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CSO statistical release, 28 April 2020, 11am

Marriages

2019

	2019	2018
Opposite-Sex Marriages	19,673	20,389
Same-Sex Marriages	640	664
All Marriages rate per 1,000 population	4.1	4.3
Average Age of Groom (Opposite-Sex Marriage)	36.8	36.4
Average Age of Bride (Opposite-Sex Marriage)	34.8	34.4
Average Age of Male (Same-Sex Marriage)	39.8	40.1
Average Age of Female (Same-Sex Marriage)	39.3	38.7

There were 20,313 marriages in 2019 including 640 same-sex marriages

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There were 640 same-sex marriages in 2019, of which 353 were male unions and 287 were female unions. See release Infographic

The average age of couples in same-sex marriages in 2019 was 39.6 years. The average age of male partners in same-sex marriages was 39.8 and the average age of female partners was lower at 39.3. See tables 23A, 23B and 23C.

There were 19,673 opposite-sex marriages in 2019. The average age of grooms was 36.8 years, 0.4 years more than the average age of grooms in 2018. In the past 50 years, the average age of grooms decreased from 28.1 years in 1969 to 26.5 years, 10 years later, in 1979 and increased to a high of 36.8 years in 2019. A similar trend is evident for brides with the average age decreasing from 25.3 in 1969 to 24.3 in 1979 and increasing to a high of 34.8 in 2019. See tables 1 and 3.

The number of all marriages (opposite-sex and same-sex) registered in 2019 was 20,313 which equates to a crude (unadjusted) marriage rate of 4.1 per 1,000 population, 0.2 less than the 2018 rate. This is 740 fewer marriages than in 2018 when 21,053 marriages took place. Same-sex marriages accounted for 3.2% of all marriages in 2019. See table 1.

Correction to Table 13. Revisions were made to figures in this table at County level. This was amended on the 16th of June 2020. The oversight is regretted.

In 2019, religious ceremonies accounted for 59.0% of all marriages. There were 8,863 (43.6%) Catholic marriage ceremonies, 289 (1.4%) Church of Ireland ceremonies, The Spiritualist Union of Ireland performed 1,618 (8.0%) ceremonies and 1,220 (6.0%) couples opted for other religious ceremonies. The majority of non-religious ceremonies were civil marriages which accounted for 31.6% (6,410) of all marriages; the remaining 1,913 (9.4%) couples had Humanist ceremonies. See tables 1, 3, 3A, 17, 17A and figure 2.

X-axis label	%
Roman Catholic	43.6
Civil Marriages	31.6
Humanist Association	9.4
Spiritualist Union	8
Church of Ireland	1.4
Other Religious	6

60%

Percentage of opposite-sex couples opting for religious ceremonies (60.2%)

In 2019, religious ceremonies accounted for the highest proportion of opposite-sex marriages (60.2%). There were 8,863 (45.1%) Catholic marriage ceremonies, 289 (1.5%) Church of Ireland ceremonies, 53 (0.3%) Presbyterian ceremonies while The Spiritualist Union of Ireland performed 1,512 (7.7%) marriage ceremonies in 2019. The remaining 1,131 (5.7%) couples opted for other religious ceremonies. Civil marriage ceremonies were the most popular choice for non-religious marriage ceremonies accounting for 6,012 (30.6%) of all opposite-sex marriages. In recent years the Humanist Association has also risen in popularity with 1,813 (9.2%) such marriages in 2019 compared to 1,766 (8.7%) in 2018. See tables 1, 3 and 17, and figure 2.

62%

Percentage of same-sex couples having civil ceremonies in 2019 (62.2%)

The most popular form of ceremony for same-sex marriage celebrations was civil marriage ceremonies, which accounted for 398 marriages (62.2%) followed by The Spiritualist Union of Ireland with 106 or 16.6% of ceremonies. The Humanist Association of Ireland accounted for 100 or 15.6% of ceremonies and the remaining 36 of same-sex couples (i.e. 5.6%) had ceremonies with other religious denominations. One-third of all same-sex marriage ceremonies took place in the Dublin City area (33.6%), followed by both Meath and Wicklow. accounting for 11.9% of same-sex ceremonies. See Tables 1, 3A, 3B, 13A, 13B and 17A.

August

The most popular month for all marriages in 2019

August was the most popular month for opposite-sex marriages in 2019

August was the most popular month for opposite-sex marriages, similar to 2018. In 2019, 14.2% (or 2,792) of marriages occurred in August. Over a quarter (25.5%) 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 537 (2.7%) of opposite-sex marriages occurring during that month.

Friday and Saturday were the most popular days of the week to get married with 13,783 or 70.1% of opposite-sex marriages occurring on those days. The least popular day was Sunday when 512 (2.6%) couples wed. See table 16.

Friday 26th July was the most popular date for opposite-sex marriages in 2019 with 234 (1.2%) marriages taking place on that day. This was followed by Saturday 3rd August, when 226 (1.1%) marriages occurred. See table 16.

August was the most popular month for same-sex marriages in 2019

The most popular month for same-sex marriages in 2019 was August with 88 (13.8%) marriages.

Friday was the most popular day for same-sex marriages with over one-third (220) or 34.4% of all same-sex marriages celebrated on that day. See table 16A.

Friday 6th of December was the most popular date for same-sex marriages in 2019 with 9 (1.4%) marriages occurring on this day.

EU marriage rate

In 2018 (most recent available data) Cyprus had the highest crude (unadjusted) marriage rate of the EU 28 Member States with a rate of 7.8 per 1,000 population. Luxembourg had the lowest rates, with 3.1 marriages per 1,000 population. In comparison, in 2018 Ireland had a marriage rate of 4.3 per thousand population and was ranked 18th along with Finland. (The latest available data for Belgium, France and Germany was 2017 and 2016 was the most recent data available for The United Kingdom). See figure 3.

EU-28	Marriage rate
Cyprus	7.8
Romania	7.4
Lithuania	7
Latvia	6.8
Malta	5.8
Slovakia	5.7
Denmark	5.6
Austria	5.3
Hungary	5.2
Czech Republic	5.1
Poland	5.1
Estonia	5
Sweden	5
Croatia	4.9
Germany (2017)	4.9
Greece	4.4
United Kingdom (2016)	4.4
Finland	4.3
Ireland (2018)	4.3
Bulgaria	4.1
Ireland (2019)	4.1
Belgium (2017)	3.9
Netherlands	3.7
France (2017)	3.5
Slovenia	3.5
Spain	3.5
Portugal	3.4
Italy	3.2
Luxembourg	3.1

Groom older than bride in 62.6% of opposite-sex marriages

The average age of grooms and brides in 2019 was 36.8 years and 34.8 years respectively. The average age of grooms marrying for the first time was 35.2 years and for brides the average age was 33.6 years. See tables 22 and 23.

The groom was older than the bride in 62.6% of marriages in 2019. See tables 7 and 8.

In 2019, 2.0% of grooms were under the age of 25 and 46.7% of grooms were aged 35 and over on their wedding day. For brides, 3.4% were under the age of 25 and 35.9% 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 2019, at 34.9 and 32.5 years respectively. At the other end of the scale, Sligo had the highest average age for grooms at 38.8 years while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had the highest average age for brides at 35.7 years. See tables 9 and 10.

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

In 2019, 86.9% (17,090) of opposite-sex marriages were the first marriage for both the groom and bride. The breakdown between grooms and brides was 17,871 (90.8%) grooms and 18,160 (92.3%) brides marrying for the first time. See tables 18, 19, 22 and 23.

There were 2,428 opposite-sex marriages involving at least one divorced person in 2019, including 562 marriages where both parties were divorced. See table 17.

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

Of the 1,280 individual same-sex partners in 2019, the majority - 1,120 or 87.5% were previously single, 92 (7.2%) were previous civil partners, while 51 (4.0%) were divorced, 14 (1.1%) were former civil partners and there were 2 surviving civil partners. See tables 23A, 23B and 23C.

Opposite-sex couples residing outside Ireland before marriage account for almost 13% of marriages

Marriages where both the bride and groom were residing in Ireland before marriage accounted for 85.3% (16,772) of marriages. In 2019, 2,482 (12.6%) 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 13.2% (2,606) of marriages in 2019. This compares to 2,734 (13.4%) in 2018. See table 1.

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

In 2019, 24.2% (4,762) of all marriages involved the bride and groom being of the same socio-economic group.

