Vital Statistics: Marriages Married couples . National data Married couples of different sex by age of the wife and profession or main occupation of the wife. Units: Marriages couples Total 1.Professionals, technicians and similar workers 2.Public service and Corporate Management Professionals 3.Administrative and similar personnel 4.Business and Sales people 5.Service Workers 6.Farmers, Stockmen, Forestry Labourers, Fisherman and Hunters 7.Production workers and similar, transport equipment drivers and non-agricultural workmen 8.Armed Forces Professionals 9.Students 10.People devoted to housework 11.Retirees, Pensioners and Independently wealthy 12.People who cannot be classified and no data recorded All ages 203,453 38,283 1,725 31,089 16,957 22,052 1,158 11,499 370 2,398 17,248 444 60,230 Under 15 years 2 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 15 years 16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 7 .. 6 16 years 101 1 .. 3 2 6 1 3 .. 6 35 .. 44 17 years 189 .. .. 16 14 13 3 8 .. 9 62 .. 64 18 years 743 8 1 19 41 68 12 17 .. 60 205 .. 312 19 years 1,242 24 3 45 94 167 13 62 3 90 281 .. 460 20 years 1,924 40 1 119 196 283 22 87 8 126 404 .. 638 21 years 2,889 88 9 173 288 463 33 182 10 120 543 .. 980 22 years 4,355 198 25 414 507 680 55 312 12 162 638 1 1,351 23 years 6,661 492 30 793 826 1,001 71 524 14 203 787 .. 1,920 24 years 9,342 1,007 49 1,238 1,121 1,375 89 702 18 254 930 2 2,557 25 years 12,825 1,901 78 1,897 1,488 1,548 122 1,019 34 263 1,068 6 3,401 26 years 15,815 2,804 103 2,462 1,654 1,838 100 1,082 46 256 1,110 1 4,359 27 years 18,058 3,759 115 3,108 1,644 1,958 111 1,052 40 228 1,116 4 4,923 28 years 18,611 4,208 138 3,151 1,594 1,836 86 1,033 42 168 1,097 5 5,253 29 years 17,677 4,292 159 3,057 1,361 1,586 87 944 33 150 1,002 3 5,003 30 years 15,520 3,890 132 2,703 1,180 1,380 58 801 34 103 842 6 4,391 31 years 13,080 3,216 116 2,235 1,002 1,125 47 629 29 79 732 4 3,866 32 years 10,778 2,536 102 1,816 772 915 45 510 14 61 704 4 3,299 33 years 8,623 2,014 81 1,503 592 800 29 417 9 34 561 7 2,576 34 years 6,936 1,448 79 1,161 495 721 28 346 9 21 505 4 2,119 35 years 5,709 1,193 68 929 372 615 22 258 3 2 435 4 1,808 36 years 4,534 929 61 711 308 466 19 199 3 .. 442 9 1,387 37 years 3,587 670 45 582 211 386 14 180 3 .. 362 11 1,123 38 years 3,090 546 44 461 189 373 12 149 .. .. 316 4 996 39 years 2,653 484 35 378 128 335 11 118 2 .. 294 6 862 40 years 2,265 372 26 330 131 243 15 129 .. .. 248 8 763 41 years 1,993 319 34 262 92 258 11 112 .. .. 248 9 648 42 years 1,805 309 27 198 91 229 4 93 .. .. 257 9 588 43 years 1,459 226 14 191 81 161 6 72 1 .. 205 7 495 44 years 1,315 184 15 174 76 155 5 63 1 .. 181 8 453 45 years 1,139 143 15 141 51 158 5 56 .. .. 173 5 392 46 years 1,024 147 11 128 49 130 3 58 .. .. 133 7 358 47 years 953 132 15 110 48 109 3 49 .. .. 143 6 338 48 years 839 98 15 87 31 102 3 50 .. .. 131 8 314 49 years 766 111 8 95 33 76 3 30 .. .. 113 8 289 50 years 701 75 9 86 22 84 2 25 1 .. 118 7 272 51 years 597 77 10 54 35 78 1 17 1 .. 109 8 207 52 years 491 58 6 51 18 60 1 19 .. .. 79 5 194 53 years 422 53 3 47 21 49 .. 11 .. .. 67 1 170 54 years 429 47 4 30 23 46 2 18 .. .. 94 5 160 55 years 304 30 15 23 20 36 1 11 .. .. 53 5 110 56 years 270 36 6 19 6 34 .. 11 .. .. 51 9 98 57 years 231 17 4 23 6 31 .. 10 .. .. 50 12 78 58 years 223 26 4 20 9 13 1 4 .. .. 50 3 93 59 years 178 18 2 13 13 11 .. 4 .. .. 38 6 73 60 years and over 1,089 57 8 33 22 50 2 23 .. .. 228 227 439 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute