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Marriages and Civil Partnerships

2011

	2011	2010

Marriages	19,855	20,594
Marriages per 1,000 population	4.3	4.5
Average Age of Groom	34.6	34.1
Average Age of Bride	32.5	32.0
Civil Marriages	5,768	5,991

Marriage rate falls as average age of bride and groom continues to rise

Figure 1 MCP - Average age of bride and groom, 1961 - 2011

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The average age of grooms in 2011 was 34.6 years, 0.5 years more than the average age in 2010.

In the past fifty years, the average age of grooms has decreased from 30.6 years in 1961 to a low of 26.2 years in 1977 and has increased to a high of 34.6 years in 2011. A similar trend is evident for brides with the average age decreasing from 26.9 in 1961 to 24.0 in 1977 and has increased to a high of 32.5 in 2011. See table 1 and fig 1.

The number of marriages registered in 2011 was 19,855, which equates to a crude marriage rate of 4.3 per 1,000 of the population. This compares with a total of 20,594 marriages and a marriage rate of 4.5 per thousand of the population in 2010. The 2011 marriage rate was the lowest in the state since 1998 when the recorded rate was 4.5 per 1,000 of the population. See table 1.

Of the 19,855 marriages registered in 2011, there were 13,156 Roman Catholic marriage ceremonies (66%), 5,768 civil marriages (29%), 448 Church of Ireland ceremonies (2%) and the remaining 2% was made up of Presbyterian, Methodist, Jewish and other ceremonies. See table 1.

July was the most popular month for marriage in 2011, when 14% of marriages occurred. Marriages in July, August and September accounted for over 39% of marriages. January continued to be the least popular month for marriage ceremonies with 535 (almost 3%) of marriages occurring during that month. See table 16.

Friday and Saturday were the most popular days of the week to get married with 70% of marriages occurring on those days. The least popular day was Sunday when 177 couples wed (less than 1% of total). See table 16.

Saturday 30^th July was the most popular date for marriage in 2011 with 263 (1%) marriages taking place. This was closely followed by Friday 26^th August, when 251 (1%) marriages occurred.

Figure 2 MCP - Crude marriage rates per 1,000 population in the European Union, 2011

Cyprus had the highest crude marriage rate in the EU 27 with a rate of 7.3 per 1,000 population Bulgaria had the lowest rates, with 2.9 marriages per 1,000 population. Ireland, along with the Czech Republic, Austria and the Netherlands was ranked 14^thwith a rate of 4.3 per 1,000 of the population. This was slightly lower than the European (EU 27) average rate which was 4.4 marriages per thousand population in 2010. Figures for average rate for 2011 are not available for all EU27 countries at time of printing.

Civil marriages account for 29% of all marriages

In 2011, civil marriages accounted for 29% of all marriages, the same rate as in 2010. Of the 5,768 civil marriages in 2011, there were 3,855 (67%) where both the bride and groom were single. See tables 1, 17 and fig 3.

In 2011, the average age of the groom in civil marriages was 37.9 years and the average age of the groom in Roman Catholic marriages was 33.1 years. The average age of the bride in civil marriages was 35.0 years and the average age of the bride in Roman Catholic marriages was 31.3 years. See table 3.

In 2011, civil marriage ceremonies were the most common form of ceremony for grooms aged 45 and over (69%), and for brides aged 40 and over (67%). See table 3.

At a NUTS3 regional level, nearly 43% of grooms and brides in the Dublin region had civil marriages. By contrast, almost 20% grooms and brides living in theborder region had civil marriages. See tables 14 and 15.

Groom older than bride in 64% of marriages

The average age of grooms and brides in 2011 was 34.6 and 32.5 respectively. The average age of grooms marrying for the first time was 33.2 years and for brides the average age was 31.6 years. See tables 22 and 23.

In 2011, the groom was older than the bride in almost 64% of marriages. This was generally witnessed across all age groups except in the case of grooms under 25, where the bride was older in 43% of marriages. See tables 7, 8 and fig 4.

In 2011, almost 3% of grooms were under the age of 25 and 35% of grooms were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. For brides, 6% were under the age of 25 and almost 24% were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. See table 1.

At a local authority level, Monaghan had the lowest average age for grooms at 33.2 years and Donegal had the lowest average age for brides at 30.9 years. At the other end of the scale, Waterford City had the highest average age for grooms at 36.1 years and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown had the highest average age for brides at 33.7 years. See tables 9 and 10.

Figure 3 MCP - Marriages by form of ceremony, 2011

88% of marriages were first time marriages

In 2011, 88% (17,434) of marriages were the first marriage for both the groom and bride. The breakdown between grooms and brides was 18,168 (92%) grooms and 18,520 (93%) brides marrying for the first time. See tables 17, 22 and 23.

There were 2,272 marriages involving at least one divorced person in 2011, including 447 marriages where both parties were divorced. Civil ceremonies accounted for 1,855 of these marriages, 234 were Roman Catholic ceremonies, and the remaining 183 were other religious ceremonies. See table 17.

Couples residing outside Ireland before marriage account for 8% of marriages

Marriages where both the bride and groom were residing in Ireland before marriage accounted for almost 90% (17,771) of marriages. In 2011, 1,605 (8%) marriages involved both the bride and groom living outside the State before marriage. See tables 11 and 12.

Over 92% of grooms residing in Waterford City married brides who were also residing in Waterford City. In contrast, only 73% of Leitrim grooms married brides living in Leitrim. In relation to brides, almost 91% of brides residing in Wexford married grooms from the same area, while at the other end of the scale 73% of Monaghan brides married grooms residing in Monaghan. See tables 11 and 12.

The future permanent residence of married couples was stated to be outside Ireland in 9% (1,843) of marriages in 2011. This compares to 1,762 (9%) in 2010. See table 1.

One in five marriages were between brides and grooms of the same socio-economic group

Over 20% (4,036) of all marriages involved the bride and groom being of the same socio-economic group.

Over 32% of grooms and 30% of brides in the ‘higher professional’ category married persons in the same socio-economic group. Over 23% of grooms and brides in the ‘employer and managers’ socio-economic group married an individual in the same group, Almost 23% of grooms and 19% of brides in the ‘other non-manual’ group married within their own group, and 9% of grooms and 11% of brides in the ‘salaried employees’ group married within their own group.

There was a greater disparity apparent for the following socio-economic groups - for those in the ‘lower professional’ group over 41% of grooms and 18% of brides married within the group, in the ‘intermediate non-manual workers’ group, 30% of grooms and 13% of brides married within the group, in the ‘skilled manual workers’ group, 3% of grooms and 42% of brides married within the group, and in the ‘other manual workers’ group, 8% of grooms and 21% of brides married within the group. In the combined socio-economic groups of ‘farmers, relatives assisting and farm managers’ and ‘other agricultural occupations and fisherman’ 2% of grooms and 23% of brides married within those groups. See table 6 and background notes page 27.

Number of divorces granted down by 9%

There were 2,819 divorces granted by the Circuit Court and the High Court in 2011. This was a decrease of 294 (9%) on the 2010 figure. See Appendix Table A.

Civil Partnerships

	2011	2010
Civil Partnerships	536	–
Civil Partnerships per 1,000 Population	0.12	–
Average Age of Male Partners	44.7	–
Average Age of Female Partners	43.8	–

Legislation

Civil Partnerships, introduced by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, enabled same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition of their relationship and this regulation was enacted on the 01/01/2011.

Over 70% of Civil Partnerships resident in Leinster

There were 536 civil partnership ceremonies in 2011, 335 male unions and 201 female unions. Over 70% (377) of these same-sex couples reside in the Leinster area with 34% living in Dublin City and a further 19% residing in the greater Dublin area. Excluding the Dublin area, Cork County had the highest number of civil partnerships registered in 2011 (33) and accounted for over 6% of all civil partnerships registered in that year. In contrast, North Tipperary and Monaghan had just 1 civil partnership each that were registered in 2011. See Table 1A.

Previous Marital Status of partners in registered Civil Partnerships

Of the 1,072 individual partners, 1018 or 95% were previously single while 48 (4%) were divorcees and 6 were widowed. See Tables 2.A, 2B and 2C.

Average Age of Partner in Civil Partnership higher than in Marriages

The average age of partner in civil partnership couples is 44.3, the average age of male partner being 44.7 (average age of groom in marriage is 34.6) and female partner slightly less at 43.8 (average age of bride in marriage 32.5). See Tables 2.A, 2B and 2C.

Of all the male partnerships, over 36% indicate that there is a 1- 4 year difference in ages. Over 43% of female partnerships indicate that there is 1-4 year age gap between couples. In contrast, 6% of males and 9% of female partnerships show no age difference between partners. See Table 6A.

Show Table 1 Summary data for marriages 1994-1996, 2002 and 2004-2011

Table 1 Summary data for marriages 1994-1996, 2002 and 2004-2011

	1994	1995	1996	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
State	16,621	15,604	16,174	20,556	20,979	21,355	22,089	22,756	22,187	21,627	20,594	19,855

Marriages per 1,000 population	4.6	4.3	4.5	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	4.9	4.8	4.5	4.3

Average age of groom	29.8	30.0	30.2	32.5	33.0	33.1	33.2	33.4	33.8	34.0	34.1	34.6

Average age of bride	27.8	28.1	28.4	30.4	30.9	31.0	31.2	31.3	31.7	31.8	32.0	32.5

Percentage of marriages by	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
age of groom	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Under 20	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
20-24	14.9	12.8	10.8	5.4	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.0	3.0	3.3	3.0	2.3
25-29	47.4	46.5	46.3	34.6	31.5	30.3	29.4	29.1	27.7	27.2	25.4	22.4
30-34	24.3	27.3	29.0	34.9	36.6	37.0	37.0	37.5	37.5	36.8	38.3	39.7
35-39	7.3	7.8	8.2	13.6	14.9	14.7	15.7	16.3	17.0	17.3	17.8	18.6
Over 40	5.4	5.1	5.2	10.8	11.9	12.6	12.7	12.7	14.1	14.9	15.0	16.5

Percentage of marriages by	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
age of bride	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Under 20	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.3	1.4	1.1
20-24	27.3	23.7	21.6	11.7	9.5	9.6	8.6	7.8	6.8	7.2	5.7	4.9
25-29	47.5	49.1	49.5	42.9	40.9	39.7	39.0	39.4	38.1	36.0	34.9	32.6
30-34	16.7	18.8	19.9	28.3	31.5	31.5	32.1	32.4	33.6	33.8	36.2	37.6
35-39	4.1	4.4	5.1	9.4	9.7	10.3	11.1	11.4	11.9	12.1	12.6	13.5
Over 40	2.8	2.4	2.7	6.5	7.2	7.6	7.9	7.8	8.7	9.6	9.3	10.3

Form of ceremony
Roman Catholic	15,200	14,158	14,607	15,908	15,978	15,867	16,211	16,854	15,978	14,624	13,781	13,156
Church of Ireland	434	425	483	781	539	553	530	526	534	447	427	448
Presbyterian	51	76	91	112	127	119	161	176	160	111	89	67
Methodist	33	25	38	40	21	17	26	20	32	21	27	15
Jewish	3	1	2	6	4	5	2	1	0	5	0	0
Other religious	50	28	25	26	24	32	32	33	184	205	279	401
Civil marriages	850	891	928	3,683	4,286	4,762	5,127	5,146	5,299	6,214	5,991	5,768

Country of future residence
Outside Republic of Ireland	2,661	2,502	2,604	2,293	2,057	1,890	1,917	1,798	1,909	1,835	1,762	1,843
Northern Ireland	235	216	271	256	281	257	346	330	367	362	289	304
England and Wales	1,477	1,338	1,295	1,119	1,047	990	932	915	981	899	810	846
Scotland	60	66	64	86	78	67	84	75	95	86	76	92
Europe (remainder)	166	203	222	182	130	129	115	113	114	124	146	139
U.S.A	509	490	570	480	353	281	248	211	165	158	164	169
Elsewhere	214	189	182	170	168	166	192	154	187	206	277	293
Not stated	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	12	1	1

Percentage of marriages with	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
country of residence outside	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Republic of Ireland	16.0	16.0	16.1	11.2	9.9	8.9	8.7	7.9	8.6	8.5	8.6	9.3

Table 2 Age specific marriage rates, 2008-2011

Age	Marriages per 1,000 males at specified ages				Marriages per 1,000 females at specified ages
Age	2008	2009	2010	2011	2008	2009	2010	2011
All ages, 16-49	18.1	17.6	17.2	16.6	18.6	18.1	17.4	16.9

16-19	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.3	2.5	1.9

20	1.4	1.8	1.9	1.7	3.7	5.0	3.7	3.1
21	2.0	2.4	2.6	1.8	4.5	5.7	5.0	3.5
22	2.3	3.5	3.1	2.6	5.3	7.0	5.6	5.5
23	4.2	4.5	4.8	3.8	8.8	9.2	7.9	7.5
24	7.1	7.8	6.4	5.6	16.3	14.8	12.3	12.1

20-24	3.5	4.1	3.9	3.1	8.1	8.6	7.1	6.4

25	13.3	13.0	11.8	10.8	23.5	21.9	19.0	17.2
26	21.4	21.3	18.9	15.2	34.1	30.9	30.2	25.6
27	29.9	29.2	26.8	24.2	42.8	41.3	36.9	34.9
28	38.5	37.7	36.5	33.5	53.1	47.1	44.7	43.1
29	47.6	45.2	43.6	39.6	54.8	51.1	50.8	47.5

25-29	30.1	29.6	28.1	25.4	41.5	38.6	36.7	34.4

30	52.1	46.2	45.7	42.8	52.8	51.3	49.0	46.3
31	50.7	50.2	47.8	46.5	49.2	48.1	46.8	45.5
32	44.4	44.6	42.5	42.9	40.1	37.6	38.9	36.9
33	41.1	38.4	38.7	38.5	32.4	31.8	31.5	32.0
34	34.3	32.0	32.3	30.8	29.1	26.3	26.6	25.7

30-34	44.6	42.3	41.5	40.5	40.8	39.3	38.9	37.6

35	27.8	27.0	26.9	27.8	21.9	20.7	20.8	21.3
36	24.8	22.5	23.4	22.3	17.6	16.5	17.2	17.4
37	20.4	21.6	19.5	20.7	13.8	14.2	13.7	13.2
38	17.5	18.0	17.7	16.9	12.8	11.8	10.4	11.4
39	15.3	14.5	13.5	13.2	10.5	10.5	10.0	10.6

35-39	21.3	20.8	20.3	20.3	15.5	14.8	14.5	14.8

40	13.0	12.4	13.1	11.9	9.1	9.0	8.5	8.0
41	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.5	7.5	7.3	5.7	6.4
42	9.1	9.0	9.2	8.6	5.2	6.6	6.0	6.0
43	7.9	7.1	7.6	7.0	3.9	5.0	4.5	5.0
44	6.9	7.2	6.4	6.2	4.1	4.4	4.8	4.9

40-44	9.6	9.3	9.5	8.9	6.0	6.5	5.9	6.1

45	6.4	6.0	5.2	6.4	4.0	4.2	3.6	4.3
46	5.0	5.3	4.4	5.0	4.1	3.1	3.0	3.7
47	4.8	5.0	4.5	5.1	3.0	3.7	2.9	3.0
48	4.6	4.2	4.1	4.7	2.9	3.1	2.4	3.1
49	3.6	4.1	3.5	4.2	3.1	3.1	2.7	2.6

45-49	4.9	4.9	4.3	5.1	3.4	3.5	2.9	3.4

Table 3 Marriages registered in 2011 classified according to age of groom/age of bride and form of ceremony
Age	Form of ceremony¹					Total
	Catholic	Church	Presbyterian	Other religious	Civil Marriages
		of Ireland		denominations
Age of groom
Under 20	100	–	–	–	7	107
20-24	210	8	5	20	217	460
25-29	3,251	84	17	69	1,027	4,448
30-34	5,989	194	26	116	1,559	7,884
35-39	2,442	92	12	80	1,061	3,687
40-44	736	28	–	46	673	1,483
45-49	254	20	3	39	452	768
50-54	87	8	–	24	305	424
55-59	43	5	4	15	217	284
60 and over	44	9	–	7	250	310
Total	13,156	448	67	416	5,768	19,855

Age of bride
Under 20	142	–	–	5	62	209
20-24	443	24	9	37	453	966
25-29	4,933	141	27	86	1,280	6,467
30-34	5,516	179	18	119	1,638	7,470
35-39	1,565	73	5	82	964	2,689
40-44	376	14	4	32	572	998
45-49	111	3	1	29	370	514
50-54	31	5	1	19	222	278
55-59	19	5	2	4	112	142
60 and over	20	4	–	3	95	122
Total	13,156	448	67	416	5,768	19,855

Average age of groom	33.1	34.9	33.5	37.3	37.9	34.6

Average age of bride	31.3	32.6	31.4	34.5	35.0	32.5

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 4 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by socio-economic group and age of groom
Socio-economic group of groom	Age of groom											Average age of groom
Socio-economic 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	Average age of groom
Farmers, relatives assisting and farm managers	–	4	88	191	136	63	43	18	6	9	558	36.6
Other agricultural occupations and fishermen	6	15	67	78	47	22	12	6	4	4	261	34.2
Higher professional	–	8	432	1,030	378	137	49	35	23	21	2,113	34.2
Lower professional	3	19	404	923	451	161	66	36	21	16	2,100	34.5
Employers and managers	7	27	423	1,039	588	277	134	72	56	35	2,658	35.9
Salaried employees	–	3	143	347	134	47	21	15	14	3	727	34.6
Intermediate non-manual workers	–	39	487	731	287	74	49	25	20	6	1,718	33.2
Other non-manual workers	3	56	490	731	421	231	136	79	38	31	2,216	35.6
Skilled manual workers	8	85	1,413	2,283	943	328	172	89	47	44	5,412	33.8
Other manual workers	4	39	220	338	202	92	55	26	20	8	1,004	34.9
Other	76	165	281	193	98	51	31	23	35	133	1,086	35.7
Not stated	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	37.0
Total	107	460	4,448	7,884	3,687	1,483	768	424	284	310	19,855	34.6

Table 5 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by socio-economic group and age of bride

Socio-economic group of bride	Age of bride											Average age of bride
Socio-economic 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	Average age of bride
Farmers, relatives assisting and farm managers	–	2	5	6	1	–	1	–	1	1	17	34.9
Other agricultural occupations and fishermen	–	3	15	13	8	1	–	2	1	1	44	33.6
Higher professional	–	28	715	1,060	309	73	38	14	9	7	2,253	32.4
Lower professional	4	67	1,669	2,015	625	191	89	43	23	11	4,737	32.3
Employers and managers	1	49	765	1,115	443	136	61	34	20	3	2,627	33.0
Salaried employees	–	8	186	268	87	23	9	7	2	1	591	32.5
Intermediate non-manual workers	8	204	1,275	1,424	493	212	105	63	26	14	3,824	32.5
Other non-manual workers	22	230	981	778	335	161	94	53	15	11	2,680	32.1
Skilled manual workers	1	7	104	147	48	26	11	1	2	1	348	33.0
Other manual workers	4	34	99	107	65	36	15	10	6	–	376	33.5
Other	169	334	652	537	275	138	91	51	37	72	2,356	32.3
Not stated	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	35.5
Total	209	966	6,467	7,470	2,689	998	514	278	142	122	19,855	32.5

Table 6 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by socio-economic group of bride and groom
	Socio-economic group of bride
Socio-economic group of groom	Farmers, relatives assisting and farm managers	Other agricultural occupations and fishermen	Higher professional	Lower professional	Employers and managers	Salaried employees	Intermediate non-manual workers	Other non-manual workers	Skilled manual workers	Other manual workers	Other	Not stated	Total
Farmers, relatives assisting and farm managers	9	4	57	183	60	9	115	63	11	11	36	–	558
Other agricultural occupations and fishermen	2	5	21	61	19	4	43	43	1	9	53	–	261
Higher professional	–	3	684	623	265	65	242	120	20	3	87	1	2,113
Lower professional	1	1	281	871	271	71	254	173	39	15	123	–	2,100
Employers and managers	–	5	309	628	617	99	454	254	50	19	223	–	2,658
Salaried employees	1	2	82	198	115	66	132	74	11	6	40	–	727
Intermediate non-manual workers	–	3	143	377	209	49	515	228	19	26	149	–	1,718
Other non-manual workers	1	4	121	310	265	50	481	500	32	77	375	–	2,216
Skilled manual workers	2	12	475	1,228	657	150	1,218	875	146	106	543	–	5,412
Other manual workers	1	3	40	135	93	18	242	198	10	80	184	–	1,004
Other	–	2	39	123	56	10	128	152	9	24	543	–	1,086
Not stated	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2
Total	17	44	2,253	4,737	2,627	591	3,824	2,680	348	376	2,356	2	19,855

Table 7 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by groom's age and bride's relative age
Age of groom	Relative age of bride							Total
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	154	818	3,719	2,523	7,953	3,427	1,261	19,855
16	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
17	–	–	3	3	1	–	–	7
18	–	1	10	23	13	–	–	47
19	–	2	13	10	26	–	–	51
Under 20	–	3	27	37	40	–	–	107
20	2	7	12	4	26	–	–	51
21	1	6	13	5	25	1	–	51
22	2	8	22	14	28	–	–	74
23	1	20	39	14	36	2	–	112
24	6	25	49	28	57	7	–	172
20-24	12	66	135	65	172	10	–	460
25	15	39	109	66	95	19	–	343
26	9	43	169	110	155	20	–	506
27	9	76	275	159	284	33	–	836
28	9	76	374	268	454	54	3	1,238
29	12	63	424	313	633	76	4	1,525
25-29	54	297	1,351	916	1,621	202	7	4,448
30	11	73	443	310	806	92	8	1,743
31	15	57	377	346	901	184	10	1,890
32	10	54	300	196	874	207	13	1,654
33	6	33	229	163	741	256	19	1,447
34	5	43	164	103	570	253	12	1,150
30-34	47	260	1,513	1,118	3,892	992	62	7,884
35	6	29	128	92	483	272	22	1,032
36	3	19	102	64	338	274	25	825
37	5	29	85	37	284	261	49	750
38	1	14	83	31	206	222	56	613
39	4	12	38	27	161	179	46	467
35-39	19	103	436	251	1,472	1,208	198	3,687
40	1	13	47	22	121	142	73	419
41	5	12	32	16	93	132	71	361
42	2	8	23	15	89	89	54	280
43	2	7	25	4	62	70	56	226
44	–	6	20	7	43	74	47	197
40-44	10	46	147	64	408	507	301	1,483
45	1	7	11	12	44	75	49	199
46	–	4	18	7	38	45	45	157
47	–	4	9	6	36	45	54	154
48	1	3	8	4	28	40	54	138
49	–	4	8	3	29	29	47	120
45-49	2	22	54	32	175	234	249	768
50-54	5	9	29	23	78	131	149	424
55-59	3	6	13	13	51	87	111	284
60-64	2	5	9	3	28	20	95	162
65-69	–	–	5	1	11	26	39	82
70-74	–	–	–	–	3	4	33	40
75 and over	–	1	–	–	2	6	17	26

Table 8 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by bride's age and groom's relative age
Age of bride	Relative age of groom							Total
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	1,261	3,427	7,953	2,523	3,719	818	154	19,855
16	–	1	6	1	–	–	–	8
17	1	1	18	3	–	–	–	23
18	6	14	42	23	3	–	–	88
19	14	23	36	10	7	–	–	90
Under 20	21	39	102	37	10	–	–	209
20	16	25	33	4	12	–	–	90
21	16	33	38	5	9	–	–	101
22	20	54	58	14	13	–	–	159
23	27	82	95	14	10	1	–	229
24	33	123	173	28	28	2	–	387
20-24	112	317	397	65	72	3	–	966
25	40	143	306	66	29	2	–	586
26	54	234	438	110	68	1	–	905
27	72	265	688	159	122	6	–	1,312
28	79	309	867	268	189	13	–	1,725
29	86	304	922	313	297	17	–	1,939
25-29	331	1,255	3,221	916	705	39	–	6,467
30	68	287	899	310	354	23	–	1,941
31	77	227	755	346	422	43	2	1,872
32	64	211	546	196	408	50	–	1,475
33	45	171	419	163	362	63	2	1,225
34	41	123	349	103	274	65	2	957
30-34	295	1,019	2,968	1,118	1,820	244	6	7,470
35	49	104	228	92	229	78	7	787
36	44	98	187	64	175	70	4	642
37	40	74	145	37	126	52	4	478
38	48	64	112	31	103	44	8	410
39	34	55	90	27	97	56	13	372
35-39	215	395	762	251	730	300	36	2,689
40	29	46	72	22	71	33	6	279
41	28	42	53	16	49	24	6	218
42	23	24	47	15	43	27	11	190
43	28	30	36	4	34	20	6	158
44	17	25	50	7	26	17	11	153
40-44	125	167	258	64	223	121	40	998
45	12	30	31	12	24	14	10	133
46	11	27	28	7	21	16	6	116
47	10	30	20	6	12	12	4	94
48	16	25	17	4	17	10	5	94
49	12	19	19	3	10	8	6	77
45-49	61	131	115	32	84	60	31	514
50-54	57	56	62	23	34	24	22	278
55-59	26	25	39	13	21	13	5	142
60-64	9	16	19	3	13	6	6	72
65-69	6	4	6	1	5	6	3	31
70-74	2	3	2	–	2	1	3	13
75 and over	1	–	2	–	–	1	2	6

Table 9 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by age and area of residence of groom before marriage
Area of residence of groom	Age of groom											Average age of groom
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	Average age of groom
Total	107	460	4,448	7,884	3,687	1,483	768	424	284	310	19,855	34.6

LEINSTER	63	253	2,254	4,063	1,933	738	423	224	158	186	10,295	34.8

Carlow	3	8	60	99	38	17	10	3	3	2	243	33.7
Dublin City	7	64	514	924	446	203	89	55	39	43	2,384	34.9
South Dublin	11	24	211	363	166	58	32	20	13	16	914	34.4
Fingal	3	27	235	498	239	85	50	25	16	14	1,192	34.7
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	1	16	161	356	192	72	43	24	16	24	905	35.8
Kildare	3	8	190	363	162	61	41	12	17	13	870	34.8
Kilkenny	2	6	74	145	72	12	9	6	4	7	337	34.4
Laois	3	12	89	120	50	27	9	2	5	4	321	33.6
Longford	1	7	30	57	29	10	6	4	3	4	151	35.1
Louth	5	10	108	170	79	34	18	9	9	5	447	34.3
Meath	6	14	196	311	158	46	29	14	8	13	795	34.3
Offaly	4	14	78	106	48	15	11	8	3	6	293	33.7
Westmeath	4	13	72	139	59	21	13	6	3	4	334	34.0
Wexford	6	20	116	206	97	37	34	19	8	17	560	35.5
Wicklow	4	10	120	206	98	40	29	17	11	14	549	35.5

