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 201,579 37,768 1,968 30,559 16,343 22,867 1,207 10,457 446 2,133 15,835 426 61,570 Under 15 years 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 15 years 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 .. 2 16 years 59 .. .. .. 4 1 .. 1 .. 11 20 .. 22 17 years 135 .. .. 3 3 13 1 4 .. 19 41 .. 51 18 years 722 14 .. 10 47 105 10 30 .. 52 154 .. 300 19 years 1,136 17 1 40 87 147 14 46 7 100 201 .. 476 20 years 1,817 49 2 108 160 278 16 106 3 105 318 1 671 21 years 2,662 105 8 194 272 407 34 163 5 120 422 1 931 22 years 4,027 199 22 380 446 651 55 274 12 153 550 .. 1,285 23 years 5,927 465 31 656 687 966 53 415 17 191 671 1 1,774 24 years 8,263 850 60 1,058 953 1,214 82 615 23 197 760 1 2,450 25 years 11,656 1,635 75 1,778 1,321 1,577 83 786 34 201 916 1 3,249 26 years 14,693 2,564 98 2,384 1,542 1,792 93 877 43 228 1,010 4 4,058 27 years 16,936 3,555 149 2,829 1,559 1,856 109 934 48 204 1,013 8 4,672 28 years 17,906 4,029 161 3,055 1,568 1,857 90 991 40 155 937 8 5,015 29 years 17,627 4,112 180 3,039 1,424 1,677 90 771 45 134 950 5 5,200 30 years 15,951 3,801 165 2,788 1,185 1,534 70 746 41 99 826 4 4,692 31 years 13,662 3,359 174 2,337 926 1,200 59 618 36 66 690 7 4,190 32 years 11,331 2,707 116 1,906 775 1,020 54 490 29 48 659 5 3,522 33 years 9,134 2,072 109 1,498 619 952 31 423 13 25 588 8 2,796 34 years 7,573 1,629 75 1,199 508 748 50 342 13 25 530 6 2,448 35 years 6,002 1,259 74 965 417 594 27 281 9 .. 446 5 1,925 36 years 4,920 946 72 737 329 577 24 205 9 .. 393 12 1,616 37 years 3,917 747 46 565 260 474 24 178 5 .. 350 6 1,262 38 years 3,229 565 37 437 183 403 21 156 3 .. 322 6 1,096 39 years 2,738 469 28 369 147 331 24 137 1 .. 300 7 925 40 years 2,449 373 43 321 154 359 17 104 .. .. 271 7 800 41 years 2,037 322 30 259 107 289 9 112 1 .. 216 4 688 42 years 1,827 275 30 236 87 256 16 81 2 .. 192 10 642 43 years 1,559 231 24 194 70 225 5 81 3 .. 214 3 509 44 years 1,431 210 18 181 62 182 10 68 1 .. 164 8 527 45 years 1,272 152 27 163 66 181 5 63 .. .. 193 8 414 46 years 1,139 157 17 137 56 158 8 50 .. .. 157 5 394 47 years 1,004 129 18 110 48 146 3 57 1 .. 135 5 352 48 years 892 126 15 107 47 100 1 43 .. .. 149 3 301 49 years 787 103 10 77 39 105 4 46 1 .. 110 11 281 50 years 738 98 9 85 37 79 3 37 1 .. 118 4 267 51 years 567 85 7 60 24 68 2 21 .. .. 91 7 202 52 years 556 72 9 64 21 58 2 29 .. .. 90 7 204 53 years 443 49 3 43 19 46 .. 14 .. .. 83 7 179 54 years 397 45 .. 41 22 42 1 10 .. .. 75 3 158 55 years 343 39 4 28 11 35 .. 7 .. .. 60 9 150 56 years 283 25 5 22 14 35 4 5 .. .. 56 8 109 57 years 268 20 1 20 8 31 .. 8 .. .. 57 7 116 58 years 234 21 1 27 5 27 .. 2 .. .. 37 8 106 59 years 212 20 2 14 8 21 .. 12 .. .. 51 2 82 60 years and over 1,109 68 12 35 16 50 3 18 .. .. 244 204 459 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute