, with 38.3 years for grooms and 36.3 years for brides. See tables 9 and 10.

Over 87% of opposite-sex marriages were first time marriages

In 2018, 87.2% (17,789) of opposite-sex marriages were the first marriage for both the groom and bride. The breakdown between grooms and brides was 18,581 (91.1%) grooms and 18,881 (92.6%) brides marrying for the first time. See tables 17, 19, 22 and 23.

There were 2,440 opposite-sex marriages involving at least one divorced person in 2018, including 568 marriages where both parties were divorced. See table 17.

Over 85% of same-sex marriages were first time marriages

Of the 1,328 individual same-sex partners in 2018, the majority - 1,137 or 85.6% were previously single, 132 (9.9%) were previous civil partners, while 49 (3.7%) were divorced, 8 (0.6%) were former civil partners, and 1 surviving civil partner. See tables 23A, 23B and 23C.

Opposite-sex couples residing outside Ireland before marriage account for over 12% of marriages

Marriages where both the bride and groom were residing in Ireland before marriage accounted for 85.3% (17,388) of marriages. In 2018, 2,594 (12.7%) marriages involved both the bride and groom living outside the State before marriage. See tables 11 and 12.

The future permanent residence of opposite-sex married couples was stated to be outside Ireland in 13.4% (2,734) of marriages in 2018. This compares to 2,838 (13.3%) in 2017. See table 1.

Over one in five opposite-sex marriages were between brides and grooms of the same socio-economic group

In 2018, 23.2% (4,739) of all marriages involved the bride and groom being of the same socio-economic group.

Over half (57%) of grooms and more than two-fifths (41.9%) of brides in the 'Professional Occupations’ socio-economic group married an individual in the same group.

The socio-economic group with the greatest apparent disparity was the "Skilled Trades Occupations" where 2.9% of grooms married within their own group in comparison to 38.3% of brides doing so. See table 6 and background notes.

Civil Partnerships

There were no civil partnership ceremonies in 2018. Civil partnership legislation has been superseded by same-sex marriage legislation. See note on same-sex marriage legislation below.

Divorces granted in 2017

For the numbers of divorces and judicial separations granted in 2017 (the most recent data available) see attached link: Divorce: (Courts Service Annual Report 2017) The section on Family Law page 57-60 contains this information.

Population

The estimated population (usual residence) in April 2018 was 4,857,015.

Same-sex marriage legislation.

The Marriage Act 2015 (No.35/2015) effective from the 16th November 2015 (S.I 504/15 refers) allows parties of the same-sex to marry. From the 16th November 2015, when same-sex marriage legislation came into effect, same-sex couples no longer had the option to apply for a Civil Partnership.

Show Table 1 Summary data for marriages 2013-2018

Table 1 Summary data for marriages 2013-2018
	Opposite-sex marriages						Same-sex marriages		All marriages
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
State	20,680	22,045	22,025	21,570	21,262	20,389	759	664	22,021	21,053
³Marriage rate per 1,000 population	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.2	0.2	0.1	4.6	4.3
Average age of party 1¹	34.9	35.0	35.3	35.7	36.1	36.4	43.4	42.2	36.3	36.6
Average age of party 2²	32.8	33.0	33.2	33.8	34.1	34.4	37.4	36.8	34.2	34.5
Percentage of marriages by
age of party 1¹	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Under 20	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.4
20-24	2.4	2.3	2.4	1.8	1.7	1.5	0.9	0.5	1.7	1.5
25-29	20.0	19.7	18.5	16.2	15.9	14.7	6.7	7.8	15.6	14.5
30-34	41.0	40.5	39.7	39.6	38.7	38.2	17.4	18.7	38.0	37.6
35-39	19.0	19.7	20.6	22.3	21.9	22.4	20.6	27.1	21.8	22.5
40 and over	17.0	17.3	18.4	19.5	21.4	22.7	54.4	45.9	22.6	23.5
Percentage of marriages by
age of party 2²	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Under 20	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.7
20-24	4.3	4.4	4.0	2.8	2.7	2.5	4.3	4.2	2.8	2.6
25-29	29.4	28.7	27.2	25.3	24.0	22.6	19.2	20.6	23.8	22.6
30-34	39.7	39.5	40.4	40.8	40.7	39.5	24.9	27.9	40.2	39.2
35-39	14.7	14.8	15.1	17.0	17.2	18.5	19.6	17.9	17.3	18.5
40 and over	10.8	11.5	12.2	13.3	14.6	16.1	31.8	29.4	15.2	16.5
Form of ceremony
Roman Catholic	12,921	13,072	12,486	12,140	11,219	10,027	–	–	11,219	10,027
Church of Ireland	453	445	393	372	379	323	–	–	379	323
Presbyterian	72	81	73	69	64	62	–	–	64	62
Methodist	25	27	26	27	31	22	–	–	31	22
Jewish	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Spiritualist Union of Ireland	–	819	822	965	1,083	1,341	76	89	1,159	1,430
Other religious	1,112	538	804	972	980	987	45	37	1,025	1,024
Civil marriages	6,096	6,167	6,156	5,588	5,890	5,861	527	417	6,417	6,278
Humanist Association	–	895	1,264	1,437	1,616	1,766	111	121	1,727	1,887
Country of future residence
Outside Republic of Ireland	2,316	2,668	2,845	2,933	2,838	2,734	120	100	2,958	2,834
Northern Ireland	319	432	421	477	489	449	29	23	518	472
England and Wales	947	1,058	1,117	1,175	1,146	1106	34	30	1,180	1,136
Scotland	80	74	97	99	89	87	2	2	91	89
Europe EU 28 (excluding Ireland and UK)	–	–	–	–	122	108	12	12	134	120
Europe remainder	–	–	–	–	24	14	1	5	25	19
Europe (excluding Ireland and UK)	152	157	150	155	–	–	–	–	–	–
U.S.A	198	192	214	227	254	275	10	6	264	281
Elsewhere	620	755	846	797	714	695	32	22	746	717
Not stated	1	–	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
Percentage of marriages with	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
country of residence outside
Republic of Ireland	11.2	12.1	12.9	13.6	13.3	13.4	15.8	15.1	13.4	13.5
¹Party 1 refers to the groom in the case of opposite-sex marriages and refers to the older party in the case of same-sex marriages.
²Party 2 refers to the bride in the case of opposite-sex marriages and refers to the younger party in the case of same-sex marriages.
³Rates have been revised for intercensal years (2012-2015)

Table 2 Age specific marriage rates, 2017 and 2018
	Opposite-sex marriages				Same-sex marriages				All marriages
Age	Marriages per 1,000 males at specified ages		Marriages per 1,000 females at specified ages		Marriages per 1,000 males at specified ages		Marriages per 1,000 females at specified ages		Marriages per 1,000 males at specified ages		Marriages per 1,000 females at specified ages
	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
All ages, 16-49	17.7	16.2	17.8	16.9	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.4	18.0	16.4	18.1	17.3
16-19	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.1
20	1.8	1.5	2.2	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	1.5	2.2	1.4
21	1.5	1.0	2.1	1.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	2.1	1.8
22	2.4	1.7	4.2	3.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	2.4	1.7	4.2	3.1
23	2.6	2.7	5.0	4.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	2.6	2.7	5.0	4.3
24	4.4	4.1	8.2	7.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	4.6	4.1	8.2	7.4
20-24	2.6	2.1	4.3	3.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	2.6	2.1	4.3	3.5
25	7.1	6.3	13.2	12.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	7.1	6.3	13.3	11.6
26	12.7	10.7	21.1	18.6	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.2	12.8	10.9	21.2	18.8
27	20.3	18.6	33.1	29.8	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	20.6	18.8	33.3	29.4
28	30.5	28.1	43.9	42.7	0.3	1.5	0.2	0.7	30.8	28.5	44.1	44.0
29	45.3	37.5	57.0	51.5	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.8	45.6	37.8	57.4	53.4
25-29	23.4	20.6	34.4	31.6	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.5	23.6	20.8	34.6	31.9
30	53.9	50.1	61.8	60.1	0.3	0.9	0.2	0.9	54.2	50.5	62.1	65.3
31	54.0	55.8	58.1	55.9	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	54.3	56.2	58.4	61.4
32	54.6	49.9	48.4	48.0	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.9	55.1	50.3	48.8	52.4
33	46.4	46.1	41.6	39.1	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.8	47.0	46.4	42.0	42.6
34	39.9	41.3	31.9	30.7	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.9	40.3	41.7	32.3	33.9
30-34	49.5	48.4	47.7	46.1	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	49.9	48.8	48.1	50.4
35	34.0	32.8	24.9	26.6	0.6	1.1	0.3	1.1	34.6	33.4	25.2	29.9
36	26.8	27.3	21.2	21.6	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.8	27.3	27.8	21.6	23.8
37	22.2	21.6	16.9	17.3	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.6	22.7	22.0	17.2	18.6
38	19.3	19.2	14.1	14.0	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.4	19.8	19.5	14.4	14.7
39	18.2	18.2	13.2	12.8	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.6	18.6	18.7	13.6	14.0
35-39	24.1	23.6	18.1	18.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.7	24.6	24.1	18.5	20.0
40	14.3	14.7	10.4	10.7	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	14.7	14.9	10.7	11.1
41	13.4	12.3	8.4	9.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.3	13.8	12.5	8.7	9.9
42	11.6	11.0	6.9	7.1	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.4	12.0	11.4	7.1	7.4
43	9.0	9.9	6.1	6.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	9.5	10.2	6.5	6.8
44	8.6	7.9	5.8	4.9	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	8.9	8.1	6.1	5.2
40-44	11.4	11.2	7.5	7.7	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4	11.8	11.4	7.8	8.1
45	7.5	7.2	5.3	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	7.7	7.5	5.7	5.7
46	5.9	6.5	4.7	5.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	6.2	6.8	5.0	5.6
47	6.2	6.0	4.2	4.4	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	6.6	6.2	4.5	4.5
48	5.3	5.3	4.1	4.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	5.5	5.7	4.4	4.5
49	5.5	6.2	4.3	4.8	0.4	4.4	0.2	3.0	5.9	6.4	4.4	4.8
45-49	6.1	6.3	4.6	4.9	0.3	1.2	0.3	0.7	6.4	6.5	4.8	5.0