Over half (57.8%) of grooms and more than two-fifths (42.5%) 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 2.6% of grooms married within their own group in comparison to 36.0% of brides doing so. See table 6 and background notes.

Divorces granted in 2018

For the numbers of divorces and judicial separations granted in 2018 (the most recent data available) see attached link: (Courts Service Annual Report 2018). The section on Family Law contains this information.

Population

The estimated population (usual residence) in April 2019 was 4,921,496

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 2014-2019

Table 1 Summary data for marriages 2014-2019
	Opposite-sex marriages						Same-sex marriages		All marriages
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
State	22,045	22,025	21,570	21,262	20,389	19,673	664	640	21,053	20,313
³Marriage rate per 1,000 population	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.2	4.0	0.1	0.1	4.3	4.1
Average age of party 1¹	35.0	35.3	35.7	36.1	36.4	36.8	42.2	42.3	36.6	37.0
Average age of party 2²	33.0	33.2	33.8	34.1	34.4	34.8	36.8	36.9	34.5	35
Percentage of marriages by
age of party 1¹	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Under 20	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4
20-24	2.3	2.4	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.6	0.5	0.9	1.5	1.6
25-29	19.7	18.5	16.2	15.9	14.7	13.7	7.8	7.2	14.5	13.5
30-34	40.5	39.7	39.6	38.7	38.2	37.6	18.7	20.0	37.6	37.0
35-39	19.7	20.6	22.3	21.9	22.4	22.5	27.1	21.4	22.5	22.4
40 and over	17.3	18.4	19.5	21.4	22.7	24.2	45.9	50.5	23.5	25.0
Percentage of marriages by
age of party 2²	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Under 20	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.8
20-24	4.4	4.0	2.8	2.7	2.5	2.6	4.2	3.4	2.6	2.7
25-29	28.7	27.2	25.3	24.0	22.6	21.4	20.6	20.0	22.6	21.4
30-34	39.5	40.4	40.8	40.7	39.5	39.3	27.9	27.7	39.2	38.9
35-39	14.8	15.1	17.0	17.2	18.5	18.3	17.9	19.8	18.5	18.4
40 and over	11.5	12.2	13.3	14.6	16.1	17.5	29.4	29.1	16.5	17.9
Form of ceremony
Roman Catholic	13,072	12,486	12,140	11,219	10,027	8,863	–	–	10,027	8,863
Church of Ireland	445	393	372	379	323	289	–	–	323	289
Presbyterian	81	73	69	64	62	53	–	–	62	53
Methodist	27	26	27	31	22	15	–	–	22	15
Jewish	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Spiritualist Union of Ireland	819	822	965	1,083	1,341	1,512	89	106	1,430	1,618
Other religious	538	804	972	980	987	1,116	37	36	1,046	1,152
Civil marriages	6,167	6,156	5,588	5,890	5,861	6,012	417	398	6,278	6,410
Humanist Association	895	1,264	1,437	1,616	1,766	1,813	121	100	1,887	1,913
Country of future residence
Outside Republic of Ireland	2,668	2,845	2,933	2,838	2,734	2,606	100	93	2,834	2,699
Northern Ireland	432	421	477	489	449	415	23	26	472	441
England and Wales	1,058	1,117	1,175	1,146	1,106	1,070	30	24	1,136	1,094
Scotland	74	97	99	89	87	64	2	8	89	72
Europe EU 28 (excluding Ireland and UK)	–	–	–	122	108	119	12	8	120	127
Europe remainder	–	–	–	24	14	8	5	5	19	13
Europe (excluding Ireland and UK)	157	150	155	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
U.S.A	192	214	227	254	275	308	6	10	281	318
Elsewhere	755	846	797	714	695	622	22	12	717	634
Not stated	–	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Percentage of marriages with	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
country of residence outside
Republic of Ireland	12.1	12.9	13.6	13.3	13.4	13.2	15.1	14.5	13.5	13.3
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.

Table 2 Age specific marriage rates, 2018 and 2019
	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
	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
All ages, 16-49	16.2	15.8	16.9	16.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	16.4	16.3	17.3	16.4
16-19	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.2
20	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5
21	1.0	1.4	1.9	1.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.8	1.9
22	1.7	1.7	3.2	3.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	3.1	3.2
23	2.7	2.2	4.4	5.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.7	2.3	4.3	5.0
24	4.1	4.0	7.6	6.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	4.1	4.2	7.4	6.9
20-24	2.1	2.1	3.6	3.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.5	3.6
25	6.3	6.4	12.0	10.8	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	6.3	6.9	11.6	11.0
26	10.7	9.8	18.6	16.8	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.5	10.9	10.3	18.8	17.3
27	18.6	16.7	29.8	26.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	18.8	17.5	29.4	27.3
28	28.1	23.8	42.7	38.3	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.6	28.5	24.6	44.0	38.9
29	37.5	35.6	51.5	51.4	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	37.8	36.3	53.4	52.3
25-29	20.6	18.6	31.6	29.3	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.6	20.8	19.2	31.9	29.8
30	50.1	45.5	60.1	53.5	0.9	1.4	0.9	1.2	50.5	46.9	65.3	54.7
31	55.8	52.7	55.9	58.3	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	56.2	53.9	61.4	59.3
32	49.9	49.9	48.0	46.8	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.0	50.3	50.7	52.4	47.8
33	46.1	44.3	39.1	38.2	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.6	46.4	45.3	42.6	38.8
34	41.3	39.8	30.7	31.9	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.5	41.7	40.4	33.9	32.4
30-34	48.4	46.2	46.1	45.2	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.8	48.8	47.3	50.4	46.1
35	32.8	32.3	26.6	25.9	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.7	33.4	33.1	29.9	26.6
36	27.3	28.6	21.6	20.5	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	27.8	29.3	23.8	21.2
37	21.6	22.6	17.3	17.5	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.4	22.0	23.4	18.6	17.9
38	19.2	18.4	14.0	13.1	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.5	19.5	19.0	14.7	13.6
39	18.2	15.2	12.8	11.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	18.7	15.8	14.0	12.6
35-39	23.6	23.0	18.4	17.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	24.1	23.8	20.0	18.2
40	14.7	13.4	10.7	11.4	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	14.9	14.1	11.1	11.8
41	12.3	13.2	9.5	8.9	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.5	12.5	13.8	9.9	9.3
42	11.0	10.2	7.1	7.4	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	11.4	10.6	7.4	7.8
43	9.9	9.0	6.4	5.8	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	10.2	9.6	6.8	6.1
44	7.9	7.9	4.9	6.2	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	8.1	8.2	5.2	6.5
40-44	11.2	10.7	7.7	8.0	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	11.4	11.3	8.1	8.3
45	7.2	7.1	5.5	5.2	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	7.5	7.7	5.7	5.6
46	6.5	7.6	5.3	5.6	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	6.8	8.1	5.6	5.9
47	6.0	5.6	4.4	4.1	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.4	6.2	6.1	4.5	4.5
48	5.3	5.5	4.4	4.1	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	5.7	5.9	4.5	4.4
49	6.2	6.0	4.8	4.1	4.4	0.3	3.0	0.2	6.4	6.3	4.8	4.2
45-49	6.3	6.4	4.9	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	6.5	6.8	5.0	4.9

Table 3 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 classified according to age of groom/age of bride and form of ceremony
	Form of ceremony
Age	Catholic	Church of Ireland	Presbyterian	The Spiritualist Union of Ireland	Other religious denominations	Civil marriages	The Humanist Association	Total
Age of groom
Under 20	77	–	–	–	4	1	–	82
20-24	133	3	3	9	35	125	8	316
25-29	1,339	56	18	204	156	731	201	2,705
30-34	4,162	111	17	540	343	1,474	743	7,390
35-39	1,988	60	5	337	266	1,296	468	4,420
40-44	711	17	3	186	121	798	177	2,013
45-49	265	12	3	116	84	543	89	1,112
50-54	107	11	2	60	53	331	58	622
55-59	42	5	1	38	31	269	43	429
60 and over	39	14	1	22	38	444	26	584
Total	8,863	289	53	1,512	1,131	6,012	1,813	19,673
Age of bride
Under 20	123	–	–	–	6	24	–	153
20-24	170	6	7	22	57	239	16	517
25-29	2,215	86	16	302	220	1,037	338	4,214
30-34	4,263	116	20	565	355	1,610	805	7,734
35-39	1,439	35	4	312	247	1,192	375	3,604
40-44	417	17	2	157	107	709	129	1,538
45-49	145	7	1	92	50	452	71	818
50-54	53	7	2	39	49	296	38	484
55-59	15	4	–	16	27	231	24	317
60 and over	23	11	1	7	13	222	17	294
Total	8,863	289	53	1,512	1,131	6,012	1,813	19,673

Average age of groom	34.3	36.6	34.3	37.2	37.5	40.2	36.6	36.8
Average age of bride	32.6	34.4	32.0	35.2	35.4	37.7	34.9	34.8

Table 3A Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 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	4	1	1	–	6
25-29	35	4	7	–	46
30-34	74	31	17	6	128
35-39	86	24	19	8	137
40-44	50	19	29	7	105
45-49	49	8	15	5	77
50-54	34	6	9	2	51
55-59	20	5	6	3	34
60 and over	46	2	3	5	56
Total	398	100	106	36	640
Age of younger party
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	19	2	1	–	22
25-29	81	21	22	4	128
30-34	106	36	27	8	177
35-39	71	24	22	10	127
40-44	31	9	19	6	65
45-49	37	6	8	4	55
50-54	25	1	3	1	30
55-59	15	1	3	2	21
60 and over	13	–	1	1	15
Total	398	100	106	36	640
Average age of older party	42.8	39.6	42.0	45.0	42.3
Average age of younger party	37.2	34.6	36.7	39.4	36.9

Table 3B Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 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	2	–	1	–	3	2	1	–	–	3
25-29	16	3	2	–	21	19	1	5	–	25
30-34	45	8	8	3	64	29	23	9	3	64
35-39	50	10	9	3	72	36	14	10	5	65
40-44	26	14	19	3	62	24	5	10	4	43
45-49	33	6	8	4	51	16	2	7	1	26
50-54	20	4	3	1	28	14	2	6	1	23
55-59	14	3	3	1	21	6	2	3	2	13
60 and over	24	2	1	4	31	22	–	2	1	25
Total	230	50	54	19	353	168	50	52	17	287
Age of younger party
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	10	1	1	–	12	9	1	–	–	10
25-29	50	9	9	3	71	31	12	13	1	57
30-34	67	14	14	3	98	39	22	13	5	79
35-39	36	15	13	5	69	35	9	9	5	58
40-44	20	7	11	4	42	11	2	8	2	23
45-49	19	4	3	2	28	18	2	5	2	27
50-54	14	–	2	–	16	11	1	1	1	14
55-59	8	–	1	1	10	7	1	2	1	11
60 and over	6	–	–	1	7	7	–	1	–	8
Total	230	50	54	19	353	168	50	52	17	287
Average age of older party	43.0	42.5	42.0	46.5	43.0	42.6	36.8	41.9	43.4	41.5
Average age of younger party	36.6	35.4	36.4	39.9	36.6	38.1	33.8	37.1	38.8	37.2

Table 4 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 classified by occupational group and age of groom
	Age of groom											Average age of groom
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	Average age of groom
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	–	9	98	308	200	79	41	12	16	15	778	36.3
Associate professional and Technical occupations	4	23	438	1,171	742	288	162	77	56	80	3,041	36.5
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	–	7	71	95	84	57	40	32	20	14	420	39.0
Elementary occupations	7	49	251	474	327	200	117	59	45	40	1,569	37.1
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	4	11	212	670	462	255	166	91	55	80	2,006	38.5
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	3	11	141	331	253	168	101	82	54	61	1,205	39.6
Professional occupations	–	34	717	2,362	1,117	400	177	102	61	90	5,060	35.4
Sales and Customer service occupations	2	21	104	247	122	52	22	13	7	8	598	34.8
Skilled trades occupations	10	63	560	1,579	1,031	464	253	129	91	122	4,302	36.9
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	52	88	113	153	82	50	33	25	24	74	694	36.9
Total	82	316	2,705	7,390	4,420	2,013	1,112	622	429	584	19,673	36.8

Table 5 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 classified by occupational group and age of bride
	Age of bride											Average age of bride
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	Average age of bride
Administrative and Secretarial occupations	1	35	419	817	556	239	130	90	63	44	2,394	36.5
Associate professional and Technical occupations	7	47	512	1,066	470	206	99	46	32	32	2,517	34.7
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	7	87	613	824	421	185	120	73	47	27	2,404	34.6
Elementary occupations	8	48	140	164	130	80	43	28	27	17	685	36.2
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	2	17	275	547	295	136	70	46	23	20	1,431	35.6
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	–	4	25	46	17	10	6	5	4	7	124	36.8
Professional occupations	–	39	1,569	3,367	1,156	396	172	94	42	49	6,884	33.8
Sales and Customer service occupations	4	47	260	385	178	84	57	27	23	16	1,081	34.7
Skilled trades occupations	1	13	47	89	61	44	21	14	8	10	308	37.2
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	123	180	354	429	320	158	100	61	48	72	1,845	34.8
Total	153	517	4,214	7,734	3,604	1,538	818	484	317	294	19,673	34.8

Table 6 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	176	101	69	13	52	6	280	41	5	35	778
Associate professional and Technical occupations	394	585	287	52	241	12	1,069	157	43	201	3,041
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	49	37	102	18	28	1	99	23	4	59	420
Elementary occupations	190	136	303	176	104	15	229	137	29	250	1,569
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	245	286	191	46	302	12	647	106	27	144	2,006
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	169	92	236	84	67	24	213	107	34	179	1,205
Professional occupations	416	702	304	47	290	17	2,925	125	39	195	5,060
Sales and Customer service occupations	92	81	72	22	53	1	130	74	6	67	598
Skilled trades occupations	621	443	775	197	263	32	1,160	272	111	428	4,302
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	42	54	65	30	31	4	132	39	10	287	694
Total	2,394	2,517	2,404	685	1,431	124	6,884	1,081	308	1,845	19,673

Table 6A Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 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	14	8	3	3	5	1	15	4	3	1	57
Associate professional and Technical occupations	8	20	10	3	13	1	37	4	3	8	107
Caring, Leisure and Other service occupations	4	11	12	3	6	1	11	3	3	4	58
Elementary occupations	3	1	7	4	4	–	3	2	1	1	26
Managers, Directors and Senior officials	7	21	8	4	17	–	27	3	5	3	95
Process, Plant and Machine operatives	2	–	3	2	1	1	1	2	–	–	12
Professional occupations	16	29	8	4	19	1	77	10	5	17	186
Sales and Customer service occupations	2	5	4	3	1	–	5	4	–	1	25
Skilled trades occupations	2	3	1	1	7	1	7	–	4	5	31
Unemployed, Retired, Student, Occupation unknown	1	6	2	1	6	2	12	1	3	9	43
Total	59	104	58	28	79	8	195	33	27	49	640

Table 7 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	140	725	3,723	2,766	8,098	3,105	1,116	19,673
16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
18	–	–	16	18	3	–	–	37
19	–	–	6	12	26	–	–	44
Under 20	–	–	23	30	29	–	–	82
20	1	2	9	7	25	–	–	44
21	1	4	12	2	26	–	–	45
22	5	5	17	5	18	1	–	51
23	3	7	18	5	27	4	–	64
24	4	9	36	19	40	4	–	112
20-24	14	27	92	38	136	9	–	316
25	4	15	60	37	61	7	–	184
26	6	19	90	68	83	12	–	278
27	9	29	174	115	140	13	–	480
28	6	44	212	177	262	21	3	725
29	8	54	298	277	374	26	1	1,038
25-29	33	161	834	674	920	79	4	2,705
30	5	58	401	324	588	51	2	1,429
31	12	56	352	352	725	67	4	1,568
32	4	48	314	248	832	105	4	1,555
33	7	45	293	184	796	157	7	1,489
34	3	46	234	178	703	178	7	1,349
30-34	31	253	1,594	1,286	3,644	558	24	7,390
35	7	35	171	125	582	207	8	1,135
36	6	32	183	109	451	246	23	1,050
37	4	26	122	100	372	219	19	862
38	4	19	120	64	302	206	29	744
39	–	16	91	50	251	189	32	629
35-39	21	128	687	448	1,958	1,067	111	4,420
40	4	21	58	38	190	155	48	514
41	5	19	42	29	179	181	42	497
42	–	13	50	26	120	127	40	376
43	1	14	37	28	111	103	43	337
44	2	5	29	25	97	88	43	289
40-44	12	72	216	146	697	654	216	2,013
45	4	6	23	20	75	79	48	255
46	3	12	26	20	76	85	49	271
47	4	5	22	12	58	59	32	192
48	1	8	19	12	50	50	54	194
49	3	3	23	10	56	54	51	200
45-49	15	34	113	74	315	327	234	1,112
50-54	8	26	67	32	172	158	159	622
55-59	4	16	44	23	122	122	98	429
60-64	–	5	32	6	64	56	103	266
65-69	1	2	11	6	24	46	85	175
70-74	1	1	7	1	9	19	44	82
75 and over	–	–	3	2	8	10	38	61