MUNSTER	17	98	1,049	1,869	868	355	156	105	68	67	4,652	34.6

Clare	2	7	90	166	79	30	12	10	9	5	410	34.6
Cork City	4	16	62	123	71	39	10	12	10	3	350	35.1
Cork County	3	17	371	714	306	128	61	33	23	22	1,678	34.7
Kerry	3	9	111	192	94	31	23	7	2	6	478	34.2
Limerick City	–	10	47	69	38	9	4	10	2	3	192	34.5
Limerick County	–	18	141	236	98	36	18	7	9	8	571	34.0
North Tipperary	3	8	76	117	59	25	9	9	6	5	317	34.6
South Tipperary	1	6	64	110	60	19	6	4	3	5	278	34.3
Waterford City	–	5	34	40	24	18	5	8	2	4	140	36.1
Waterford County	1	2	53	102	39	20	8	5	2	6	238	35.0

CONNACHT	24	45	418	821	372	138	62	35	26	27	1,968	34.2

Galway City	2	9	57	99	51	15	7	4	–	2	246	33.5
Galway County	6	17	154	329	151	46	19	17	10	11	760	34.4
Leitrim	2	3	25	54	27	9	5	1	5	1	132	34.6
Mayo	7	9	92	170	82	29	12	4	6	6	417	34.0
Roscommon	5	4	45	82	25	17	11	6	3	4	202	34.6
Sligo	2	3	45	87	36	22	8	3	2	3	211	34.5

ULSTER (part of)	3	27	321	379	167	64	39	15	8	10	1,033	33.5

Cavan	2	7	81	93	48	18	15	5	3	3	275	34.0
Donegal	1	16	166	214	77	37	16	6	5	6	544	33.3
Monaghan	–	4	74	72	42	9	8	4	–	1	214	33.2

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	12	43	499	690	309	129	70	28	24	19	1,823	33.9
Midland	12	46	269	422	186	73	39	20	14	18	1,099	34.0
West	20	39	348	680	309	107	49	31	19	23	1,625	34.2
Dublin	22	131	1,121	2,141	1,043	418	214	124	84	97	5,395	34.9
Mid-East	13	32	506	880	418	147	99	43	36	40	2,214	34.8
Mid-West	5	43	354	588	274	100	43	36	26	21	1,490	34.4
South-East	13	47	401	702	330	123	72	45	22	41	1,796	34.8
South-West	10	42	544	1,029	471	198	94	52	35	31	2,506	34.6

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	107	423	4,042	7,132	3,340	1,295	680	379	260	290	17,948	34.6

NORTHERN IRELAND	–	11	95	128	52	26	20	7	4	3	346	34.2
BRITAIN	–	14	205	395	169	96	32	19	10	13	953	34.7
ELSEWHERE	–	12	106	229	126	66	36	19	10	4	608	35.7
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Table 10 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by age and area of residence of bride before marriage
Area of residence of bride	Age of bride											Average age of bride
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	Average age of bride
Total	209	966	6,467	7,470	2,689	998	514	278	142	122	19,855	32.5

LEINSTER	122	511	3,211	3,876	1,424	560	298	153	86	76	10,317	32.7

Carlow	6	8	67	99	29	10	8	1	4	2	234	32.6
Dublin City	23	158	622	902	362	143	67	50	15	23	2,365	33.1
South Dublin	15	57	282	339	140	45	22	10	7	5	922	32.3
Fingal	5	52	360	493	171	57	36	11	8	6	1,199	32.7
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	4	32	237	374	138	62	26	16	8	15	912	33.7
Kildare	5	30	297	328	130	42	21	15	6	5	879	32.7
Kilkenny	6	10	115	136	45	19	9	4	2	3	349	32.5
Laois	7	17	123	123	30	12	4	5	5	2	328	31.6
Longford	3	12	42	54	16	9	2	1	–	2	141	31.7
Louth	7	30	168	134	63	30	17	10	1	1	461	32.3
Meath	5	31	305	296	85	37	24	6	8	6	803	32.2
Offaly	8	10	100	107	34	9	9	4	2	–	283	31.6
Westmeath	13	11	107	128	43	19	6	2	5	–	334	32.1
Wexford	9	27	202	164	66	29	21	7	8	6	539	32.7
Wicklow	6	26	184	199	72	37	26	11	7	–	568	32.9

MUNSTER	43	207	1,573	1,744	632	211	110	67	30	25	4,642	32.4

Clare	5	22	134	155	55	29	8	1	4	2	415	32.2
Cork City	7	22	101	128	56	14	11	6	3	2	350	32.5
Cork County	4	57	572	679	222	75	39	28	10	7	1,693	32.5
Kerry	5	20	176	163	69	19	10	2	3	3	470	32.0
Limerick City	9	15	54	60	35	4	3	4	2	2	188	31.9
Limerick County	5	27	199	215	68	26	14	9	3	3	569	32.3
North Tipperary	2	17	111	103	36	10	5	3	1	4	292	31.9
South Tipperary	3	9	98	104	31	13	6	3	3	1	271	32.2
Waterford City	2	9	45	55	26	10	7	6	1	–	161	33.4
Waterford County	1	9	83	82	34	11	7	5	–	1	233	32.5

CONNACHT	32	92	670	755	254	84	38	22	14	14	1,975	32.1

Galway City	5	15	69	126	35	10	6	3	1	2	272	32.4
Galway County	8	29	249	282	102	33	10	8	3	7	731	32.3
Leitrim	1	9	39	48	13	7	4	1	2	–	124	32.2
Mayo	11	20	169	145	52	13	8	4	2	2	426	31.3
Roscommon	5	8	72	69	31	12	3	4	3	2	209	32.7
Sligo	2	11	72	85	21	9	7	2	3	1	213	32.1

ULSTER (part of)	5	86	468	351	111	44	19	11	4	3	1,102	31.1
Cavan	2	20	115	84	37	15	6	1	1	1	282	31.6
Donegal	3	58	240	182	49	24	8	7	3	2	576	30.9
Monaghan	–	8	113	85	25	5	5	3	–	–	244	31.1

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	15	136	747	618	208	90	47	24	10	5	1,900	31.6
Midland	31	50	372	412	123	49	21	12	12	4	1,086	31.8
West	29	72	559	622	220	68	27	19	9	13	1,638	32.1
Dublin	47	299	1,501	2,108	811	307	151	87	38	49	5,398	33.0
Mid-East	16	87	786	823	287	116	71	32	21	11	2,250	32.6
Mid-West	21	81	498	533	194	69	30	17	10	11	1,464	32.1
South-East	27	72	610	640	231	92	58	26	18	13	1,787	32.6
South-West	16	99	849	970	347	108	60	36	16	12	2,513	32.4

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	202	896	5,922	6,726	2,421	899	465	253	134	118	18,036	32.4

NORTHERN IRELAND	–	17	100	96	37	15	8	4	2	1	280	32.4
BRITAIN	4	26	281	382	130	47	20	12	1	3	906	32.6
ELSEWHERE	3	27	164	266	101	37	21	9	5	–	633	33.0
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Table 11 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by area of residence of groom before marriage, also showing whether bride has same area of residence

Area of residence of groom	Total	Area of residence of bride				Percentage of brides from same area as groom
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	Not stated	Percentage of brides from same area as groom
LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS	17,948	15,537	2,234	177	–	86.6

Carlow	243	195	47	1	–	80.2
Dublin City	2,384	2,127	232	25	–	89.2
South Dublin	914	817	90	7	–	89.4
Fingal	1,192	1,048	125	19	–	87.9
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	905	791	107	7	–	87.4
Kildare	870	782	84	4	–	89.9
Kilkenny	337	296	38	3	–	87.8
Laois	321	289	31	1	–	90.0
Longford	151	110	40	1	–	72.8
Louth	447	396	44	7	–	88.6
Meath	795	705	86	4	–	88.7
Offaly	293	244	47	2	–	83.3
Westmeath	334	283	50	1	–	84.7
Wexford	560	489	69	2	–	87.3
Wicklow	549	497	49	3	–	90.5

Clare	410	359	45	6	–	87.6
Cork City	350	270	76	4	–	77.1
Cork County	1,678	1,501	172	5	–	89.5
Kerry	478	411	64	3	–	86.0
Limerick City	192	151	39	2	–	78.6
Limerick County	571	461	99	11	–	80.7
North Tipperary	317	245	70	2	–	77.3
South Tipperary	278	233	41	4	–	83.8
Waterford City	140	129	10	1	–	92.1
Waterford County	238	200	38	–	–	84.0