Table 3 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified according to age of groom/age of bride and form of ceremony
	Form of ceremony
Age	Catholic	Church	Presbyterian	The Spiritualist	Other religious	Civil Marriages	The Humanist	Total
		of Ireland		Union of Ireland	denominations		Association
Age of groom
Under 20	77	–	–	–	1	5	–	83
20-24	136	3	1	8	33	129	5	315
25-29	1,598	53	23	179	144	768	227	2,992
30-34	4,679	148	21	481	300	1,467	702	7,798
35-39	2,267	54	5	309	219	1,246	463	4,563
40-44	818	34	9	152	117	744	174	2,048
45-49	276	14	1	93	74	512	94	1,064
50-54	98	4	2	55	58	323	54	594
55-59	36	5	–	41	30	282	21	415
60 and over	42	8	–	23	33	385	26	517
Total	10,027	323	62	1,341	1,009	5,861	1,766	20,389
Age of bride
Under 20	121	–	1	–	4	21	–	147
20-24	188	8	6	17	48	242	6	515
25-29	2,619	83	23	260	200	1,060	370	4,615
30-34	4,655	139	14	515	315	1,620	804	8,062
35-39	1,735	58	15	269	212	1,136	348	3,773
40-44	451	12	2	127	95	647	113	1,447
45-49	164	10	1	80	66	451	64	836
50-54	50	7	–	49	39	298	37	480
55-59	20	4	–	16	17	198	16	271
60 and over	24	2	–	8	13	188	8	243
Total	10,027	323	62	1,341	1,009	5,861	1,766	20,389

Average age of groom	34.3	35.5	33.1	37.3	37.8	39.8	36.3	36.4
Average age of bride	32.6	33.5	31.3	35.4	35.5	37.3	34.4	34.4

Table 3A Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified according to age of older party/younger party and form of ceremony
	All same sex marriages
Age	Civil Marriage	The Humanist	The Spiritualist	Other religious	Total
	Ceremonies	Association	Union of Ireland	denominations
Age of older party
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	3	–	–	–	3
25-29	32	9	11	–	52
30-34	66	32	21	5	124
35-39	95	45	27	13	180
40-44	53	13	14	8	88
45-49	42	11	8	7	68
50-54	44	4	3	1	52
55-59	35	6	4	3	48
60 and over	47	1	1	–	49
Total	417	121	89	37	664
Age of younger party
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	21	4	2	1	28
25-29	85	22	25	5	137
30-34	101	43	30	11	185
35-39	62	29	18	10	119
40-44	53	14	7	6	80
45-49	27	5	5	3	40
50-54	30	3	1	–	34
55-59	21	1	1	1	24
60 and over	17	–	–	–	17
Total	417	121	89	37	664
Average age of older party	44.2	38.5	38.5	41.6	42.2
Average age of younger party	38.0	34.8	34.0	35.9	36.8

Table 3B Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified according to age of older party/younger party and form of ceremony, listing male same sex marriages and female same-sex marriages separately
	Male Same-sex marriages					Female same-sex marriages
Age	Civil Marriage	The Humanist	The Spiritualist	Other religious	Total	Civil Marriage	The Humanist	The Spiritualist	Other religious	Total
	Ceremonies	Association	Union of Ireland	denominations		Ceremonies	Association	Union of Ireland	denominations
Age of older party
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	1	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	2
25-29	23	2	6	–	31	9	7	5	–	21
30-34	34	18	8	1	61	32	14	13	4	63
35-39	50	27	9	5	91	45	18	18	8	89
40-44	28	7	7	6	48	25	6	7	2	40
45-49	28	8	4	5	45	14	3	4	2	23
50-54	24	3	2	1	30	20	1	1	–	22
55-59	23	5	1	2	31	12	1	3	1	17
60 and over	32	1	1	–	34	15	–	–	–	15
Total	243	71	38	20	372	174	50	51	17	292
Age of younger party
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	13	2	1	–	16	8	2	1	1	12
25-29	60	10	13	2	85	25	12	12	3	52
30-34	50	26	10	6	92	51	17	20	5	93
35-39	31	17	10	5	63	31	12	8	5	56
40-44	32	10	1	4	47	21	4	6	2	33
45-49	16	3	2	2	23	11	2	3	1	17
50-54	19	2	1	–	22	11	1	–	–	12
55-59	12	1	–	1	14	9	–	1	–	10
60 and over	10	–	–	–	10	7	–	–	–	7
Total	243	71	38	20	372	174	50	51	17	292
Average age of older party	45.0	40.0	38.8	43.2	43.3	42.9	36.4	38.3	39.7	40.8
Average age of younger party	37.8	35.7	33.2	37.5	36.9	38.3	33.6	34.6	34.0	36.6

Table 4 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by occupational group and age of groom
	Age of groom											Average age
Occupational group of groom	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over	All ages	of groom
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	–	9	96	304	228	80	38	25	16	16	812	36.6
Associate professional and Technical occupations	5	31	451	1,298	699	307	139	84	63	67	3,144	36.2
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	–	10	57	107	75	51	36	22	14	13	385	38.5
Elementary occupations	10	61	294	539	363	221	118	67	58	38	1,769	36.8
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	5	20	253	697	457	233	142	79	61	70	2,017	37.8
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	3	6	153	350	270	174	114	79	43	63	1,255	39.4
Professional occupations	–	24	749	2,363	1,076	410	175	93	47	84	5,021	35.3
Sales and Customer service occupations	2	23	156	257	131	56	21	14	3	11	674	34.4
Skilled trades occupations	13	61	646	1,717	1,152	467	248	118	87	94	4,603	36.4
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	45	70	137	166	112	49	33	13	23	61	709	36.1
Total	83	315	2,992	7,798	4,563	2,048	1,064	594	415	517	20,389	36.4

Table 5 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by occupational group and age of bride
	Age of bride											Average age
Occupational group of bride	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over	All ages	of bride
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	1	30	463	911	561	205	137	87	46	46	2,487	35.9
Associate professional and Technical occupations	8	42	533	1,119	511	175	87	51	28	23	2,577	34.4
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	9	77	729	880	447	199	130	79	45	29	2,624	34.5
Elementary occupations	4	53	204	192	136	68	54	39	14	10	774	35.1
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	–	20	289	550	322	133	85	48	19	14	1,480	35.5
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	–	–	30	51	31	9	9	5	4	7	146	37.2
Professional occupations	1	61	1,551	3,403	1,135	350	155	69	53	42	6,820	33.5
Sales and Customer service occupations	5	54	310	405	231	94	55	35	15	5	1,209	34.2
Skilled trades occupations	1	10	74	97	66	39	27	18	5	10	347	36.8
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	118	168	432	454	333	175	97	49	42	57	1,925	34.2
Total	147	515	4,615	8,062	3,773	1,447	836	480	271	243	20,389	34.4