Table 8 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	1,116	3,105	8,098	2,766	3,723	725	140	19,673
16	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
17	1	3	7	–	–	–	–	11
18	5	11	47	18	1	–	–	82
19	4	8	27	12	7	–	–	58
Under 20	10	22	83	30	8	–	–	153
20	4	7	19	7	8	–	–	45
21	10	18	19	2	9	–	–	58
22	5	22	48	5	9	–	–	89
23	16	31	72	5	16	–	–	140
24	21	51	83	19	11	–	–	185
20-24	56	129	241	38	53	–	–	517
25	19	72	139	37	31	1	–	299
26	35	92	229	68	42	–	–	466
27	38	177	377	115	61	4	–	772
28	50	198	616	177	100	3	–	1,144
29	51	243	781	277	170	11	–	1,533
25-29	193	782	2,142	674	404	19	–	4,214
30	50	246	852	324	250	8	1	1,731
31	52	229	883	352	341	12	–	1,869
32	58	205	703	248	347	21	2	1,584
33	35	208	558	184	373	31	2	1,391
34	62	170	431	178	275	39	4	1,159
30-34	257	1,058	3,427	1,286	1,586	111	9	7,734
35	51	143	360	125	256	56	2	993
36	50	105	301	109	207	54	4	830
37	41	100	221	100	204	47	4	717
38	31	84	169	64	154	46	5	553
39	32	78	155	50	139	53	4	511
35-39	205	510	1,206	448	960	256	19	3,604
40	34	73	131	38	129	43	12	460
41	31	62	105	29	75	36	5	343
42	21	44	84	26	56	42	7	280
43	16	36	63	28	54	20	4	221
44	25	34	71	25	50	23	6	234
40-44	127	249	454	146	364	164	34	1,538
45	18	34	55	20	37	23	6	193
46	22	38	63	20	31	18	11	203
47	19	32	48	12	21	8	3	143
48	28	19	47	12	19	13	5	143
49	19	25	34	10	28	15	5	136
45-49	106	148	247	74	136	77	30	818
50-54	77	95	144	32	87	37	12	484
55-59	45	54	86	23	61	34	14	317
60-64	29	37	38	6	28	14	13	165
65-69	10	15	18	6	19	7	5	80
70-74	1	5	8	1	11	5	1	32
75 and over	–	1	4	2	6	1	3	17

Table 11 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	217	182	30	5	83.9
Dublin City	2,351	2,143	185	23	91.2
South Dublin	973	890	78	5	91.5
Fingal	1,067	963	98	6	90.3
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	799	704	83	12	88.1
Kildare	839	765	73	1	91.2
Kilkenny	353	299	51	3	84.7
Laois	265	224	38	3	84.5
Longford	130	96	33	1	73.8
Louth	437	393	35	9	89.9
Meath	712	632	76	4	88.8
Offaly	277	228	48	1	82.3
Westmeath	331	276	51	4	83.4
Wexford	551	506	42	3	91.8
Wicklow	530	481	46	3	90.8

Clare	359	308	49	2	85.8
Cork City	381	327	50	4	85.8
Cork County	1,537	1,386	132	19	90.2
Kerry	466	413	49	4	88.6
Limerick City	164	140	23	1	85.4
Limerick County	499	426	70	3	85.4
Tipperary	540	459	77	4	85.0
Waterford City	171	150	19	2	87.7
Waterford County	218	180	37	1	82.6

Galway City	302	255	40	7	84.4
Galway County	592	487	93	12	82.3
Leitrim	106	78	27	1	73.6
Mayo	455	394	55	6	86.6
Roscommon	190	145	42	3	76.3
Sligo	190	155	31	4	81.6

Cavan	266	229	34	3	86.1
Donegal	472	430	27	15	91.1
Monaghan	215	175	31	9	81.4

Table 12 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	214	182	31	1	85.0
Dublin City	2,349	2,143	176	30	91.2
South Dublin	1,007	890	110	7	88.4
Fingal	1,077	963	105	9	89.4
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	793	704	77	12	88.8
Kildare	842	765	71	6	90.9
Kilkenny	350	299	49	2	85.4
Laois	253	224	26	3	88.5
Longford	125	96	27	2	76.8
Louth	444	393	39	12	88.5
Meath	726	632	88	6	87.1
Offaly	269	228	39	2	84.8
Westmeath	324	276	46	2	85.2
Wexford	551	506	40	5	91.8
Wicklow	537	481	50	6	89.6

Clare	353	308	40	5	87.3
Cork City	406	327	75	4	80.5
Cork County	1,515	1,386	117	12	91.5
Kerry	459	413	44	2	90.0
Limerick City	176	140	34	2	79.5
Limerick County	506	426	76	4	84.2
Tipperary	535	459	73	3	85.8
Waterford City	174	150	22	2	86.2
Waterford County	220	180	36	4	81.8

Galway City	315	255	53	7	81.0
Galway County	599	487	98	14	81.3
Leitrim	110	78	24	8	70.9
Mayo	442	394	43	5	89.1
Roscommon	181	145	33	3	80.1
Sligo	185	155	26	4	83.8

Cavan	271	229	35	7	84.5
Donegal	489	430	26	33	87.9
Monaghan	211	175	24	12	82.9

Table 16 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	36	31	42	95	233	95	537
February	10	33	28	33	141	298	195	738
March	20	36	43	40	118	463	409	1,129
April	33	70	66	58	198	491	466	1,382
May	54	66	67	107	289	836	555	1,974
June	74	76	85	79	239	709	856	2,118
July	43	109	123	117	320	829	688	2,229
August	77	109	88	102	396	1,061	959	2,792
September	42	102	81	81	290	776	670	2,042
October	49	66	83	75	261	633	568	1,735
November	15	69	53	44	135	569	406	1,291
December	90	296	68	54	180	532	486	1,706
Total	512	1,068	816	832	2,662	7,430	6,353	19,673

Table 8A Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 classified by older partner's age and younger partner's relative age
All partners		Younger partner
Age	Total	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 and over
Older partner	640	–	22	128	177	127	65	55	30	21	15
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	46	–	12	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	128	–	3	62	63	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	137	–	–	19	64	54	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	105	–	1	8	27	47	22	–	–	–	–
45-49	77	–	–	3	16	19	23	16	–	–	–
50-54	51	–	–	2	3	6	10	27	3	–	–
55-59	34	–	–	–	2	–	3	6	15	8	–
60 and over	56	–	–	–	2	1	7	6	12	13	15

Table 8B Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 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	353	–	12	71	98	69	42	28	16	10	7
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	21	–	6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	64	–	2	34	28	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	72	–	–	11	35	26	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	62	–	1	6	14	28	13	–	–	–	–
45-49	51	–	–	3	15	10	15	8	–	–	–
50-54	28	–	–	2	2	4	5	13	2	–	–
55-59	21	–	–	–	2	–	3	3	9	4	–
60 and over	31	–	–	–	2	1	6	4	5	6	7

Table 8C Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 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	287	–	10	57	79	58	23	27	14	11	8
Under 20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20-24	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25-29	25	–	6	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30-34	64	–	1	28	35	–	–	–	–	–	–
35-39	65	–	–	8	29	28	–	–	–	–	–
40-44	43	–	–	2	13	19	9	–	–	–	–
45-49	26	–	–	–	1	9	8	8	–	–	–
50-54	23	–	–	–	1	2	5	14	1	–	–
55-59	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	4	–
60 and over	25	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	7	7	8