Galway City	246	199	41	6	–	80.9
Galway County	760	619	131	10	–	81.4
Leitrim	132	96	35	1	–	72.7
Mayo	417	353	60	4	–	84.7
Roscommon	202	162	40	–	–	80.2
Sligo	211	171	35	5	–	81.0

Cavan	275	232	40	3	–	84.4
Donegal	544	499	27	18	–	91.7
Monaghan	214	177	32	5	–	82.7

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES	17,948	16,459	1,312	177	–	91.7

Border	1,823	1,647	137	39	–	90.3
Midland	1,099	967	127	5	–	88.0
West	1,625	1,470	135	20	–	90.5
Dublin	5,395	5,080	257	58	–	94.2
Mid-East	2,214	2,012	191	11	–	90.9
Mid-West	1,490	1,302	167	21	–	87.4
South-East	1,796	1,626	159	11	–	90.5
South-West	2,506	2,355	139	12	–	94.0

PROVINCES	17,948	17,071	700	177	–	95.1

Leinster	10,295	9,931	277	87	–	96.5
Munster	4,652	4,417	197	38	–	94.9
Connacht	1,968	1,790	152	26	–	91.0
Ulster (part of)	1,033	933	74	26	–	90.3

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	17,948	17,771	–	177	–	99.0

NORTHERN IRELAND	346	229	111	6	–	66.2
BRITAIN	953	852	86	15	–	89.4
ELSEWHERE	608	524	68	16	–	86.2
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–	–	–

Table 16 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by month and day of week of marriage

Month of occurrence	Day of occurrence							Total
Month of occurrence	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Total
January	10	36	35	34	46	203	171	535
February	3	54	39	45	69	304	184	698
March	3	47	54	93	102	443	293	1035
April	13	60	75	71	174	580	570	1543
May	28	78	79	68	193	622	558	1626
June	20	76	85	95	338	784	770	2168
July	38	90	77	125	375	1017	1014	2736
August	17	125	139	124	413	892	807	2517
September	11	75	78	76	381	1060	836	2517
October	23	66	58	65	222	630	737	1801
November	2	52	66	64	116	478	286	1064
December	9	118	197	234	344	496	217	1615

Total	177	877	982	1094	2773	7509	6443	19855

Socio-Economic Grou (SEG)	Occupations included are as listed
Farmers, relatives assisting and farm managers	Farmers, farm/stud managers, relativers assisting
Other agricultural occupations and fishermen	Fisherman, agricultural worker, stud farm/groom
Higher professional	Doctor, lawyer, accountant, architect and dentist
Lower professional	Teacher, journalist, nurse, pharmacist and programmer
Employers and managers	Self-employed, managing director and shopkeeper
Salaried employees	Agent, contractor insurance broker and sales rep.
Intermediate non-manual workers	Bar person, civil servant, garda and secretary
Other non-manual workers	Air hostess, waiter, driver, postman, hairdresser, hospital worker, salesman
Skilled manual workers	Carpenter, builder, painter, electrician, mechanic, mechanist etc;
Other manual workers	Labourer, CIE worker, Co. Council worker,porter, ESB worker, corporation worker,construction worker, factory worker, docker, miner and boilerman

Table 12 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by area of residence of bride before marriage, also showing whether groom has same area of residence

Area of residence of bride	Total	Area of residence of groom				Percentage of grooms from same area as bride
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	Not stated	Percentage of grooms from same area as bride
LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS	18,036	15,537	2,234	265	–	86.1

Carlow	234	195	38	1	–	83.3
Dublin City	2,365	2,127	215	23	–	89.9
South Dublin	922	817	97	8	–	88.6
Fingal	1,199	1,048	138	13	–	87.4
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	912	791	104	17	–	86.7
Kildare	879	782	89	8	–	89.0
Kilkenny	349	296	50	3	–	84.8
Laois	328	289	35	4	–	88.1
Longford	141	110	27	4	–	78.0
Louth	461	396	51	14	–	85.9
Meath	803	705	95	3	–	87.8
Offaly	283	244	38	1	–	86.2
Westmeath	334	283	47	4	–	84.7
Wexford	539	489	48	2	–	90.7
Wicklow	568	497	62	9	–	87.5

Clare	415	359	52	4	–	86.5
Cork City	350	270	79	1	–	77.1
Cork County	1,693	1,501	173	19	–	88.7
Kerry	470	411	57	2	–	87.4
Limerick City	188	151	37	–	–	80.3
Limerick County	569	461	95	13	–	81.0
North Tipperary	292	245	42	5	–	83.9
South Tipperary	271	233	34	4	–	86.0
Waterford City	161	129	32	–	–	80.1
Waterford County	233	200	31	2	–	85.8

Galway City	272	199	67	6	–	73.2
Galway County	731	619	106	6	–	84.7
Leitrim	124	96	27	1	–	77.4
Mayo	426	353	69	4	–	82.9
Roscommon	209	162	46	1	–	77.5
Sligo	213	171	36	6	–	80.3

Cavan	282	232	41	9	–	82.3
Donegal	576	499	32	45	–	86.6
Monaghan	244	177	44	23	–	72.5

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES	18,036	16,459	1,312	265	–	91.3

Border	1,900	1,647	155	98	–	86.7
Midland	1,086	967	106	13	–	89.0
West	1,638	1,470	151	17	–	89.7
Dublin	5,398	5,080	257	61	–	94.1
Mid-East	2,250	2,012	218	20	–	89.4
Mid-West	1,464	1,302	140	22	–	88.9
South-East	1,787	1,626	149	12	–	91.0
South-West	2,513	2,355	136	22	–	93.7

PROVINCES	18,036	17,071	700	265	–	94.6

Leinster	10,317	9,931	272	114	–	96.3
Munster	4,642	4,417	175	50	–	95.2
Connacht	1,975	1,790	161	24	–	90.6
Ulster (part of)	1,102	933	92	77	–	84.7

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	18,036	17,771	–	265	–	98.5

NORTHERN IRELAND	280	229	41	10	–	81.8
BRITAIN	906	852	41	13	–	94.0
ELSEWHERE	633	524	95	14	–	82.8
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–	–	–

Table 13 Marriages celebrated in each county and city during 2011 classified by form of ceremony
Province, county or city	Form of ceremony¹					Total
Province, county or city	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	Total
TOTAL	13,156	448	67	416	5,768	19,855

LEINSTER	5,762	252	21	322	3,480	9,837

Carlow	199	16	–	4	92	311
Dublin City	728	28	7	90	1,474	2,327
South Dublin	344	6	2	11	59	422
Fingal	369	14	–	32	81	496
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	296	36	1	28	60	421
Kildare	565	24	–	24	369	982
Kilkenny	371	5	2	1	92	471
Laois	292	18	–	4	58	372
Longford	101	3	–	–	55	159
Louth	364	5	3	19	173	564
Meath	675	17	1	38	232	963
Offaly	240	4	2	5	77	328
Westmeath	309	6	1	8	98	422
Wexford	480	15	–	12	166	673
Wicklow	429	55	2	46	394	926

MUNSTER	4,151	88	2	50	1,331	5,622

Clare	473	–	–	2	22	497
Cork City	304	2	–	5	403	714
Cork County	1,239	45	1	24	170	1,479
Kerry	658	10	–	6	172	846
Limerick City	112	2	–	3	257	374
Limerick County	482	11	1	4	18	516
North Tipperary	297	9	–	–	35	341
South Tipperary	270	2	–	–	102	374
Waterford City	50	–	–	4	80	134
Waterford County	266	7	–	2	72	347

CONNACHT	2,035	32	1	22	644	2,734

Galway City	158	2	–	3	43	206
Galway County	659	7	–	6	318	990
Leitrim	165	3	–	4	27	199
Mayo	592	8	1	3	121	725
Roscommon	229	3	–	2	41	275
Sligo	232	9	–	4	94	339

ULSTER (part of)	1,208	76	43	22	313	1,662

Cavan	259	25	4	7	124	419
Donegal	685	34	30	9	159	917
Monaghan	264	17	9	6	30	326

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	1,969	93	46	49	607	2,764
Midland	942	31	3	17	288	1,281
West	1,638	20	1	14	523	2,196
Dublin	1,737	84	10	161	1,674	3,666
Mid-East	1,669	96	3	108	995	2,871
Mid-West	1,364	22	1	9	332	1,728
South-East	1,636	45	2	23	604	2,310
South-West	2,201	57	1	35	745	3,039

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 14 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by area of residence of groom and form of ceremony
Area of residence of groom	Form of ceremony¹					Total
Area of residence of groom	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	Total
TOTAL	13,156	448	67	416	5,768	19,855

LEINSTER	6,306	240	18	283	3,448	10,295

Carlow	163	15	–	1	64	243
Dublin City	1,135	56	5	87	1,101	2,384
South Dublin	563	15	2	27	307	914
Fingal	730	21	2	42	397	1,192
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	498	32	3	41	331	905
Kildare	577	17	–	19	257	870
Kilkenny	274	7	1	3	52	337
Laois	229	5	1	4	82	321
Longford	112	2	–	1	36	151
Louth	322	4	–	11	110	447
Meath	544	14	1	18	218	795
Offaly	219	5	1	4	64	293
Westmeath	244	5	1	1	83	334
Wexford	406	12	–	9	133	560
Wicklow	290	30	1	15	213	549

MUNSTER	3,368	57	3	43	1,181	4,652

Clare	304	–	–	3	103	410
Cork City	206	3	–	8	133	350
Cork County	1,225	31	1	18	403	1,678
Kerry	367	6	–	4	101	478
Limerick City	106	1	–	–	85	192
Limerick County	435	7	1	6	122	571
North Tipperary	254	7	–	1	55	317
South Tipperary	204	1	1	1	71	278
Waterford City	85	–	–	2	53	140
Waterford County	182	1	–	–	55	238

CONNACHT	1,481	17	1	12	457	1,968

Galway City	160	1	–	4	81	246
Galway County	572	3	–	2	183	760
Leitrim	101	3	–	1	27	132
Mayo	336	3	–	2	76	417
Roscommon	151	1	1	1	48	202
Sligo	161	6	–	2	42	211

ULSTER (part of)	790	41	19	13	170	1,033

Cavan	191	16	1	5	62	275
Donegal	422	20	16	4	82	544
Monaghan	177	5	2	4	26	214

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,374	54	19	27	349	1,823
Midland	804	17	3	10	265	1,099
West	1,219	8	1	9	388	1,625
Dublin	2,926	124	12	197	2,136	5,395
Mid-East	1,411	61	2	52	688	2,214
Mid-West	1,099	15	1	10	365	1,490
South-East	1,314	36	2	16	428	1,796
South-West	1,798	40	1	30	637	2,506

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	11,945	355	41	351	5,256	17,948

NORTHERN IRELAND	223	23	17	8	75	346
BRITAIN	657	51	7	32	206	953
ELSEWHERE	331	19	2	25	231	608
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–	–	–

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 15 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by area of residence of bride and form of ceremony
Area of residence of bride	Form of ceremony¹					Total
Area of residence of bride	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	Total
TOTAL	13,156	448	67	416	5,768	19,855

LEINSTER	6,301	245	21	293	3,457	10,317

Carlow	156	12	–	3	63	234
Dublin City	1,128	50	3	90	1,094	2,365
South Dublin	573	16	1	27	305	922
Fingal	732	18	3	43	403	1,199
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	493	42	3	42	332	912
Kildare	574	18	–	22	265	879
Kilkenny	293	4	1	2	49	349
Laois	237	5	1	3	82	328
Longford	97	2	–	2	40	141
Louth	322	8	3	11	117	461
Meath	553	13	2	18	217	803
Offaly	213	4	1	2	63	283
Westmeath	247	4	1	2	80	334
Wexford	388	11	–	11	129	539
Wicklow	295	38	2	15	218	568

MUNSTER	3,388	57	2	39	1,156	4,642

Clare	315	–	–	4	96	415
Cork City	204	3	–	9	134	350
Cork County	1,236	33	1	14	409	1,693
Kerry	360	6	–	4	100	470
Limerick City	112	–	–	–	76	188
Limerick County	445	8	–	4	112	569
North Tipperary	238	5	–	–	49	292
South Tipperary	199	1	1	1	69	271
Waterford City	106	–	–	–	55	161
Waterford County	173	1	–	3	56	233

CONNACHT	1,498	17	–	14	446	1,975

Galway City	181	2	–	3	86	272
Galway County	559	3	–	4	165	731
Leitrim	92	2	–	1	29	124
Mayo	343	3	–	2	78	426
Roscommon	159	1	–	1	48	209
Sligo	164	6	–	3	40	213

ULSTER (part of)	855	43	27	13	164	1,102

Cavan	197	19	1	5	60	282
Donegal	451	20	21	5	79	576
Monaghan	207	4	5	3	25	244

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,433	59	30	28	350	1,900
Midland	794	15	3	9	265	1,086
West	1,242	9	–	10	377	1,638
Dublin	2,926	126	10	202	2,134	5,398
Mid-East	1,422	69	4	55	700	2,250
Mid-West	1,110	13	–	8	333	1,464
South-East	1,315	29	2	20	421	1,787
South-West	1,800	42	1	27	643	2,513

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	12,042	362	50	359	5,223	18,036

NORTHERN IRELAND	157	24	12	9	78	280
BRITAIN	628	43	5	27	203	906
ELSEWHERE	329	19	–	21	264	633
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–	–	–

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 17 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by form of ceremony and previous status of partners
Marriages contracted between	Form of ceremony¹					Total
Marriages contracted between	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	Total
Total	13,156	448	67	416	5,768	19,855

Single men and single women	12,839	403	59	278	3,855	17,434
Single men and widows	22	–	–	1	20	43
Widowers and single women	49	1	–	3	32	85
Widowers and widows	12	2	–	1	6	21
Divorced men and single women	120	21	4	65	791	1,001
Single men and divorced women	90	8	–	39	554	691
Divorced men and widows	2	2	–	4	38	46
Widowers and divorced women	10	2	–	5	70	87
Divorced men and divorced women	12	9	4	20	402	447

¹There is at present no provision for the civil registration of Muslim marriage ceremonies solemnised in the State.

Table 18 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by county of residence and previous marital status of groom

Area of residence of groom	Single men	Widowers	Divorcees	Total
TOTAL	18,168	193	1,494	19,855

LEINSTER	9,391	116	788	10,295

Carlow	224	1	18	243
Dublin City	2,181	26	177	2,384
South Dublin	834	8	72	914
Fingal	1,101	12	79	1,192
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	817	14	74	905
Kildare	782	17	71	870
Kilkenny	314	4	19	337
Laois	299	–	22	321
Longford	136	3	12	151
Louth	405	1	41	447
Meath	739	10	46	795
Offaly	268	1	24	293
Westmeath	302	3	29	334
Wexford	502	11	47	560
Wicklow	487	5	57	549

MUNSTER	4,284	41	327	4,652

Clare	381	3	26	410
Cork City	310	4	36	350
Cork County	1,552	11	115	1,678
Kerry	445	4	29	478
Limerick City	169	5	18	192
Limerick County	530	6	35	571
North Tipperary	297	1	19	317
South Tipperary	257	1	20	278
Waterford City	122	2	16	140
Waterford County	221	4	13	238

CONNACHT	1,834	17	117	1,968

Galway City	234	–	12	246
Galway County	713	8	39	760
Leitrim	120	–	12	132
Mayo	387	2	28	417
Roscommon	181	4	17	202
Sligo	199	3	9	211

ULSTER (part of)	970	8	55	1,033

Cavan	253	2	20	275
Donegal	514	5	25	544
Monaghan	203	1	10	214

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,694	12	117	1,823
Midland	1,005	7	87	1,099
West	1,515	14	96	1,625
Dublin	4,933	60	402	5,395
Mid-East	2,008	32	174	2,214
Mid-West	1,377	15	98	1,490
South-East	1,640	23	133	1,796
South-West	2,307	19	180	2,506

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	16,479	182	1,287	17,948

NORTHERN IRELAND	309	3	34	346
BRITAIN	856	4	93	953
ELSEWHERE	524	4	80	608
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–

Table 19 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by county of residence and previous marital status of bride
Area of residence of bride	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Total
TOTAL	18,520	110	1,225	19,855

LEINSTER	9,606	64	647	10,317

Carlow	211	1	22	234
Dublin City	2,208	16	141	2,365
South Dublin	875	1	46	922
Fingal	1,113	7	79	1,199
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	852	10	50	912
Kildare	820	4	55	879
Kilkenny	327	3	19	349
Laois	306	3	19	328
Longford	131	1	9	141
Louth	422	2	37	461
Meath	751	5	47	803
Offaly	258	1	24	283
Westmeath	311	2	21	334
Wexford	494	7	38	539
Wicklow	527	1	40	568

MUNSTER	4,334	26	282	4,642

Clare	397	2	16	415
Cork City	321	1	28	350
Cork County	1,587	11	95	1,693
Kerry	444	1	25	470
Limerick City	172	2	14	188
Limerick County	528	7	34	569
North Tipperary	278	–	14	292
South Tipperary	252	2	17	271
Waterford City	145	–	16	161
Waterford County	210	–	23	233

CONNACHT	1,863	9	103	1,975

Galway City	257	1	14	272
Galway County	688	5	38	731
Leitrim	114	1	9	124
Mayo	410	–	16	426
Roscommon	196	1	12	209
Sligo	198	1	14	213