Table 6 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by occupational group of bride and groom
	Occupational group of bride
Occupational group of groom	Administrative and Secretarial occupations	Associate professional and Technical occupations	Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	Elementary occupations	Managers, Directors and Senior officials	Process, Plant and Machine operatives	Professional occupations	Sales and Customer service occupations	Skilled trades occupations	Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	Total
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	174	110	82	23	49	8	278	45	10	33	812
Associate professional and Technical occupations	368	610	344	61	267	24	1,078	158	45	189	3,144
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	51	35	93	20	21	1	74	26	7	57	385
Elementary occupations	194	140	332	209	108	19	259	170	39	299	1,769
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	249	300	192	55	289	12	615	118	29	158	2,017
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	189	102	270	74	72	26	212	118	29	163	1,255
Professional occupations	450	672	279	35	313	15	2,860	133	32	232	5,021
Sales and Customer service occupations	81	80	97	38	43	–	146	103	10	76	674
Skilled trades occupations	677	459	852	217	273	39	1,174	303	133	476	4,603
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	54	69	83	42	45	2	124	35	13	242	709
Total	2,487	2,577	2,624	774	1,480	146	6,820	1,209	347	1,925	20,389

Table 6A Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified by occupational group of older party and younger party
	Occupational group of younger party
Occupational group of older party	Administrative and Secretarial occupations	Associate professional and Technical occupations	Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	Elementary occupations	Managers, Directors and Senior officials	Process, Plant and Machine operatives	Professional occupations	Sales and Customer service occupations	Skilled trades occupations	Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	Total
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	18	9	2	4	2	–	16	3	3	1	58
Associate professional and Technical occupations	7	23	13	1	13	1	31	9	3	6	107
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	2	10	14	3	6	–	14	6	4	6	65
Elementary occupations	2	3	3	6	2	–	1	2	2	2	23
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	7	19	10	6	24	–	28	6	1	8	109
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	–	2	3	1	1	1	4	1	–	–	13
Professional occupations	16	36	8	3	17	1	93	8	8	13	203
Sales and Customer service occupations	–	8	2	–	3	–	4	7	–	3	27
Skilled trades occupations	2	5	5	–	4	–	4	1	2	2	25
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	3	8	2	2	2	–		4	2	11	34
Total	57	123	62	26	74	3	195	47	25	52	664

Table 7 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by groom's age and bride's relative age
	Relative age of bride
Age of groom	10 or more years older	5 to 9 years older	1 to 4 years older	Same age	1 to 4 years younger	5 to 9 years younger	10 or more years younger	Total
All ages	129	817	3,933	2,763	8,382	3,244	1,121	20,389
16	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	2
17	–	–	2	3	1	–	–	6
18	–	–	8	18	7	–	–	33
19	–	–	6	7	29	–	–	42
Under 20	–	–	16	30	37	–	–	83
20	–	1	9	5	32	–	–	47
21	1	2	9	1	17	–	–	30
22	–	1	14	9	24	1	–	49
23	1	8	25	8	30	3	–	75
24	4	15	35	22	35	3	–	114
20-24	6	27	92	45	138	7	–	315
25	5	17	61	29	55	8	–	175
26	3	22	109	56	104	6	–	300
27	2	43	165	132	190	22	–	554
28	5	56	244	196	285	17	–	803
29	9	54	355	270	440	32	–	1,160
25-29	24	192	934	683	1,074	85	–	2,992
30	9	62	413	331	593	53	1	1,462
31	6	70	399	334	829	68	1	1,707
32	5	62	380	277	829	97	4	1,654
33	8	48	270	230	821	158	4	1,539
34	8	44	239	172	749	220	4	1,436
30-34	36	286	1,701	1,344	3,821	596	14	7,798
35	6	36	213	122	591	218	3	1,189
36	5	28	146	99	470	260	22	1,030
37	4	26	137	64	372	244	19	866
38	2	26	116	53	314	244	34	789
39	4	27	82	62	261	210	43	689
35-39	21	143	694	400	2,008	1,176	121	4,563
40	5	26	68	28	200	175	46	548
41	5	12	50	33	167	145	38	450
42	1	12	49	27	127	133	59	408
43	1	16	34	25	119	118	45	358
44	4	10	35	14	81	82	58	284
40-44	16	76	236	127	694	653	246	2,048
45	–	5	29	13	69	93	48	257
46	3	8	20	14	54	72	52	223
47	2	13	28	9	49	67	42	210
48	–	10	24	12	54	50	28	178
49	3	8	19	14	45	54	53	196
45-49	8	44	120	62	271	336	223	1,064
50-54	12	21	61	41	162	141	156	594
55-59	1	14	46	15	90	124	125	415
60-64	5	9	23	8	49	61	89	244
65-69	–	4	8	4	25	37	86	164
70-74	–	1	2	1	6	19	31	60
75 and over	–	–	–	3	7	9	30	49

Table 8 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by bride's age and groom's relative age
	Relative age of groom
Age of bride	10 or more years older	5 to 9 years older	1 to 4 years older	Same age	1 to 4 years younger	5 to 9 years younger	10 or more years younger	Total
All ages	1,121	3,244	8,382	2,763	3,933	817	129	20,389
16	–	–	6	2	–	–	–	8
17	1	2	22	3	–	–	–	28
18	–	8	41	18	1	–	–	68
19	2	7	23	7	4	–	–	43
Under 20	3	17	92	30	5	–	–	147
20	3	8	22	5	6	–	–	44
21	5	14	30	1	5	–	–	55
22	8	23	40	9	10	–	–	90
23	9	37	55	8	11	–	–	120
24	16	48	102	22	18	–	–	206
20-24	41	130	249	45	50	–	–	515
25	16	81	172	29	25	1	–	324
26	35	118	275	56	42	–	–	526
27	49	146	471	132	72	1	–	871
28	42	225	665	196	120	4	–	1,252
29	69	276	838	270	181	8	–	1,642
25-29	211	846	2,421	683	440	14	–	4,615
30	55	274	956	331	270	13	–	1,899
31	57	253	809	334	396	17	–	1,866
32	61	235	758	277	366	29	–	1,726
33	48	187	565	230	343	34	1	1,408
34	53	173	402	172	316	47	–	1,163
30-34	274	1,122	3,490	1,344	1,691	140	1	8,062
35	44	152	379	122	309	58	–	1,064
36	58	133	298	99	225	58	5	876
37	43	102	242	64	212	60	1	724
38	49	82	189	53	162	59	2	596
39	30	87	153	62	128	48	5	513
35-39	224	556	1,261	400	1,036	283	13	3,773
40	39	66	122	28	105	41	7	408
41	30	51	80	33	92	56	13	355
42	16	49	87	27	59	26	3	267
43	22	33	60	25	66	24	8	238
44	17	27	50	14	43	19	9	179
40-44	124	226	399	127	365	166	40	1,447
45	21	33	58	13	36	37	1	199
46	26	32	48	14	38	22	7	187
47	21	23	45	9	31	13	10	152
48	23	33	30	12	29	19	2	148
49	17	33	46	14	25	11	4	150
45-49	108	154	227	62	159	102	24	836
50-54	67	91	122	41	87	51	21	480
55-59	45	51	67	15	56	29	8	271
60-64	17	31	30	8	28	14	6	134
65-69	4	13	14	4	13	10	6	64
70-74	3	4	6	1	3	7	8	32
75 and over	–	3	4	3	–	1	2	13

Table 11 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by area of residence of groom before marriage, also showing whether bride has same area of residence
		Area of residence of bride
Area of residence of groom	Total	Same area as groom	Different area from groom: Republic of Ireland	Different area from groom: Not Republic of Ireland	Percentage of brides from same area as groom
Local Authority Areas
Carlow	222	183	37	2	82.4
Dublin City	2,439	2,257	156	26	92.5
South Dublin	1,022	908	98	16	88.8
Fingal	1,058	959	95	4	90.6
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	800	719	75	6	89.9
Kildare	823	746	71	6	90.6
Kilkenny	344	291	50	3	84.6
Laois	303	262	39	2	86.5
Longford	148	115	30	3	77.7
Louth	430	390	32	8	90.7
Meath	742	646	92	4	87.1
Offaly	282	239	43	–	84.8
Westmeath	362	312	48	2	86.2
Wexford	563	509	52	2	90.4
Wicklow	567	505	58	4	89.1

Clare	379	329	46	4	86.8
Cork City	427	359	62	6	84.1
Cork County	1,584	1,423	150	11	89.8
Kerry	472	413	54	5	87.5
Limerick City	209	180	29	–	86.1
Limerick County	489	411	74	4	84.0
Tipperary	516	412	100	4	79.8
Waterford City	179	172	7	–	96.1
Waterford County	244	198	44	2	81.1

Galway City	280	242	35	3	86.4
Galway County	646	533	109	4	82.5
Leitrim	109	72	32	5	66.1
Mayo	435	363	63	9	83.4
Roscommon	228	175	51	2	76.8
Sligo	210	184	23	3	87.6

Cavan	281	244	33	4	86.8
Donegal	550	496	41	13	90.2
Monaghan	214	179	33	2	83.6

Table 12 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by area of residence of bride before marriage, also showing whether groom has same area of residence
		Area of residence of groom
Area of residence of bride	Total	Same area as bride	Different area from bride: Republic of Ireland	Different area from bride: Not Republic of Ireland	Percentage of grooms from same area as bride
Local Authority Areas
Carlow	220	183	37	–	83.2
Dublin City	2,460	2,257	178	25	91.7
South Dublin	1,018	908	98	12	89.2
Fingal	1,049	959	76	14	91.4
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	822	719	90	13	87.5
Kildare	827	746	75	6	90.2
Kilkenny	328	291	35	2	88.7
Laois	315	262	52	1	83.2
Longford	138	115	21	2	83.3
Louth	440	390	40	10	88.6
Meath	733	646	79	8	88.1
Offaly	287	239	47	1	83.3
Westmeath	369	312	51	6	84.6
Wexford	569	509	56	4	89.5
Wicklow	555	505	47	3	91.0

Clare	379	329	45	5	86.8
Cork City	429	359	65	5	83.7
Cork County	1,572	1,423	137	12	90.5
Kerry	472	413	56	3	87.5
Limerick City	211	180	30	1	85.3
Limerick County	498	411	77	10	82.5
Tipperary	493	412	73	8	83.6
Waterford City	206	172	31	3	83.5
Waterford County	236	198	36	2	83.9

Galway City	313	242	68	3	77.3
Galway County	640	533	98	9	83.3
Leitrim	97	72	23	2	74.2
Mayo	418	363	49	6	86.8
Roscommon	225	175	48	2	77.8
Sligo	221	184	35	2	83.3

Cavan	297	244	48	5	82.2
Donegal	558	496	31	31	88.9
Monaghan	231	179	30	22	77.5

Table 16 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by month and day of week of marriage
	Day of occurrence
Month of occurrence	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Total
January	5	70	45	38	76	241	91	566
February	4	29	27	76	83	315	247	781
March	31	43	43	51	156	476	430	1,230
April	38	76	63	61	169	580	506	1,493
May	57	65	88	87	273	647	575	1,792
June	56	77	81	74	256	908	856	2,308
July	67	112	116	121	341	778	705	2,240
August	93	88	91	168	419	1,070	829	2,758
September	50	78	75	88	271	826	866	2,254
October	54	68	83	87	211	655	629	1,787
November	10	49	54	52	175	617	368	1,325
December	129	63	34	142	317	614	556	1,855
Total	594	818	800	1,045	2,747	7,727	6,658	20,389

Table 16B Marriages of opposite-sex and same-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by month and day of week of marriage
	Day of occurrence
Month of occurrence	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Total
January	6	72	50	39	79	253	92	591
February	5	31	30	79	86	322	250	803
March	31	47	46	55	167	495	436	1,277
April	42	79	69	65	180	593	509	1,537
May	63	66	94	95	283	674	583	1,858
June	56	80	82	81	266	937	870	2,372
July	72	120	126	126	349	806	723	2,322
August	97	91	100	175	441	1,106	840	2,850
September	52	83	82	91	282	852	879	2,321
October	56	74	88	95	223	678	635	1,849
November	11	53	55	53	188	633	377	1,370
December	131	68	38	146	333	624	563	1,903
Total	622	864	860	1,100	2,877	7,973	6,757	21,053

Table 8A Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified by older partner's age and younger partner's relative age
All partners	Total older	Younger partner
Age	partner	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over
Older partner	664	–	28	137	185	119	80	40	34	24	17
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	52	–	11	41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	124	–	5	54	65	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	180	–	6	30	83	61	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	88	–	1	5	23	27	32	–	–	–	–
45-49	68	–	–	4	9	21	25	9	–	–	–
50-54	52	–	1	2	1	8	13	17	10	–	–
55-59	48	–	1	1	1	2	8	10	15	10	–
60 and over	49	–	–	–	3	–	2	4	9	14	17

Table 8B Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified by older male partner's age and younger male partner's relative age
		Younger male partner
Older male partners	All ages	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over
All ages	372		16	85	92	63	47	23	22	14	10
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	31	–	6	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	61	–	3	31	27	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	91	–	3	19	40	29	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	48	–	1	5	14	13	15	–	–	–	–
45-49	45	–	–	3	6	13	17	6	–	–	–
50-54	30	–	1	1	1	6	7	10	4	–	–
55-59	31	–	1	1	1	2	6	5	9	6	–
60 and over	34	–	–	–	3	–	2	2	9	8	10

Table 8C Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified by older female partner's age and younger female partner's relative age
		Younger female partner
Older female partner	All ages	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over
All ages	292	–	12	52	93	56	33	17	12	10	7
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	21	–	5	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	63	–	2	23	38	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	89	–	3	11	43	32	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	40	–	–	–	9	14	17	–	–	–	–
45-49	23	–	–	1	3	8	8	3	–	–	–
50-54	22	–	–	1	–	2	6	7	6	–	–
55-59	17	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	6	4	–
60 and over	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	6	7

Table 8D Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified by age difference of partners in years and percentage
	Total	No age difference		1 to 4 years difference		5 to 9 years difference		10 or more years difference
	Number	Number Percentage		Number Percentage		Number Percentage		Number Percentage
			%		%		%		%
All Same-Sex Marriages	664	51	7.7	325	48.9	165	24.8	123	18.5
Male Same-Sex Marriages	372	27	7.3	155	41.7	101	27.2	89	23.9
Female Same-Sex Marriages	292	24	8.2	170	58.2	64	21.9	34	11.6

Table 9 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by age and area of residence of groom before marriage
	Age of groom											Average age
Area of residence of groom	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over	Total	of groom
Total	83	315	2,992	7,798	4,563	2,048	1,064	594	415	517	20,389	36.4

Leinster	36	174	1,423	3,658	2,308	1,104	575	317	230	280	10,105	36.8
Carlow	1	5	25	80	58	31	5	8	4	5	222	36.7
Dublin City	6	41	313	942	557	223	139	93	51	74	2,439	36.8
South Dublin	8	24	124	339	253	134	54	26	31	29	1,022	37.1
Fingal	2	16	138	379	242	144	67	36	16	18	1,058	36.8
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1	8	86	345	163	89	43	27	11	27	800	37.0
Kildare	3	6	119	280	220	97	37	26	17	18	823	36.7
Kilkenny	1	2	48	137	87	33	15	7	4	10	344	36.4
Laois	1	3	52	110	62	32	24	7	5	7	303	36.4
Longford	4	7	22	50	35	16	5	4	4	1	148	35.0
Louth	–	6	74	166	89	34	19	17	12	13	430	36.7
Meath	2	12	130	267	165	64	38	21	21	22	742	36.6
Offaly	1	9	56	97	60	33	13	3	5	5	282	35.4
Westmeath	1	9	69	133	66	31	24	9	11	9	362	36.1
Wexford	4	15	93	170	120	58	46	16	22	19	563	37.4
Wicklow	1	11	74	163	131	85	46	17	16	23	567	38.3

Munster	24	56	577	1,714	1,018	490	256	147	100	117	4,499	36.8
Clare	5	4	37	151	83	40	21	14	12	12	379	37.4
Cork City	2	3	61	163	91	46	29	16	7	9	427	36.8
Cork County	4	14	204	619	360	184	70	55	27	47	1,584	36.8
Kerry	1	6	64	174	105	48	38	10	11	15	472	37.1
Limerick City	1	5	31	66	55	25	11	5	8	2	209	36.6
Limerick County	1	11	77	195	107	43	25	9	13	8	489	35.9
Tipperary	6	10	54	187	130	50	35	22	11	11	516	36.8
Waterford City	2	1	14	60	47	26	15	4	5	5	179	37.9
Waterford County	2	2	35	99	40	28	12	12	6	8	244	36.9

Connacht	16	36	247	762	453	173	101	41	29	50	1,908	36.2
Galway City	3	5	31	106	73	35	14	5	3	5	280	36.2
Galway County	4	12	79	250	170	61	28	14	11	17	646	36.4
Leitrim	1	2	13	46	20	13	8	–	2	4	109	36.7
Mayo	4	9	58	185	92	31	27	11	5	13	435	36.0
Roscommon	1	5	41	89	47	20	11	5	3	6	228	35.5
Sligo	3	3	25	86	51	13	13	6	5	5	210	36.5

Ulster (part of)	5	19	188	399	234	92	48	23	13	24	1,045	35.6
Cavan	–	3	41	119	58	24	12	8	5	11	281	36.4
Donegal	3	15	103	189	131	54	27	11	6	11	550	35.6
Monaghan	2	1	44	91	45	14	9	4	2	2	214	34.5