Table 8D Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 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	640	42	6.6	322	50.3	170	26.6	106	16.6
Male Same-sex Marriages	353	21	5.9	157	44.5	99	28.0	76	21.5
Female Same-sex Marriages	287	21	7.3	165	57.5	71	24.7	30	10.5

Table 9 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 classified by age and area of residence of groom before marriage
	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	82	316	2,705	7,390	4,420	2,013	1,112	622	429	584	19,673	36.8

Leinster	38	178	1,317	3,529	2,217	1,078	564	361	233	317	9,832	37.1
Carlow	1	9	34	56	54	30	14	9	3	7	217	37.1
Dublin City	2	54	307	868	523	242	139	91	53	72	2,351	37.0
South Dublin	3	16	115	361	245	115	55	24	17	22	973	36.7
Fingal	2	16	126	386	266	106	74	34	20	37	1,067	37.3
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1	8	111	308	177	78	42	23	18	33	799	37.1
Kildare	2	14	114	315	194	97	38	28	17	20	839	36.7
Kilkenny	1	5	50	134	74	40	19	12	12	6	353	36.7
Laois	2	6	28	103	66	27	9	8	6	10	265	36.9
Longford	4	2	19	51	26	9	4	8	4	3	130	36.5
Louth	–	2	72	152	85	49	25	22	9	21	437	37.7
Meath	1	11	107	225	155	94	33	28	27	31	712	37.8
Offaly	2	4	31	114	46	33	21	9	5	12	277	37.5
Westmeath	4	8	47	115	76	29	20	16	9	7	331	36.6
Wexford	8	13	83	176	110	58	39	21	21	22	551	37.6
Wicklow	5	10	73	165	120	71	32	28	12	14	530	37.5

Munster	18	57	535	1,589	1,022	482	272	128	93	139	4,335	37.1
Clare	2	3	33	128	79	50	32	12	7	13	359	38.0
Cork City	5	7	47	136	101	31	20	11	11	12	381	36.8
Cork County	1	10	198	599	366	161	84	38	33	47	1,537	36.9
Kerry	4	7	46	161	115	64	29	14	7	19	466	37.6
Limerick City	–	3	30	49	40	24	8	3	5	2	164	36.5
Limerick County	2	13	62	197	111	51	29	10	6	18	499	36.6
Tipperary	4	8	60	194	121	61	36	26	15	15	540	37.5
Waterford City	–	4	21	59	37	20	8	9	6	7	171	37.9
Waterford County	–	2	38	66	52	20	26	5	3	6	218	37.0

Connacht	13	28	222	706	416	189	104	49	45	63	1,835	36.9
Galway City	6	11	39	112	66	34	19	4	4	7	302	35.6
Galway County	3	8	72	216	138	55	46	20	17	17	592	37.4
Leitrim	1	1	11	39	21	15	5	2	5	6	106	38.3
Mayo	3	5	58	189	99	48	19	10	7	17	455	36.6
Roscommon	–	3	26	80	44	15	9	7	3	3	190	36.0
Sligo	–	–	16	70	48	22	6	6	9	13	190	38.8

Ulster (part of)	2	12	180	364	199	84	53	18	17	24	953	35.9
Cavan	–	3	41	95	66	28	15	9	3	6	266	36.4
Donegal	2	5	102	174	93	33	28	9	12	14	472	36.0
Monaghan	–	4	37	95	40	23	10	–	2	4	215	34.9

Regional Authorities
Border	3	13	207	473	268	121	64	26	31	43	1,249	36.5
Midland	12	20	125	383	214	98	54	41	24	32	1,003	36.9
West	12	27	195	597	347	152	93	41	31	44	1,539	36.6
Dublin	8	94	659	1,923	1,211	541	310	172	108	164	5,190	37.0
Mid-East	8	37	366	857	554	311	128	106	65	86	2,518	37.3
Mid-West	8	27	185	568	351	186	105	51	33	48	1,562	37.2
South-East	10	33	226	491	327	168	106	56	45	48	1,510	37.3
South-West	10	24	291	896	582	256	133	63	51	78	2,384	37.0

Republic of Ireland	71	275	2,254	6,188	3,854	1,833	993	556	388	543	16,955	37.0
Northern Ireland	7	6	97	168	90	29	21	11	6	10	445	35.1
Britain	4	17	184	543	222	90	55	27	12	15	1,169	35.1
Elsewhere	–	18	170	491	254	61	43	28	23	16	1,104	35.3

Table 10 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 classified by age and area of residence of bride before marriage
	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	153	517	4,214	7,734	3,604	1,538	818	484	317	294	19,673	34.8

Leinster	87	264	1,949	3,767	1,847	880	450	283	174	160	9,861	35.2
Carlow	5	7	53	61	54	18	5	6	4	1	214	34.2
Dublin City	16	70	431	927	428	228	103	67	36	43	2,349	35.3
South Dublin	12	35	202	363	212	84	35	33	17	14	1,007	34.9
Fingal	7	30	175	447	212	90	53	30	17	16	1,077	35.3
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	4	9	126	345	153	70	35	22	10	19	793	35.7
Kildare	4	20	175	341	154	71	26	27	16	8	842	34.8
Kilkenny	1	6	74	146	59	27	23	7	3	4	350	34.8
Laois	3	9	50	98	49	20	11	7	1	5	253	34.7
Longford	4	4	29	43	15	17	5	3	2	3	125	34.8
Louth	2	7	122	142	82	34	20	18	12	5	444	35.2
Meath	4	17	147	267	132	60	48	18	20	13	726	35.6
Offaly	4	8	58	96	51	26	13	2	4	7	269	34.9
Westmeath	3	14	78	111	57	23	19	9	6	4	324	34.7
Wexford	14	16	121	184	87	50	32	18	15	14	551	35.5
Wicklow	4	12	108	196	102	62	22	16	11	4	537	35.2

Munster	28	111	898	1,679	859	367	157	92	71	82	4,344	35.0
Clare	3	11	82	134	60	24	15	11	5	8	353	34.9
Cork City	4	11	84	153	84	31	16	7	5	11	406	35.1
Cork County	2	24	317	620	306	127	44	25	26	24	1,515	34.9
Kerry	4	11	91	174	92	45	22	6	4	10	459	35.2
Limerick City	–	5	38	64	39	16	6	3	3	2	176	34.7
Limerick County	4	25	97	198	98	41	15	9	7	12	506	34.7
Tipperary	8	14	99	207	98	47	25	20	12	5	535	35.0
Waterford City	3	6	42	55	34	12	7	6	3	6	174	35.2
Waterford County	–	4	48	74	48	24	7	5	6	4	220	35.6

Connacht	24	46	374	721	353	125	94	41	29	25	1,832	34.7
Galway City	7	13	67	104	76	25	11	8	1	3	315	34.0
Galway County	8	13	108	243	110	46	38	18	10	5	599	35.0
Leitrim	1	3	25	42	19	5	6	4	2	3	110	35.0
Mayo	3	8	102	185	70	28	23	7	8	8	442	34.6
Roscommon	4	4	37	78	36	9	7	3	–	3	181	33.7
Sligo	1	5	35	69	42	12	9	1	8	3	185	35.4

Ulster (part of)	7	21	298	351	165	55	39	14	14	7	971	33.6
Cavan	5	4	68	96	59	16	13	4	4	2	271	33.9
Donegal	1	12	158	171	75	29	21	10	8	4	489	33.8
Monaghan	1	5	72	84	31	10	5	–	2	1	211	32.5

Regional Authorities
Border	9	29	358	462	226	72	54	19	24	13	1,266	33.9
Midland	14	35	215	348	172	86	48	21	13	19	971	34.8
West	22	38	314	610	292	108	79	36	19	19	1,537	34.5
Dublin	39	144	934	2,082	1,005	472	226	152	80	92	5,226	35.3
Mid-East	14	56	552	946	470	227	116	79	59	30	2,549	35.2
Mid-West	15	55	316	603	295	128	61	43	27	27	1,570	34.9
South-East	23	39	338	520	282	131	74	42	31	29	1,509	35.1
South-West	10	46	492	947	482	203	82	38	35	45	2,380	35.0

Republic of Ireland	146	442	3,519	6,518	3,224	1,427	740	430	288	274	17,008	35.0
Northern Ireland	–	14	111	135	57	24	14	11	4	7	377	34.1
Britain	5	20	279	549	172	45	29	16	7	5	1,127	33.1
Elsewhere	2	41	305	532	151	42	35	27	18	8	1,161	33.4

Table 13 Marriages of opposite-sex couples celebrated in each county and city during 2019 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	8,863	289	53	1,512	1,131	6,012	1,813	19,673

Leinster	3,410	139	9	943	698	3,675	1,077	9,951
Carlow	130	9	1	28	19	87	27	301
Dublin City	345	23	2	62	103	1,919	199	2,653
South Dublin	139	5	–	29	38	29	12	252
Fingal	164	6	–	56	64	32	65	387
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	139	13	–	12	24	19	30	237
Kildare	319	11	1	149	104	297	120	1,001
Kilkenny	284	2	–	39	29	158	59	571
Laois	192	9	–	15	15	54	19	304
Longford	96	1	1	1	–	29	–	128
Louth	238	5	1	41	28	148	49	510
Meath	465	12	1	254	102	180	217	1,231
Offaly	181	6	–	12	13	73	12	297
Westmeath	189	5	–	35	45	89	37	400
Wexford	293	3	1	83	20	239	65	704
Wicklow	236	29	1	127	94	322	166	975

Munster	2,985	72	3	329	266	1,387	561	5,603
Clare	359	4	–	43	79	27	85	597
Cork City	216	2	2	14	20	444	46	744
Cork County	829	33	1	89	76	138	163	1,329
Kerry	559	10	–	90	24	176	96	955
Limerick City	68	3	–	7	6	249	15	348
Limerick County	325	5	–	18	15	17	33	413
Tipperary	414	10	–	38	20	156	84	722
Waterford City	50	–	–	13	13	113	11	200
Waterford County	165	5	–	17	13	67	28	295

Connacht	1,496	16	1	146	118	595	109	2,481
Galway City	133	3	–	9	28	60	25	258
Galway County	411	–	–	28	54	282	40	815
Leitrim	127	3	–	5	2	21	2	160
Mayo	504	6	1	40	16	94	20	681
Roscommon	147	–	–	19	4	41	8	219
Sligo	174	4	–	45	14	97	14	348

Ulster (part of)	972	62	40	94	49	355	66	1,638
Cavan	255	20	3	43	22	114	32	489
Donegal	518	33	27	28	19	193	19	837
Monaghan	199	9	10	23	8	48	15	312

Regional Authorities
Border	1,273	69	40	144	65	473	82	2,146
Midland	658	21	1	63	73	245	68	1,129
West	1,195	9	1	96	102	477	93	1,973
Dublin	787	47	2	159	229	1,999	306	3,529
Mid-East	1,258	57	4	571	328	947	552	3,717
Mid-West	1,166	22	–	106	120	449	217	2,080
South-East	922	19	2	180	94	664	190	2,071
South-West	1,604	45	3	193	120	758	305	3,028

Table 13A Same-sex marriages celebrated in each county and city during 2019 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	398	100	106	36	640

Leinster	261	57	81	20	419
Carlow	6	–	2	2	10
Dublin City	175	20	13	7	215
South Dublin	1	2	4	1	8
Fingal	1	3	6	4	14
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1	2	1	1	5
Kildare	10	4	17	–	31
Kilkenny	6	5	2	–	13
Laois	–	–	–	–	–
Longford	1	–	–	–	1
Louth	7	3	3	1	14
Meath	13	9	16	–	38
Offaly	2	–	–	1	3
Westmeath	3	3	5	1	12
Wexford	12	1	4	–	17
Wicklow	23	5	8	2	38

Munster	78	30	9	12	129
Clare	–	3	1	3	7
Cork City	31	2	–	–	33
Cork County	8	13	2	4	27
Kerry	8	5	5	1	19
Limerick City	17	2	–	–	19
Limerick County	–	1	–	–	1
Tipperary	3	3	–	2	8
Waterford City	9	1	1	–	11
Waterford County	2	–	–	2	4

Connacht	31	9	11	4	55
Galway City	3	4	2	2	11
Galway County	19	2	2	1	24
Leitrim	–	1	–	–	1
Mayo	6	1	3	–	10
Roscommon	–	–	3	–	3
Sligo	3	1	1	1	6

Ulster (part of)	28	4	5	–	37
Cavan	8	2	1	–	11
Donegal	18	2	4	–	24
Monaghan	2	–	–	–	2

Regional Authorities
Border	31	6	6	1	44
Midland	6	3	5	2	16
West	28	7	10	3	48
Dublin	178	27	24	13	242
Mid-East	53	21	44	3	121
Mid-West	20	9	1	5	35
South-East	35	7	9	4	55
South-West	47	20	7	5	79

Table 13B Same-sex Marriages celebrated in each county and city during 2019 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	230	50	54	19	353	168	50	52	17	287

Leinster	165	26	39	9	239	96	31	42	11	180
Carlow	3	–	–	1	4	3	–	2	1	6
Dublin City	115	11	10	3	139	60	9	3	4	76
South Dublin	–	–	2	–	2	1	2	2	1	6
Fingal	1	2	1	1	5	–	1	5	3	9
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	–	1	–	1	2	1	1	1	–	3
Kildare	6	2	8	–	16	4	2	9	–	15
Kilkenny	4	2	1	–	7	2	3	1	–	6
Laois	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Longford	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Louth	6	1	2	–	9	1	2	1	1	5
Meath	7	5	11	–	23	6	4	5	–	15
Offaly	2	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	1	1
Westmeath	2	2	2	1	7	1	1	3	–	5
Wexford	9	–	1	–	10	3	1	3	–	7
Wicklow	9	–	1	2	12	14	5	7	–	26

Munster	37	15	6	7	65	41	15	3	5	64
Clare	–	1	–	2	3	–	2	1	1	4
Cork City	15	–	–	–	15	16	2	–	–	18
Cork County	3	6	1	3	13	5	7	1	1	14
Kerry	3	3	4	–	10	5	2	1	1	9
Limerick City	8	–	–	–	8	9	2	–	–	11
Limerick County	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Tipperary	3	3	–	1	7	–	–	–	1	1
Waterford City	5	1	1	–	7	4	–	–	–	4
Waterford County	–	–	–	1	1	2	–	–	1	3

Connacht	14	7	7	3	31	17	2	4	1	24
Galway City	1	2	2	2	7	2	2	–	–	4
Galway County	9	2	1	–	12	10	–	1	1	12
Leitrim	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mayo	3	1	1	–	5	3	–	2	–	5
Roscommon	–	–	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–
Sligo	1	1	–	1	3	2	–	1	–	3

Ulster (part of)	14	2	2	–	18	14	2	3	–	19
Cavan	5	–	–	–	5	3	2	1	–	6
Donegal	9	2	2	–	13	9	–	2	–	11
Monaghan	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	2

Regional Authorities
Border	15	4	2	1	22	16	2	4	–	22
Midland	5	2	2	1	10	1	1	3	1	6
West	13	5	7	2	27	15	2	3	1	21
Dublin	116	14	13	5	148	62	13	11	8	94
Mid-East	28	8	22	2	60	25	13	22	1	61
Mid-West	11	5	–	3	19	9	4	1	2	16
South-East	21	3	3	2	29	14	4	6	2	26
South-West	21	9	5	3	38	26	11	2	2	41

Table 14 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	8,863	289	53	1,512	1,131	6,012	1,813	19,673

Leinster	3,653	135	6	911	630	3,533	964	9,832
Carlow	99	4	–	12	17	71	14	217
Dublin City	649	26	2	201	160	1,022	291	2,351
South Dublin	254	12	–	124	104	359	120	973
Fingal	350	10	–	113	78	382	134	1,067
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	298	27	–	59	37	282	96	799
Kildare	338	7	1	89	46	264	94	839
Kilkenny	195	5	–	8	18	112	15	353
Laois	145	7	1	14	9	84	5	265
Longford	86	2	1	6	3	31	1	130
Louth	181	3	–	58	25	132	38	437
Meath	304	3	–	71	50	227	57	712
Offaly	165	1	–	15	10	81	5	277
Westmeath	172	4	–	37	23	91	4	331
Wexford	252	9	–	40	13	204	33	551
Wicklow	165	15	1	64	37	191	57	530

Munster	2,282	40	3	204	174	1,285	347	4,335
Clare	187	–	1	7	30	107	27	359
Cork City	147	2	2	17	16	147	50	381
Cork County	803	23	–	79	69	425	138	1,537
Kerry	292	2	–	32	7	109	24	466
Limerick City	70	–	–	8	5	68	13	164
Limerick County	291	6	–	20	17	131	34	499
Tipperary	317	5	–	18	17	152	31	540
Waterford City	69	–	–	8	4	73	17	171
Waterford County	106	2	–	15	9	73	13	218

Connacht	1,093	9	1	100	64	494	74	1,835
Galway City	140	1	–	9	21	107	24	302
Galway County	340	–	–	33	20	171	28	592
Leitrim	68	2	–	7	1	23	5	106
Mayo	321	3	1	26	6	92	6	455
Roscommon	121	1	–	9	11	42	6	190
Sligo	103	2	–	16	5	59	5	190

Ulster (part of)	616	35	21	42	19	206	14	953
Cavan	159	12	2	12	8	68	5	266
Donegal	307	20	16	15	6	101	7	472
Monaghan	150	3	3	15	5	37	2	215

Regional Authorities
Border	787	39	21	65	25	288	24	1,249
Midland	568	14	2	72	45	287	15	1,003
West	922	5	1	77	58	412	64	1,539
Dublin	1,551	75	2	497	379	2,045	641	5,190
Mid-East	988	28	2	282	158	814	246	2,518
Mid-West	865	11	1	53	69	458	105	1,562
South-East	721	20	–	83	61	533	92	1,510
South-West	1,242	27	2	128	92	681	212	2,384

Republic of Ireland	7,644	219	31	1,257	887	5,518	1,399	16,955
Northern Ireland	211	20	12	33	37	105	27	445
Britain	589	35	6	96	63	168	212	1,169
Elsewhere	419	15	4	126	144	221	175	1,104

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Table 15 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	8,863	289	53	1,512	1,131	6,012	1,813	19,673

Leinster	3,673	132	6	913	636	3,532	969	9,861
Carlow	107	5	–	12	12	66	12	214
Dublin City	650	25	2	199	154	1,030	289	2,349
South Dublin	270	12	–	130	115	365	115	1,007
Fingal	338	9	–	117	78	396	139	1,077
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	294	25	–	60	37	277	100	793
Kildare	341	8	1	87	50	262	93	842
Kilkenny	198	3	–	9	16	109	15	350
Laois	139	7	–	11	8	81	7	253
Longford	80	2	1	5	4	32	1	125
Louth	194	3	–	60	23	127	37	444
Meath	319	4	–	66	53	226	58	726
Offaly	163	1	–	14	12	74	5	269
Westmeath	174	4	–	34	23	85	4	324
Wexford	244	8	–	41	15	210	33	551
Wicklow	162	16	2	68	36	192	61	537

Munster	2,305	39	3	206	169	1,278	344	4,344
Clare	182	–	–	6	28	108	29	353
Cork City	159	1	2	15	18	163	48	406
Cork County	797	23	1	87	61	412	134	1,515
Kerry	288	2	–	32	9	103	25	459
Limerick City	79	–	–	10	6	66	15	176
Limerick County	297	7	–	19	17	132	34	506
Tipperary	325	5	–	16	12	150	27	535
Waterford City	72	–	–	9	6	70	17	174
Waterford County	106	1	–	12	12	74	15	220

Connacht	1,089	9	1	102	67	489	75	1,832
Galway City	143	1	–	10	26	113	22	315
Galway County	347	1	–	33	21	164	33	599
Leitrim	74	2	–	7	1	21	5	110
Mayo	313	3	1	27	6	86	6	442
Roscommon	115	–	–	10	8	42	6	181
Sligo	97	2	–	15	5	63	3	185

Ulster (part of)	646	35	23	43	19	190	15	971
Cavan	163	12	1	15	9	64	7	271
Donegal	327	20	17	14	7	98	6	489
Monaghan	156	3	5	14	3	28	2	211

Regional Authorities
Border	817	39	23	65	25	274	23	1,266
Midland	556	14	1	64	47	272	17	971
West	918	5	1	80	61	405	67	1,537
Dublin	1,552	71	2	506	384	2,068	643	5,226
Mid-East	1,016	31	3	281	162	807	249	2,549
Mid-West	883	12	–	51	63	456	105	1,570
South-East	727	17	–	83	61	529	92	1,509
South-West	1,244	26	3	134	88	678	207	2,380

Republic of Ireland	7,713	215	33	1,264	891	5,489	1,403	17,008
Northern Ireland	156	21	11	31	35	98	25	377
Britain	568	38	5	88	62	158	208	1,127
Elsewhere	426	15	4	129	143	267	177	1,161

Table 16A Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 classified by month and day of week of marriage
	Day of occurrence
Month of occurrence	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Total
January	-	4	2	3	5	14	4	32
February	-	6	1	3	8	17	5	40
March	-	1	2	1	9	15	1	29
April	1	4	4	5	7	10	5	36
May	5	4	4	6	11	28	6	64
June	5	2	4	3	14	19	15	62
July	8	3	7	7	19	18	6	68
August	7	4	7	4	20	20	26	88
September	1	7	4	8	13	22	11	66
October	6	2	7	9	14	20	13	71
November	-	-	4	1	10	15	6	36
December	4	6	4	2	5	22	5	48
Total	37	43	50	52	135	220	103	640

Table 16B Marriages of opposite-sex and same-sex couples registered in 2019 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	40	33	45	100	247	99	569
February	10	39	29	36	149	315	200	778
March	20	37	45	41	127	478	410	1,158
April	34	74	70	63	205	501	471	1,418
May	59	70	71	113	300	864	561	2,038
June	79	78	89	82	253	728	871	2,180
July	51	112	130	124	339	847	694	2,297
August	84	113	95	106	416	1,081	985	2,880
September	43	109	85	89	303	798	681	2,108
October	55	68	90	84	275	653	581	1,806
November	15	69	57	45	145	584	412	1,327
December	94	302	72	56	185	554	491	1,754
Total	549	1,111	866	884	2,797	7,650	6,456	20,313

Table 17 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	8,863	289	53	1,512	1,131	6,012	1,813	19,673
Single men and single women	8,689	251	46	1,249	912	4,388	1,555	17,090
Single men and widows	20	–	–	2	5	32	3	62
Widowers and single women	25	1	1	5	6	31	4	73
Widowers and widows	8	–	–	–	2	10	–	20
Divorced men and single women	51	12	4	122	85	603	122	999
Single men and divorced women	61	8	1	73	58	446	70	717
Divorced men and widows	4	2	1	5	7	42	3	64
Widowers and divorced women	3	4	–	2	9	61	7	86
Divorced men and divorced women	2	11	–	54	47	399	49	562
Other	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Table 17A Same-sex Marriages registered in 2019 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	230	50	54	19	353
Total Female	168	50	52	17	287

Single men and single men	198	43	53	13	307
Male civil partner and male civil partner	18	2	1	3	24
Divorced men and divorced men	–	–	–	–	–
Single men and divorced men	2	2	–	–	4
Divorced men and single men	8	1	–	1	10
Widowers and single men	–	–	–	–	–
Other men	4	2	–	2	8

Single women and single women	128	46	42	12	228
Female civil partner and female civil partner	22	–	–	–	22
Divorced women and divorced women	4	–	1	1	6
Single women and divorced women	4	–	3	2	9
Divorced women and single women	4	3	5	1	13
Widow and single women	1	–	–	–	1
Other women	5	1	1	1	8

Table 18 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 classified by area of residence and previous civil status of groom
Area of residence of groom	Single men	Widowers	Divorcees	Other	Total
Total	17,869	179	1,625	–	19,673

Leinster	8,871	100	861	–	9,832
Carlow	190	2	25	–	217
Dublin City	2,157	16	178	–	2,351
South Dublin	886	4	83	–	973
Fingal	954	12	101	–	1,067
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	733	13	53	–	799
Kildare	758	8	73	–	839
Kilkenny	332	2	19	–	353
Laois	234	4	27	–	265
Longford	114	2	14	–	130
Louth	390	5	42	–	437
Meath	622	13	77	–	712
Offaly	240	6	31	–	277
Westmeath	291	4	36	–	331
Wexford	497	4	50	–	551
Wicklow	473	5	52	–	530