ULSTER (part of)	1,040	5	57	1,102

Cavan	265	–	17	282
Donegal	540	4	32	576
Monaghan	235	1	8	244

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Border	1,774	9	117	1,900
Midland	1,006	7	73	1,086
West	1,551	7	80	1,638
Dublin	5,048	34	316	5,398
Mid-East	2,098	10	142	2,250
Mid-West	1,375	11	78	1,464
South-East	1,639	13	135	1,787
South-West	2,352	13	148	2,513

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	16,843	104	1,089	18,036

NORTHERN IRELAND	250	1	29	280
BRITAIN	867	2	37	906
ELSEWHERE	560	3	70	633
NOT STATED	–	–	–	–

Table 20 Marriages in 2011 classified by age of groom and bride in single years; all marriages

Age of groom	Age of bride
Age of 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	23	88	90	90	101	159	229	387	586	905	1,312	1,725	1,939	1,941	1,872	1,475	1,225	957	787	642	478	410	372	279	218	190	158	153	133	116	94	94	77	278	142	72	50	19,855
16 & under	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
17	1	3	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
18	2	11	23	7	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47
19	2	6	18	10	8	4	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
20	1	1	11	13	4	5	5	1	1	2	1	1	3	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
21	1	–	8	9	8	5	7	4	2	–	–	2	2	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
22	–	–	5	7	9	7	14	5	7	7	3	3	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	74
23	–	–	2	7	10	6	13	14	18	9	8	4	7	5	2	3	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
24	–	–	3	4	6	12	17	22	28	13	17	11	8	6	6	9	4	–	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	172
25	–	1	3	7	8	13	14	28	40	66	40	33	16	20	15	13	6	3	2	4	2	–	3	–	–	1	–	2	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	343
26	–	–	2	4	6	8	14	22	49	70	110	74	43	34	18	18	9	5	6	5	2	2	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	506
27	–	–	4	3	4	11	11	23	52	91	118	159	122	85	35	33	28	22	13	9	4	2	3	2	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	836
28	–	1	2	5	4	7	16	22	32	77	136	209	268	158	96	59	61	33	22	12	9	–	–	5	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	1,238
29	–	–	1	3	3	6	11	24	32	68	86	186	293	313	205	114	55	50	22	20	10	7	4	5	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	1	–	1,525
30	–	–	1	3	4	1	8	16	30	37	98	167	219	322	310	216	118	70	39	32	22	7	8	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,743
31	–	–	–	2	2	6	8	13	20	40	103	126	189	251	335	346	174	101	63	39	25	14	7	7	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	–	–	1	4	1	–	–	1,890
32	–	–	–	4	1	3	5	7	28	27	54	91	166	197	244	267	196	141	78	43	38	24	12	13	2	3	4	–	1	2	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,654
33	–	–	1	–	2	2	3	11	13	24	34	60	125	152	200	205	184	163	94	68	42	25	13	9	1	8	2	2	2	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1,447
34	–	–	1	–	–	1	2	–	8	15	27	38	65	108	120	159	159	132	103	79	45	24	16	23	12	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,150
35	–	–	–	1	1	1	2	2	6	9	16	44	54	69	89	124	124	114	121	92	50	37	24	17	14	7	3	1	4	1	1	1	2	–	–	1	–	–	1,032
36	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	4	9	9	32	41	53	64	84	79	94	90	75	64	40	25	21	16	3	8	4	1	3	1	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	825
37	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	2	5	12	26	24	44	66	61	66	79	82	56	67	37	38	24	14	9	11	7	4	3	4	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	750
38	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	2	1	6	7	14	23	30	35	33	59	65	56	53	49	48	31	35	20	14	14	6	2	4	–	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	613
39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	3	9	11	19	33	30	36	42	38	44	35	46	36	27	21	13	2	2	6	1	1	2	2	1	2	–	–	1	467
40	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	1	4	12	14	21	17	19	29	25	26	43	36	29	27	29	22	13	13	12	9	3	6	1	–	3	–	1	–	–	419
41	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	–	2	3	3	5	7	14	16	17	21	27	28	22	34	22	24	19	28	16	14	11	5	2	5	4	3	–	5	–	–	–	361
42	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	3	2	5	4	8	13	16	12	23	15	21	18	25	27	18	19	15	9	3	1	10	3	3	–	4	–	–	–	280
43	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	7	8	6	10	14	8	12	18	15	17	15	18	16	13	4	9	10	2	4	2	2	4	1	–	–	226
44	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	2	1	3	–	7	2	3	6	7	6	7	12	11	16	17	18	8	9	15	11	7	11	4	2	3	3	3	–	–	–	197
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	4	4	8	3	8	9	10	14	14	11	17	19	9	12	8	15	12	5	2	3	1	7	–	1	–	199
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	4	4	–	3	6	5	5	7	10	11	7	6	6	15	7	8	13	10	7	4	6	3	9	–	–	–	157
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	1	2	6	6	5	6	9	5	12	12	6	12	7	8	9	14	5	8	6	5	2	5	1	–	–	154
48	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	2	1	–	–	3	4	5	–	3	7	7	12	7	8	6	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	4	4	5	3	–	–	138
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	5	4	1	1	3	3	5	4	11	6	3	6	5	10	5	9	9	6	5	3	9	3	–	–	120
50-54	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	4	5	1	7	8	3	7	10	10	7	20	16	14	21	10	17	23	30	29	26	26	24	73	21	5	2	424
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	1	2	1	1	1	5	2	9	9	9	7	12	14	8	7	6	18	17	16	75	44	10	5	284
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	1	2	–	2	–	1	2	3	1	3	6	3	2	5	5	3	3	4	10	1	44	27	23	9	162
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	3	1	2	4	–	–	9	21	39	31	33	148

Table 21 Marriages in 2011 classified by age of groom and bride in single years; first marriages only

Age of groom	Age of bride
Age of 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	23	88	88	88	101	154	222	373	568	881	1,283	1,695	1,882	1,884	1,795	1,395	1,137	863	685	517	384	305	259	184	134	96	70	65	48	33	29	24	17	32	15	6	3	17,434
16 & under	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
17	1	3	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
18	2	11	23	7	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47
19	2	6	18	10	8	4	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
20	1	1	11	13	4	5	5	1	1	2	1	1	3	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
21	1	–	8	9	8	5	7	4	2	–	–	2	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	50
22	–	–	5	7	9	7	14	5	7	7	3	2	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	73
23	–	–	2	7	10	6	13	14	18	9	8	4	7	5	2	3	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
24	–	–	3	4	5	12	17	22	28	13	17	11	8	5	5	8	4	–	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	168
25	–	1	3	7	8	13	14	27	40	65	40	32	14	19	15	13	6	2	2	3	2	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	330
26	–	–	2	4	6	8	14	22	48	69	109	74	43	32	17	17	9	4	3	4	2	1	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	492
27	–	–	4	3	4	11	11	23	51	89	118	158	120	83	35	33	25	22	12	9	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	816
28	–	1	2	5	4	7	16	22	32	77	134	207	267	157	95	58	59	32	21	12	6	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,221
29	–	–	1	3	3	6	11	24	31	68	85	186	292	311	202	113	54	49	18	17	10	5	3	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,496
30	–	–	1	3	4	1	7	16	30	35	97	165	219	321	309	209	111	68	38	31	22	7	6	3	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,706
31	–	–	–	1	2	6	8	13	19	38	103	125	188	250	332	341	171	100	60	35	23	11	5	7	2	1	3	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	1,849
32	–	–	–	4	1	3	5	7	28	26	53	89	163	193	242	261	193	135	76	42	31	22	9	10	2	2	3	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,602
33	–	–	1	–	2	2	3	10	11	22	31	60	125	149	196	201	180	162	91	64	39	22	10	9	1	8	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,403
34	–	–	1	–	–	1	2	–	6	14	26	38	63	108	119	157	153	127	98	74	42	23	14	18	10	2	3	2	1	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,105
35	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	1	6	9	16	43	54	69	85	119	123	110	115	85	45	32	20	13	11	6	2	1	4	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	976
36	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	4	9	8	31	40	50	61	80	79	87	86	70	58	35	22	13	11	2	4	3	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	760
37	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	2	4	11	23	23	37	58	59	63	72	78	47	59	31	36	23	11	5	5	4	2	2	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	660
38	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	2	1	5	6	10	22	24	30	28	53	59	51	50	42	40	27	29	16	11	10	3	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	525
39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	9	10	15	29	26	36	35	29	38	28	40	30	21	19	11	2	2	3	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	388
40	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	3	7	11	19	14	15	22	22	23	33	30	27	24	23	15	9	10	8	3	2	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	326
41	–	–	–	–	2	1	–	–	1	2	3	4	7	10	12	14	14	21	19	16	24	19	17	13	22	13	8	7	4	1	2	1	1	–	2	–	–	–	260
42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	2	4	3	6	10	13	9	19	12	12	11	21	16	14	13	6	4	3	–	6	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	190
43	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	2	1	–	1	5	7	4	8	8	6	8	11	11	14	13	16	10	6	3	6	4	–	3	1	1	1	1	–	–	154
44	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	2	1	3	–	3	1	2	5	4	4	3	8	5	9	10	10	4	7	10	4	4	5	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	111
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	2	6	2	3	4	6	10	7	6	10	8	9	8	6	9	6	2	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	110
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	–	3	2	2	3	6	5	9	4	1	5	9	3	4	3	4	3	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	74
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	4	3	1	2	3	1	7	7	3	4	2	1	4	5	3	3	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	61
48	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	1	5	–	–	4	1	5	1	4	1	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	–	1	–	–	53
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	1	–	3	1	3	3	4	3	–	1	–	2	2	1	–	3	–	1	2	1	–	–	37
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	3	–	1	1	2	3	4	7	7	6	6	4	5	4	8	6	5	7	6	10	4	–	–	104
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	1	–	1	1	–	3	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	–	4	3	3	6	4	1	–	41
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	3	3	5	–	18
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	3	7