Regional Authorities
Border	9	24	226	531	305	118	69	29	20	33	1,364	35.8
Midland	7	28	199	390	223	112	66	23	25	22	1,095	35.8
West	12	31	209	630	382	147	80	35	22	41	1,589	36.1
Dublin	17	89	661	2,005	1,215	590	303	182	109	148	5,319	36.9
Mid-East	6	35	397	876	605	280	140	81	66	76	2,562	37.0
Mid-West	13	30	199	599	375	158	92	50	44	33	1,593	36.6
South-East	10	25	215	546	352	176	93	47	41	47	1,552	37.1
South-West	7	23	329	956	556	278	137	81	45	71	2,483	36.8

Republic of Ireland	81	285	2,435	6,533	4,013	1,859	980	528	372	471	17,557	36.7
Northern Ireland	–	7	128	173	92	31	15	12	9	6	473	34.6
Britain	2	11	226	571	234	86	38	31	18	17	1,234	34.9
Elsewhere	–	12	203	521	224	72	31	23	16	23	1,125	35.0

Table 10 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by age and area of residence of bride before marriage
	Age of bride											Average age
Area of residence of bride	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over	Total	of bride
Total	147	515	4,615	8,062	3,773	1,447	836	480	271	243	20,389	34.4

Leinster	79	258	2,097	3,901	1,971	791	470	272	163	128	10,130	34.9
Carlow	3	3	45	79	55	15	11	5	2	2	220	34.7
Dublin City	15	76	452	997	478	174	117	68	50	33	2,460	35.1
South Dublin	14	32	189	384	203	75	51	29	20	21	1,018	35.3
Fingal	7	22	195	403	228	97	42	33	15	7	1,049	35.1
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	–	14	125	379	162	61	39	18	12	12	822	35.2
Kildare	5	15	183	305	183	65	34	22	9	6	827	34.6
Kilkenny	2	5	73	133	61	28	9	8	6	3	328	34.7
Laois	1	11	72	126	57	22	16	6	3	1	315	34.0
Longford	3	11	36	48	19	12	5	3	–	1	138	33.0
Louth	–	11	120	171	64	32	21	10	7	4	440	34.3
Meath	5	11	179	274	129	54	40	16	14	11	733	34.8
Offaly	2	10	82	102	50	20	12	7	2	–	287	33.4
Westmeath	7	14	106	128	58	21	17	10	4	4	369	33.7
Wexford	12	16	137	189	103	52	23	17	8	12	569	34.9
Wicklow	3	7	103	183	121	63	33	20	11	11	555	36.3

Munster	35	105	981	1,737	888	326	192	116	55	61	4,496	34.7
Clare	3	6	88	140	67	28	21	12	7	7	379	35.2
Cork City	2	10	85	170	81	38	23	10	6	4	429	34.9
Cork County	–	25	350	634	323	97	59	41	25	18	1,572	34.7
Kerry	2	13	105	180	91	34	19	16	4	8	472	34.8
Limerick City	3	9	46	69	50	18	6	3	–	7	211	34.7
Limerick County	8	20	119	182	102	32	17	12	3	3	498	33.6
Tipperary	9	10	113	187	87	40	27	9	6	5	493	34.3
Waterford City	5	4	29	78	46	21	10	8	–	5	206	35.5
Waterford County	3	8	46	97	41	18	10	5	4	4	236	34.6

Connacht	28	52	418	782	341	142	78	36	17	20	1,914	34.1
Galway City	6	9	54	116	76	25	12	7	5	3	313	34.6
Galway County	7	15	138	264	115	53	23	10	4	11	640	34.4
Leitrim	1	1	33	32	16	5	6	2	1	–	97	33.6
Mayo	9	11	80	178	72	34	19	9	4	2	418	34.1
Roscommon	3	10	60	97	29	11	9	5	–	1	225	32.7
Sligo	2	6	53	95	33	14	9	3	3	3	221	34.1

Ulster (part of)	4	36	328	396	183	69	31	17	11	11	1,086	33.5
Cavan	1	5	77	115	53	23	11	2	7	3	297	34.4
Donegal	2	24	165	203	91	36	15	11	4	7	558	33.5
Monaghan	1	7	86	78	39	10	5	4	–	1	231	32.5

Regional Authorities
Border	7	43	414	523	232	88	46	22	15	14	1,404	33.6
Midland	13	46	296	404	184	75	50	26	9	6	1,109	33.6
West	25	45	332	655	292	123	63	31	13	17	1,596	34.1
Dublin	36	144	961	2,163	1,071	407	249	148	97	73	5,349	35.2
Mid-East	13	44	585	933	497	214	128	68	41	32	2,555	35.0
Mid-West	23	45	366	578	306	118	71	36	16	22	1,581	34.4
South-East	25	36	330	576	306	134	63	43	20	26	1,559	34.9
South-West	4	48	540	984	495	169	101	67	35	30	2,473	34.8

Republic of Ireland	146	451	3,824	6,816	3,383	1,328	771	441	246	220	17,626	34.7
Northern Ireland	–	15	157	140	56	29	11	6	2	3	419	32.6
Britain	–	20	314	563	172	43	26	17	10	8	1,173	33.1
Elsewhere	1	29	320	543	162	47	28	16	13	12	1,171	33.2

Table 13 Marriages of opposite-sex couples celebrated in each county and city during 2018 classified by form of ceremony
	Form of ceremony
Province, county or city	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	Total
Total	10,027	323	62	1,341	1,009	5,861	1,766	20,389

Leinster	4,025	179	11	917	619	3,477	1,031	10,259
Carlow	155	10	–	41	12	82	17	317
Dublin City	412	30	2	60	113	1,849	211	2,677
South Dublin	181	5	2	31	43	30	12	304
Fingal	196	5	1	53	40	34	49	378
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	145	15	1	25	28	18	35	267
Kildare	340	12	–	140	93	275	117	977
Kilkenny	329	5	1	28	19	152	37	571
Laois	248	11	–	23	15	36	25	358
Longford	102	4	–	–	–	45	–	151
Louth	275	3	2	38	22	136	43	519
Meath	551	12	2	235	91	156	224	1,271
Offaly	207	9	–	13	6	57	8	300
Westmeath	241	6	–	37	51	76	40	451
Wexford	345	18	–	58	15	249	38	723
Wicklow	298	34	–	135	71	282	175	995

Munster	3,198	62	1	269	230	1,439	536	5,735
Clare	350	1	–	50	57	40	66	564
Cork City	238	2	–	14	11	440	35	740
Cork County	906	39	1	70	84	160	209	1,469
Kerry	584	5	–	70	22	184	94	959
Limerick City	75	–	–	3	2	269	16	365
Limerick County	383	4	–	15	12	24	26	464
Tipperary	419	10	–	24	22	141	73	689
Waterford City	52	–	–	9	12	125	5	203
Waterford County	191	1	–	14	8	56	12	282

Connacht	1,659	19	2	87	124	574	140	2,605
Galway City	171	2	–	13	21	64	37	308
Galway County	471	5	–	15	58	253	39	841
Leitrim	122	5	–	3	8	32	3	173
Mayo	494	4	1	21	20	86	24	650
Roscommon	199	–	–	11	5	34	11	260
Sligo	202	3	1	24	12	105	26	373

Ulster (part of)	1,145	63	48	68	36	371	59	1,790
Cavan	274	23	5	30	10	115	30	487
Donegal	646	29	27	20	18	204	15	959
Monaghan	225	11	16	18	8	52	14	344

Regional Authorities
Border	1,469	71	49	95	56	508	88	2,336
Midland	798	30	–	73	72	214	73	1,260
West	1,335	11	1	60	104	437	111	2,059
Dublin	934	55	6	169	224	1,931	307	3,626
Mid-East	1,464	61	4	548	277	849	559	3,762
Mid-West	1,227	15	–	92	93	474	181	2,082
South-East	1,072	34	1	150	66	664	109	2,096
South-West	1,728	46	1	154	117	784	338	3,168

Table 13A Same-Sex marriages celebrated in each county and city during 2018 classified by form of ceremony
	Form of ceremony
Province, county or city	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Total
TOTAL	417	121	89	37	664

Leinster	271	76	71	25	443
Carlow	4	–	1	–	5
Dublin City	189	29	5	8	231
South Dublin	1	3	4	–	8
Fingal	1	3	3	1	8
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	2	5	6	1	14
Kildare	19	5	7	4	35
Kilkenny	13	2	4	–	19
Laois	1	1	2	–	4
Longford	–	–	–	–	–
Louth	3	5	3	1	12
Meath	6	10	14	3	33
Offaly	2	–	1	–	3
Westmeath	1	3	6	1	11
Wexford	15	1	5	3	24
Wicklow	14	9	10	3	36

Munster	76	33	8	6	123
Clare	1	6	2	3	12
Cork City	35	5	–	1	41
Cork County	3	15	4	–	22
Kerry	4	5	1	1	11
Limerick City	17	1	–	1	19
Limerick County	–	–	–	–	–
Tipperary	8	1	1	–	10
Waterford City	6	–	–	–	6
Waterford County	2	–	–	–	2

Connacht	43	7	6	5	61
Galway City	8	4	1	1	14
Galway County	21	1	1	3	26
Leitrim	–	–	1	–	1
Mayo	5	–	1	1	7
Roscommon	2	1	1	–	4
Sligo	7	1	1	–	9

Ulster (part of)	27	5	4	1	37
Cavan	4	2	1	1	8
Donegal	20	2	–	–	22
Monaghan	3	1	3	–	7

Regional Authorities
Border	34	6	6	1	47
Midland	4	4	9	1	18
West	36	6	4	5	51
Dublin	193	40	18	10	261
Mid-East	42	29	34	11	116
Mid-West	26	8	3	4	41
South-East	40	3	10	3	56
South-West	42	25	5	2	74

Table 13B Same-Sex marriages celebrated in each county and city during 2018 classified by sex and form of ceremony
	Male					Female
Province, county or city	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Total male	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Total female
Total	243	71	38	20	372	174	50	51	17	292

Leinster	167	45	32	15	259	104	31	39	10	184
Carlow	3	–	1	–	4	1				1
Dublin City	123	19	4	6	152	66	10	1	2	79
South Dublin	–	2	1	–	3	1	1	3	–	5
Fingal	–	1	–	–	1	1	2	3	1	7
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1	4	3	–	8	1	1	3	1	6
Kildare	11	5	4	2	22	8	–	3	2	13
Kilkenny	7	–	1	–	8	6	2	3	–	11
Laois	–	1	1	–	2	1	–	1	–	2
Longford	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Louth	2	5	2	–	9	1	–	1	1	3
Meath	3	2	7	2	14	3	8	7	1	19
Offaly	–	–	1		1	2	–	–	–	2
Westmeath	1	–	–	–	1	–	3	6	1	10
Wexford	9	1	4	3	17	6	–	1	–	7
Wicklow	7	5	3	2	17	7	4	7	1	19

Munster	43	21	3	3	70	33	12	5	3	53
Clare	–	3	1	2	6	1	3	1	1	6
Cork City	19	2	–	–	21	16	3	–	1	20
Cork County	3	9	1	–	13	–	6	3	–	9
Kerry	2	5	–	–	7	2	–	1	1	4
Limerick City	9	1	–	1	11	8	–	–	–	8
Limerick County	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tipperary	3	1	1	–	5	5	–	–	–	5
Waterford City	6	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
Waterford County	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	1

Connacht	17	4	2	2	25	26	3	4	3	36
Galway City	4	3	–	1	8	4	1	1	–	6
Galway County	7	1	–	1	9	14	–	1	2	17
Leitrim	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mayo	2	–	–	–	2	3	–	1	1	5
Roscommon	–	–	1	–	1	2	1	–	–	3
Sligo	4	–	–	–	4	3	1	1	–	5

Ulster (part of)	16	1	1	–	18	11	4	3	1	19
Cavan	4	–	–	–	4	–	2	1	1	4
Donegal	12	–	–	–	12	8	2	–	–	10
Monaghan	–	1	1	–	2	3	–	2	–	5

Regional Authorities
Border	20	1	2	–	23	14	5	4	1	24
Midland	1	1	2	–	4	3	3	7	1	14
West	13	4	1	2	20	23	2	3	3	31
Dublin	124	26	8	6	164	69	14	10	4	97
Mid-East	23	17	16	6	62	19	12	18	5	54
Mid-West	12	5	2	3	22	14	3	1	1	19
South-East	26	1	6	3	36	14	2	4	–	20
South-West	24	16	1	–	41	18	9	4	2	33

Table 14 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by area of residence of groom and form of ceremony
	Form of ceremony
Area of residence of groom	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	Total
Total	10,027	323	62	1,341	1,009	5,861	1,766	20,389

Leinster	4,191	154	8	861	557	3,387	947	10,105
Carlow	131	7	–	10	5	62	7	222
Dublin City	734	32	–	212	164	972	325	2,439
South Dublin	337	10	–	117	84	382	92	1,022
Fingal	365	8	1	105	65	373	141	1,058
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	296	18	2	71	41	276	96	800
Kildare	381	6	1	79	47	239	70	823
Kilkenny	219	6	1	13	5	86	14	344
Laois	184	11	–	17	12	69	10	303
Longford	90	1	–	8	4	41	4	148
Louth	211	1	1	35	17	136	29	430
Meath	384	6	2	79	29	186	56	742
Offaly	174	5	–	16	16	61	10	282
Westmeath	199	7	–	17	32	98	9	362
Wexford	290	18	–	17	9	207	22	563
Wicklow	196	18	–	65	27	199	62	567

Munster	2,509	33	1	161	150	1,321	324	4,499
Clare	219	1	–	9	17	111	22	379
Cork City	170	3	–	17	26	161	50	427
Cork County	893	20	1	61	48	430	131	1,584
Kerry	296	1	–	21	9	112	33	472
Limerick City	86	–	–	8	6	92	17	209
Limerick County	314	1	–	15	14	117	28	489
Tipperary	321	6	–	14	16	133	26	516
Waterford City	73	1	–	11	7	80	7	179
Waterford County	137	–	–	5	7	85	10	244

Connacht	1,229	12	3	55	79	456	74	1,908
Galway City	133	2	–	10	12	101	22	280
Galway County	414	3	–	17	35	144	33	646
Leitrim	74	3	1	2	–	27	2	109
Mayo	319	3	1	8	13	84	7	435
Roscommon	161	–	–	7	10	45	5	228
Sligo	128	1	1	11	9	55	5	210

Ulster (part of)	721	35	18	33	17	206	15	1,045
Cavan	173	16	1	16	5	62	8	281
Donegal	402	13	13	8	7	103	4	550
Monaghan	146	6	4	9	5	41	3	214

Regional Authorities
Border	923	39	20	46	26	288	22	1,364
Midland	647	24	–	58	64	269	33	1,095
West	1,027	8	1	42	70	374	67	1,589
Dublin	1,732	68	3	505	354	2,003	654	5,319
Mid-East	1,172	31	4	258	120	760	217	2,562
Mid-West	940	8	–	46	53	453	93	1,593
South-East	850	32	1	56	33	520	60	1,552
South-West	1,359	24	1	99	83	703	214	2,483

Republic of Ireland	8,650	234	30	1,110	803	5,370	1,360	17,557
Northern Ireland	226	17	21	30	31	114	34	473
Britain	650	48	8	82	62	182	202	1,234
Elsewhere	501	24	3	119	113	195	170	1,125

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Table 15 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by area of residence of bride and form of ceremony
	Form of ceremony
Area of residence of bride	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	Total
Total	10,027	323	62	1,341	1,009	5,861	1,766	20,389

Leinster	4,231	153	8	859	564	3,363	952	10,130
Carlow	124	8	1	12	7	60	8	220
Dublin City	735	33	–	211	161	989	331	2,460
South Dublin	339	9	–	115	88	378	89	1,018
Fingal	371	7	1	106	61	365	138	1,049
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	311	21	2	76	40	271	101	822
Kildare	374	9	1	80	47	244	72	827
Kilkenny	212	4	1	13	3	82	13	328
Laois	206	5	–	16	14	65	9	315
Longford	82	–	–	7	5	41	3	138
Louth	218	1	–	40	17	134	30	440
Meath	379	8	1	71	33	185	56	733
Offaly	182	5	–	15	15	60	10	287
Westmeath	206	9	1	16	32	96	9	369
Wexford	298	17	–	18	11	205	20	569
Wicklow	194	17	–	63	30	188	63	555

Munster	2,501	36	1	166	151	1,320	321	4,496
Clare	212	–	–	13	18	112	24	379
Cork City	175	2	1	15	23	160	53	429
Cork County	879	24	–	58	48	433	130	1,572
Kerry	299	3	–	23	10	109	28	472
Limerick City	90	–	–	9	7	89	16	211
Limerick County	329	1	–	16	12	116	24	498
Tipperary	302	5	–	15	15	129	27	493
Waterford City	84	1	–	13	9	90	9	206
Waterford County	131	–	–	4	9	82	10	236

Connacht	1,246	12	3	52	79	448	74	1,914
Galway City	160	1	–	12	13	105	22	313
Galway County	407	5	–	16	34	144	34	640
Leitrim	70	2	1	2	–	21	1	97
Mayo	308	3	1	6	13	79	8	418
Roscommon	161	–	–	7	10	43	4	225
Sligo	140	1	1	9	9	56	5	221

Ulster (part of)	748	39	25	31	19	209	15	1,086
Cavan	179	20	1	16	6	67	8	297
Donegal	408	14	15	7	8	103	3	558
Monaghan	161	5	9	8	5	39	4	231

Regional Authorities
Border	958	42	27	42	28	286	21	1,404
Midland	676	19	1	54	66	262	31	1,109
West	1,036	9	1	41	70	371	68	1,596
Dublin	1,756	70	3	508	350	2,003	659	5,349
Mid-East	1,165	35	2	254	127	751	221	2,555
Mid-West	933	6	–	53	52	446	91	1,581
South-East	849	30	2	60	39	519	60	1,559
South-West	1,353	29	1	96	81	702	211	2,473

Republic of Ireland	8,726	240	37	1,108	813	5,340	1,362	17,626
Northern Ireland	183	15	16	31	29	112	33	419
Britain	620	45	6	83	57	163	199	1,173
Elsewhere	498	23	3	119	110	246	172	1,171

Table 16A Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified by month and day of week of marriage
	Day of occurrence
Month of occurrence	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Total
January	1	2	5	1	3	12	1	25
February	1	2	3	3	3	7	3	22
March	–	4	3	4	11	19	6	47
April	4	3	6	4	11	13	3	44
May	6	1	6	8	10	27	8	66
June	–	3	1	7	10	29	14	64
July	5	8	10	5	8	28	18	82
August	4	3	9	7	22	36	11	92
September	2	5	7	3	11	26	13	67
October	2	6	5	8	12	23	6	62
November	1	4	1	1	13	16	9	45
December	2	5	4	4	16	10	7	48
Total	28	46	60	55	130	246	99	664

Table 17 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by form of ceremony and previous civil status of partners
	Form of ceremony
Marriages contracted between	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	Total
Total	10,027	323	62	1,341	1,009	5,861	1,766	20,389
Single men and single women	9,821	290	53	1,078	771	4,244	1,532	17,789
Single men and widows	19	–	–	4	2	29	3	57
Widowers and single women	29	1	–	1	4	40	3	78
Widowers and widows	13	–	–	1	–	8	2	24
Divorced men and single women	64	15	4	112	98	613	108	1,014
Single men and divorced women	68	8	4	83	76	437	58	734
Divorced men and widows	2	–	–	3	5	35	1	46
Widowers and divorced women	6	1	–	7	6	54	4	78
Divorced men and divorced women	5	8	1	52	47	400	55	568
Other	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1

Table 17A Same-Sex Marriages registered in 2018 classified by form of ceremony and previous civil status of partners
	Form of ceremony
Marriages contracted between	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Total
Total Male	243	71	38	20	372
Total Female	174	50	51	17	292

Single men and single men	186	66	38	18	308
Male civil partner and male civil partner	34	1	–	–	35
Divorced men and divorced men	1	–	–	–	1
Single men and divorced men	–	–	–	–	–
Divorced men and single men	12	3	–	2	17
Widowers and single men	4	1	–	–	5
Other men	6	–	–	–	6

Single women and single women	132	46	42	14	234
Female civil partner and female civil partner	23	2	3	3	31
Divorced women and divorced women	2	–	–	–	2
Single women and divorced women	14	2	5	–	21
Divorced women and single women	–	–	–	–	–
Widow and single women	1	–	–	–	1
Other women	2	–	1	–	3

Table 18 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by area of residence and previous civil status of groom
Area of residence of groom	Single men	Widowers	Divorcees	Other	Total
Total	18,581	180	1,628	–	20,389

Leinster	9,168	99	838	–	10,105
Carlow	200	3	19	–	222
Dublin City	2,249	17	173	–	2,439
South Dublin	914	10	98	–	1,022
Fingal	944	11	103	–	1,058
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	739	6	55	–	800
Kildare	751	6	66	–	823
Kilkenny	319	5	20	–	344
Laois	270	3	30	–	303
Longford	135	1	12	–	148
Louth	388	5	37	–	430
Meath	667	9	66	–	742
Offaly	261	2	19	–	282
Westmeath	330	3	29	–	362
Wexford	496	8	59	–	563
Wicklow	505	10	52	–	567

Munster	4,081	38	380	–	4,499
Clare	341	2	36	–	379
Cork City	391	3	33	–	427
Cork County	1,438	14	132	–	1,584
Kerry	430	5	37	–	472
Limerick City	191	1	17	–	209
Limerick County	444	5	40	–	489
Tipperary	469	5	42	–	516
Waterford City	164	1	14	–	179
Waterford County	213	2	29	–	244

Connacht	1,761	13	134	–	1,908
Galway City	259	3	18	–	280
Galway County	599	4	43	–	646
Leitrim	102	–	7	–	109
Mayo	397	3	35	–	435
Roscommon	212	2	14	–	228
Sligo	192	1	17	–	210

Ulster (part of)	983	10	52	–	1,045
Cavan	255	6	20	–	281
Donegal	523	3	24	–	550
Monaghan	205	1	8	–	214

Regional Authorities
Border	1,277	11	76	–	1,364
Midland	996	9	90	–	1,095
West	1,467	12	110	–	1,589
Dublin	4,846	44	429	–	5,319
Mid-East	2,311	30	221	–	2,562
Mid-West	1,445	13	135	–	1,593
South-East	1,392	19	141	–	1,552
South-West	2,259	22	202	–	2,483

Republic of Ireland	15,993	160	1,404	–	17,557
Northern Ireland	421	6	46	–	473
Britain	1,131	11	92	–	1,234
Elsewhere	1,036	3	86	–	1,125

Table 19 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by area of residence and previous civil status of bride
Area of residence of bride	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Other	Total
Total	18,881	127	1,380	1	20,389

Leinster	9,358	61	710	1	10,130
Carlow	203	–	17	–	220
Dublin City	2,293	10	156	1	2,460
South Dublin	925	6	87	–	1,018
Fingal	973	5	71	–	1,049
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	773	3	46	–	822
Kildare	761	5	61	–	827
Kilkenny	306	2	20	–	328
Laois	298	2	15	–	315
Longford	127	1	10	–	138
Louth	401	3	36	–	440
Meath	664	6	63	–	733
Offaly	272	–	15	–	287
Westmeath	335	5	29	–	369
Wexford	524	6	39	–	569
Wicklow	503	7	45	–	555

Munster	4,151	25	320	–	4,496
Clare	337	3	39	–	379
Cork City	387	5	37	–	429
Cork County	1,456	8	108	–	1,572
Kerry	439	2	31	–	472
Limerick City	193	1	17	–	211
Limerick County	470	2	26	–	498
Tipperary	463	3	27	–	493
Waterford City	189	1	16	–	206
Waterford County	217	–	19	–	236

Connacht	1,783	20	111	–	1,914
Galway City	291	4	18	–	313
Galway County	591	10	39	–	640
Leitrim	92	–	5	–	97
Mayo	389	3	26	–	418
Roscommon	211	2	12	–	225
Sligo	209	1	11	–	221

ULSTER (part of)	1,011	11	64	–	1,086
Cavan	274	3	20	–	297
Donegal	521	5	32	–	558
Monaghan	216	3	12	–	231

Regional Authorities
Border	1,312	12	80	–	1,404
Midland	1,032	8	69	–	1,109
West	1,482	19	95	–	1,596
Dublin	4,964	24	360	1	5,349
Mid-East	2,329	21	205	–	2,555
Mid-West	1,463	9	109	–	1,581
South-East	1,439	9	111	–	1,559
South-West	2,282	15	176	–	2,473

Republic of Ireland	16,303	117	1,205	1	17,626
Northern Ireland	386	1	32	–	419
Britain	1,117	5	51	–	1,173
Elsewhere	1,075	4	92	–	1,171