Table 22 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by age and previous marital status of groom

Age	Single Men	Widowers	Divorcees	Total
Total	18,168	193	1,494	19,855

Age of groom
Under 20	107	–	–	107
20-24	459	–	1	460
25-29	4,438	–	10	4,448
30-34	7,816	6	62	7,884
35-39	3,492	7	188	3,687
40-44	1,163	22	298	1,483
45-49	421	20	327	768
50-54	150	17	257	424
55-59	71	29	184	284
60 and over	51	92	167	310

Average age of groom	33.2	57.9	48.6	34.6

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2011

Marriage rate falls as average age of bride and groom continues to rise

88% of marriages were first time marriages

Couples residing outside Ireland before marriage account for 8% of marriages

One in five marriages were between brides and grooms of the same socio-economic group

Number of divorces granted down by 9%

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Previous Marital Status of partners in registered Civil Partnerships

Average Age of Partner in Civil Partnership higher than in Marriages

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Table 23 Marriages registered in 2011 classified by age and previous marital status of bride

Age	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Total
Total	18,520	110	1,225	19,855

Age of bride
Under 20	209	–	–	209
20-24	962	–	4	966
25-29	6,419	1	47	6,467
30-34	7,308	2	160	7,470
35-39	2,421	18	250	2,689
40-44	764	20	214	998
45-49	268	13	233	514
50-54	103	13	162	278
55-59	39	17	86	142
60 and over	27	26	69	122

Average age of bride	31.6	51.4	44.1	32.5

Table A Divorce, Judicial Separation and Nullity applications received and granted by the courts in year ending December 2011

		Divorce Applications		Judicial Separation Applications		Nullity Applications
Court	County	Received	Granted	Received	Granted	Received	Granted
TOTAL		3,363	2,819	1,391	1,049	40	34

CIRCUIT COURT
Leinster		1,972	1,663	755	592	24	12

Carlow	Carlow	48	36	9	8	–	–
Dublin	Dublin	1,247	964	490	371	14	1
Naas	Kildare	92	87	33	33	3	–
Kilkenny	Kilkenny	57	56	13	10	–	1
Portlaoise	Laois	47	47	8	13	1	1
Longford	Longford	23	26	8	4	4	1
Dundalk	Louth	77	61	34	33	–	–
Trim	Meath	78	77	54	44	1	1
Tullamore	Offaly	44	58	13	10	–	–
Mullingar	Westmeath	65	64	23	15	–	5
Wexford	Wexford	111	116	29	25	–	1
Wicklow	Wicklow	83	71	41	26	1	1

Munster		888	787	380	283	10	13

Ennis	Clare	66	69	47	23	–	–
Cork	Cork	375	333	195	132	6	6
Tralee	Kerry	92	83	33	26	1	4
Limerick	Limerick	150	157	53	46	2	2
Clonmel	Tipperary	104	107	25	40	1	–
Waterford	Waterford	101	38	27	16	–	1

Connacht		335	221	160	118	3	8

Galway	Galway	171	71	86	60	2	4
Carrick on Shannon	Leitrim	15	17	10	6	–	1
Castlebar	Mayo	64	61	38	30	–	3
Roscommon	Roscommon	39	36	15	7	1	–
Sligo	Sligo	46	36	11	15	–	–

Ulster		140	110	69	33	3	1

Cavan	Cavan	36	39	20	19	–	–
Letterkenny	Donegal	84	71	38	14	2	1
Monaghan	Monaghan	20	–	11	–	1	–

TOTAL CIRCUIT COURT		3,335	2,781	1,364	1,026	40	34
HIGH COURT		28	38	27	23	–	–
SUPREME COURT		–	–	–	–	–	–


Source: Courts Service.

Table 1A Civil Partnerships registered in 2011 classified by future area of residence of partners

Area of residence of partners	All partnerships	Male partnerships	Female partnerships
TOTAL	536	335	201

LEINSTER	377	244	133

Carlow	4	3	1
Dublin City	182	135	47
South Dublin	27	16	11
Fingal	40	25	15
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	35	17	18
Kildare	21	12	9
Kilkenny	4	2	2
Laois	2	2	–
Longford	3	2	1
Louth	13	7	6
Meath	10	5	5
Offaly	4	1	3
Westmeath	6	3	3
Wexford	8	2	6
Wicklow	18	12	6

MUNSTER	92	52	40

Clare	9	6	3
Cork City	9	7	2
Cork County	33	15	18
Kerry	8	5	3
Limerick City	8	4	4
Limerick County	11	7	4
North Tipperary	1	–	1
South Tipperary	3	2	1
Waterford City	4	3	1
Waterford County	6	3	3

CONNACHT	32	14	18

Galway City	4	3	1
Galway County	14	6	8
Leitrim	2	1	1
Mayo	5	2	3
Roscommon	2	1	1
Sligo	5	1	4

ULSTER (part of)	13	6	7

Cavan	4	3	1
Donegal	8	3	5
Monaghan	1	–	1

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Border	33	15	18
Midland	15	8	7
West	25	12	13
Dublin	284	193	91
Mid-East	49	29	20
Mid-West	29	17	12
South-East	29	15	14
South-West	50	27	23

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	514	316	198

OUTSIDE THE STATE	22	19	3

Table 2A Civil Partnerships registered in 2011 classified by previous marital status and average age of partners

Total	Single	Widows/Widowers	Divorcees	Average age of partner

1,072	1,018	6	48	44.3

Table 2B Civil Partnerships registered in 2011 classified by previous civil status, and average age of male partners

Total	Single men	Widowers	Divorcees	Average age of male partner

670	649	4	17	44.7

Table 2C Civil Partnerships registered in 2011 classified by previous civil status and average age of female partners

Total	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Average age of female partner

402	369	2	31	43.8

Table 3A Civil Partnerships registered in 2011 classified by older partners age and younger partners relative age
All partners	Total older partners	Younger partner
Age	Total older partners	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-55	55-59	60 and over
Total all ages	536	3	18	45	96	93	93	85	63	26	14

Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	8	2	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	19	1	7	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	48	–	3	15	30	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	59	–	1	8	25	25	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	93	–	1	6	24	36	26	–	–	–	–
45-49	91	–	–	1	9	22	35	24	–	–	–
50-54	77	–	–	3	2	4	17	32	19	–	–
55-59	64	–	–	1	3	4	8	15	25	8	–
60 and over	77	–	–	–	3	2	7	14	19	18	14

Table 4A Civil Partnerships registered in 2011 classified by older male partners age and younger male partners relative age
Male partners	Total male partners	Younger male partner
Age	all ages	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over
Older male partner	335	2	15	32	55	56	63	48	36	16	12

Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	6	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	14	–	6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	23	–	3	9	11	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	38	–	1	5	15	17	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	53	–	1	5	17	16	14	–	–	–	–
45-49	54	–	–	1	5	16	22	10	–	–	–
50-54	48	–	–	3	2	3	12	18	10	–	–
55-59	40	–	–	1	2	3	8	9	13	4	–
60 and over	59	–	–	–	3	1	7	11	13	12	12

Table 5A Civil Partnerships registered in 2011 classified by older female parter age and younger female partners relative age
Female partners	Total female partners	Younger female partner
Age	all ages	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over
Total	201	1	3	13	41	37	30	37	27	10	2

Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	5	1	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	25	–	–	6	19	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	21	–	–	3	10	8	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	40	–	–	1	7	20	12	–	–	–	–
45-49	37	–	–	–	4	6	13	14	–	–	–
50-54	29	–	–	–	–	1	5	14	9	–	–
55-59	24	–	–	–	1	1	–	6	12	4	–
60+	18	–	–	–	–	1	–	3	6	6	2

Table 6A Civil Partnerships registered in 2011 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 Partnerships	536	38	7.1	208	38.8	171	31.9	119	22.2

Male Partnerships	335	20	6.0	121	36.1	98	29.3	96	28.7

Female partnerships	201	18	9.0	87	43.3	73	36.3	23	11.4