Table 20 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by age of groom and bride in single years; all marriages
Age of	Age of bride
groom	16 & under	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65 & over	All ages
All ages	8	28	68	43	44	55	90	120	206	324	526	871	1,252	1,642	1,899	1,866	1,726	1,408	1,163	1,064	876	724	596	513	408	355	267	238	179	199	187	152	148	150	480	271	134	109	20,389
16 & under	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
17	1	3	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
18	2	5	18	3	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	33
19	3	8	18	7	3	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	42
20	–	6	15	11	5	1	5	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47
21	–	3	3	5	6	1	5	2	2	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30
22	–	1	5	3	9	7	9	6	3	2	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	49
23	–	1	2	4	5	7	14	8	12	6	4	3	3	3	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	75
24	–	–	2	1	2	10	12	11	22	17	3	6	9	5	4	2	2	2	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
25	–	–	1	3	4	6	9	17	23	29	32	15	8	6	7	4	2	1	3	–	2	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	175
26	–	–	2	–	–	4	5	13	28	58	56	48	26	20	15	10	6	1	4	1	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	300
27	–	–	1	3	1	6	11	14	33	44	99	132	77	41	27	20	19	9	8	3	4	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	554
28	–	–	–	–	1	1	7	8	18	44	73	150	196	114	63	47	20	21	17	6	6	6	–	1	–	2	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	803
29	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	13	14	26	67	128	219	270	165	103	60	27	15	18	12	6	3	4	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	1,160
30	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	8	10	32	36	103	161	293	331	226	94	58	35	30	13	13	5	1	4	2	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,462
31	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	7	7	20	32	90	152	221	366	334	192	90	54	63	23	19	15	8	5	3	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,707
32	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	9	14	31	42	133	187	249	260	277	168	101	74	37	16	20	7	8	11	–	2	1	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,654
33	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	8	10	30	38	72	137	189	247	248	230	126	70	41	33	16	12	8	10	2	4	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,539
34	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	2	5	15	37	56	107	152	172	233	192	172	102	61	51	25	20	10	6	4	4	4	–	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,436
35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	10	15	45	69	79	130	161	154	146	122	86	66	36	25	10	14	4	4	4	1	1	2	–	1	1	–	–	–	1,189
36	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	4	3	11	14	30	45	72	99	116	122	109	123	99	62	34	25	25	15	5	3	4	1	2	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	1,030
37	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	3	1	2	11	22	35	50	57	80	97	81	102	92	64	67	31	19	20	11	4	4	6	1	2	1	–	1	–	–	–	866
38	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	5	3	9	14	20	46	59	62	57	66	84	92	72	53	47	31	22	16	9	3	7	5	2	–	1	1	–	–	–	789
39	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	2	7	3	7	21	27	22	49	48	64	70	57	62	72	62	30	25	13	14	4	10	7	3	3	1	3	–	–	–	689
40	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	4	5	14	20	16	25	35	49	50	57	55	50	38	28	25	14	17	12	13	7	3	2	1	5	–	–	–	548
41	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	4	5	5	6	7	9	19	29	24	35	38	53	43	38	33	33	16	20	7	7	2	3	4	1	5	2	–	–	450
42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	4	4	8	10	16	15	18	19	32	38	26	24	45	34	24	27	15	15	9	10	2	6	3	1	–	–	1	408
43	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	9	3	7	10	7	17	21	26	26	28	32	31	28	28	25	9	9	9	7	4	2	11	–	–	–	358
44	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1	1	1	–	4	9	10	15	13	14	15	18	15	20	24	14	22	21	14	11	12	8	4	4	9	1	–	–	284
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	4	3	2	7	7	12	11	16	21	15	19	22	14	22	16	17	13	7	9	10	3	5	–	–	–	257
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	4	2	8	2	12	9	11	11	17	19	13	12	15	8	14	17	14	7	7	4	9	3	1	–	223
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	–	2	1	3	4	4	3	5	9	7	7	17	16	10	17	15	9	13	12	9	8	7	23	5	–	–	210
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	4	8	4	9	12	9	8	8	13	10	18	15	11	12	11	19	4	–	–	178
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	1	2	2	1	4	4	3	10	7	7	9	6	10	14	14	10	10	12	15	8	14	23	5	1	1	196
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	4	3	6	8	11	14	17	21	12	26	28	13	12	21	33	37	32	39	52	147	38	8	8	594
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	–	1	–	1	1	–	5	6	7	5	8	6	8	12	9	13	17	23	27	29	123	84	21	5	415
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	1	–	1	1	1	3	4	2	3	5	2	3	5	8	6	4	9	52	70	41	20	244
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	3	4	–	2	1	3	5	2	8	6	39	59	62	74	273

Table 21 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by age of groom and bride in single years; first marriages only
Age of	Age of bride
groom	16 & under	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65 & over	All ages
All ages	8	28	68	43	44	55	89	119	201	323	512	851	1,228	1,611	1,861	1,814	1,666	1,335	1,083	990	785	607	485	403	299	256	183	155	106	104	87	69	50	60	134	50	13	14	17,789
16 & under	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
17	1	3	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
18	2	5	18	3	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	33
19	3	8	18	7	3	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	42
20	–	6	15	11	5	1	5	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47
21	–	3	3	5	6	1	5	2	2	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30
22	–	1	5	3	9	7	9	6	3	2	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	49
23	–	1	2	4	5	7	14	7	12	6	4	3	3	3	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
24	–	–	2	1	2	10	12	11	22	17	3	6	9	4	4	1	2	2	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
25	–	–	1	3	4	6	8	17	23	29	32	15	8	6	7	3	1	1	3	–	2	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	172
26	–	–	2	–	–	4	5	13	28	58	56	47	26	19	15	9	6	1	4	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	296
27	–	–	1	3	1	6	11	14	33	43	98	131	77	41	27	19	19	9	8	3	4	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	550
28	–	–	–	–	1	1	7	8	17	44	72	150	196	114	63	45	20	21	15	5	5	6	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	792
29	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	13	13	26	66	125	219	266	162	100	60	26	14	17	11	6	2	3	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1,137
30	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	8	10	32	36	103	160	292	330	222	94	58	34	26	11	10	4	1	4	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,442
31	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	7	7	20	32	87	151	220	362	331	191	88	53	60	20	18	12	6	3	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,674
32	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	9	14	31	42	133	185	245	260	274	164	99	72	35	15	17	5	6	8	–	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,622
33	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	6	10	28	38	72	136	187	246	246	223	124	69	38	29	14	11	6	7	1	3	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,501
34	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	2	5	13	36	54	102	149	168	226	189	171	98	58	42	23	20	7	5	2	3	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,381
35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	9	14	41	68	78	125	156	150	139	120	81	62	32	21	7	11	1	1	3	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1,124
36	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	4	3	9	14	26	43	72	96	112	115	106	116	91	59	29	23	19	11	4	2	1	–	2	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	964
37	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	3	1	2	11	19	33	47	52	76	88	75	97	88	56	59	24	15	17	8	2	2	3	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	783
38	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	5	3	8	13	19	43	58	60	51	63	80	89	67	48	41	27	16	11	4	2	5	2	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	720
39	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	2	7	2	6	20	23	22	44	42	52	65	55	54	65	53	26	23	13	11	2	8	6	2	2	–	2	–	–	–	610
40	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	4	4	14	19	16	23	32	44	43	53	45	41	33	25	22	13	15	11	10	5	1	1	1	3	–	–	–	481
41	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	3	4	5	5	6	8	15	27	20	34	34	46	36	29	28	26	15	18	6	3	1	2	2	1	3	–	–	–	379
42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	4	2	6	9	13	11	16	15	30	32	23	19	39	28	21	18	14	8	6	5	2	4	2	–	–	–	–	329
43	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	7	2	5	9	5	16	19	22	17	23	24	24	23	22	18	6	6	4	3	1	–	4	–	–	–	265
44	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1	1	–	–	4	7	8	8	6	10	10	13	13	13	18	12	14	15	13	4	6	3	1	2	2	–	–	–	188
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	2	4	6	7	7	12	15	13	15	16	9	16	13	10	6	5	5	5	–	2	–	–	–	173
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	3	2	5	1	8	5	9	9	10	15	11	6	10	5	9	9	8	3	5	1	2	1	–	–	141
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	2	4	1	4	7	3	3	8	10	7	10	7	6	7	8	7	4	4	7	1	–	–	114
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	2	3	2	6	7	5	5	7	7	6	12	5	5	7	4	10	–	–	–	96
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	2	4	4	5	2	2	3	8	6	6	5	5	9	2	7	6	–	–	–	82
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	1	–	4	3	5	7	5	8	8	6	11	6	4	7	14	15	18	11	25	62	9	–	2	235
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	3	2	3	2	5	4	3	3	10	18	27	3	2	88
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	1	–	1	1	1	–	1	7	6	3	2	28
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	6	7	8	27

Table 22 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by age and previous civil status of groom
Age	Single Men	Widowers	Divorcees	Other	Total
Total	18,581	180	1,628	–	20,389
Age of groom
Under 20	83	–	–	–	83
20-24	314	–	1	–	315
25-29	2,985	–	7	–	2,992
30-34	7,744	–	54	–	7,798
35-39	4,377	4	182	–	4,563
40-44	1,789	11	248	–	2,048
45-49	743	24	297	–	1,064
50-54	306	19	269	–	594
55-59	130	28	257	–	415
60 and over	110	94	313	–	517
Average age of groom	34.9	60.5	51.0	–	36.4

Table 23 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2018 classified by age and previous civil status of bride
Age	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Other	Total
Total	18,881	127	1,380	1	20,389
Age of bride
Under 20	147	–	–	–	147
20-24	514	–	1	–	515
25-29	4,584	1	30	–	4,615
30-34	7,943	3	115	1	8,062
35-39	3,536	10	227	–	3,773
40-44	1,190	13	244	–	1,447
45-49	555	21	260	–	836
50-54	248	18	214	–	480
55-59	96	19	156	–	271
60 and over	68	42	133	–	243
Average age of bride	33.4	55.2	46.9	31.1	34.4