Munster	3,958	38	339	–	4,335
Clare	323	2	34	–	359
Cork City	354	5	22	–	381
Cork County	1,404	12	121	–	1,537
Kerry	418	7	41	–	466
Limerick City	152	1	11	–	164
Limerick County	463	3	33	–	499
Tipperary	491	6	43	–	540
Waterford City	148	2	21	–	171
Waterford County	205	–	13	–	218

Connacht	1,692	17	126	–	1,835
Galway City	283	1	18	–	302
Galway County	548	4	40	–	592
Leitrim	94	3	9	–	106
Mayo	423	4	28	–	455
Roscommon	179	2	9	–	190
Sligo	165	3	22	–	190

Ulster (part of)	888	11	54	–	953
Cavan	246	4	16	–	266
Donegal	433	6	33	–	472
Monaghan	209	1	5	–	215

Regional Authorities
Border	1,147	17	85	–	1,249
Midland	879	16	108	–	1,003
West	1,433	11	95	–	1,539
Dublin	4,730	45	415	–	5,190
Mid-East	2,243	31	244	–	2,518
Mid-West	1,429	12	121	–	1,562
South-East	1,372	10	128	–	1,510
South-West	2,176	24	184	–	2,384

Republic of Ireland	15,409	166	1,380	–	16,955
Northern Ireland	403	1	41	–	445
Britain	1,071	5	93	–	1,169
Elsewhere	986	7	111	–	1,104

Table 19 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 classified by area of residence and previous civil status of bride
Area of residence of bride	Single women	Widows	Divorcees	Other	Total
Total	18,162	146	1,365	–	19,673

Leinster	9,062	81	718	–	9,861
Carlow	192	3	19	–	214
Dublin City	2,195	19	135	–	2,349
South Dublin	932	8	67	–	1,007
Fingal	995	9	73	–	1,077
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	744	3	46	–	793
Kildare	775	7	60	–	842
Kilkenny	329	2	19	–	350
Laois	223	3	27	–	253
Longford	113	1	11	–	125
Louth	395	3	46	–	444
Meath	650	8	68	–	726
Offaly	244	3	22	–	269
Westmeath	287	5	32	–	324
Wexford	496	3	52	–	551
Wicklow	492	4	41	–	537

Munster	4,020	39	285	–	4,344
Clare	328	4	21	–	353
Cork City	372	8	26	–	406
Cork County	1,411	9	95	–	1,515
Kerry	424	6	29	–	459
Limerick City	163	3	10	–	176
Limerick County	472	2	32	–	506
Tipperary	494	5	36	–	535
Waterford City	152	2	20	–	174
Waterford County	204	–	16	–	220

Connacht	1,703	7	122	–	1,832
Galway City	296	3	16	–	315
Galway County	555	–	44	–	599
Leitrim	99	–	11	–	110
Mayo	407	–	35	–	442
Roscommon	171	1	9	–	181
Sligo	175	3	7	–	185

ULSTER (part of)	902	6	63	–	971
Cavan	246	2	23	–	271
Donegal	451	3	35	–	489
Monaghan	205	1	5	–	211

Regional Authorities
Border	1,176	9	81	–	1,266
Midland	867	12	92	–	971
West	1,429	4	104	–	1,537
Dublin	4,866	39	321	–	5,226
Mid-East	2,312	22	215	–	2,549
Mid-West	1,457	14	99	–	1,570
South-East	1,373	10	126	–	1,509
South-West	2,207	23	150	–	2,380

Republic of Ireland	15,687	133	1,188	–	17,008
Northern Ireland	338	3	36	–	377
Britain	1,081	2	44	–	1,127
Elsewhere	1,056	8	97	–	1,161

Table 20 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	2	11	82	58	45	58	89	140	185	299	466	772	1,144	1,533	1,731	1,869	1,584	1,391	1,159	993	830	717	553	511	460	343	280	221	234	193	203	143	143	136	484	317	165	129	19,673
16 & under	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
18	1	2	18	7	5	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	37
19	1	4	21	12	3	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44
20	–	1	16	8	7	5	1	2	1	1	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44
21	–	–	9	10	7	2	6	3	1	2	–	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	45
22	–	1	1	5	7	5	5	10	–	4	3	2	–	2	1	–	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	51
23	–	–	4	4	3	9	11	5	9	3	4	2	2	2	1	2	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	64
24	–	1	2	1	2	2	15	21	19	22	7	3	4	5	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
25	–	1	2	2	2	3	13	21	24	37	28	20	7	5	5	5	3	2	–	–	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	184
26	–	–	1	3	3	5	9	16	24	34	68	36	15	22	17	4	8	3	3	1	–	–	1	2	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	278
27	–	–	2	1	1	4	5	14	17	44	65	115	74	44	29	27	9	9	5	3	3	3	1	–	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	480
28	–	1	2	1	1	4	9	6	18	40	70	134	177	99	56	36	21	16	15	8	2	3	3	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	725
29	–	–	–	1	–	4	–	6	16	21	50	98	205	277	148	72	49	29	16	21	8	5	4	2	4	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,038
30	–	–	1	–	1	1	6	9	15	20	44	88	168	288	324	206	96	66	33	23	13	8	8	6	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,429
31	–	–	1	–	1	2	2	7	6	22	30	57	147	214	307	352	181	97	48	26	28	10	8	8	2	2	3	1	2	2	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	1,568
32	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	3	6	13	24	59	96	139	268	329	248	181	61	46	26	21	10	9	6	2	2	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,555
33	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	4	8	10	19	48	72	140	164	238	254	184	133	80	49	31	16	10	11	5	3	2	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1,489
34	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	2	2	7	15	33	43	80	113	182	206	202	178	104	66	37	27	20	12	5	6	3	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1,349
35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	3	4	25	36	60	82	134	138	161	149	125	66	49	32	24	12	9	9	4	1	–	4	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	1,135
36	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	2	5	5	9	12	31	51	69	83	105	109	121	116	109	87	48	24	24	15	8	4	3	2	3	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	1,050
37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	2	5	7	16	32	46	59	66	86	90	97	99	100	47	35	24	16	16	3	3	2	2	–	2	1	1	–	–	–	862
38	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	3	2	5	15	20	30	44	54	58	71	82	91	58	64	56	34	18	12	6	5	5	1	2	1	1	2	–	–	–	744
39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	4	4	8	14	19	27	38	52	53	65	68	54	64	50	47	20	10	14	11	1	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	629
40	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	1	–	1	6	5	8	10	14	16	17	44	38	40	43	61	43	43	38	21	17	13	7	13	2	3	1	2	3	1	–	–	514
41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	4	8	8	3	5	12	30	31	42	43	35	48	42	48	41	29	17	11	9	5	10	1	4	3	5	1	–	–	497
42	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	3	9	5	18	23	21	28	24	31	20	33	33	34	26	16	17	9	8	2	5	4	2	–	–	–	376
43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	2	1	2	8	6	8	7	6	16	21	15	25	26	31	31	25	24	28	17	10	5	5	2	6	6	1	–	–	337
44	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	3	3	9	8	16	11	15	19	19	24	26	26	26	19	25	13	7	4	5	–	5	1	1	–	289
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	4	8	4	4	10	14	16	12	17	16	18	20	16	19	20	20	11	7	2	3	6	2	2	–	255
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	4	2	1	7	9	5	9	9	13	15	15	19	23	18	17	23	18	20	5	7	8	16	5	–	–	271
47	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	1	1	4	–	5	2	7	8	7	10	16	11	15	8	20	11	19	12	5	12	8	4	2	–	192
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	–	6	3	1	7	7	7	12	7	13	12	7	7	11	8	12	16	14	12	5	17	6	–	–	194
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	2	1	1	2	1	5	7	4	6	9	10	8	14	11	9	12	14	13	14	15	10	24	2	3	–	200
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	2	–	5	3	3	5	10	7	20	13	13	13	25	28	20	20	26	34	46	46	38	39	142	51	8	3	622
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	1	2	4	2	2	1	7	6	7	7	9	9	12	11	15	22	23	149	105	22	9	429
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	1	2	2	1	3	1	7	6	12	7	14	13	47	74	50	20	266
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	2	5	–	6	3	5	3	49	62	77	97	318

Table 21 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 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	2	11	82	58	44	51	86	136	180	291	463	754	1,122	1,506	1,690	1,826	1,528	1,325	1,089	906	730	618	471	426	364	247	192	149	145	112	96	55	57	48	139	57	24	10	17,090
16 & under	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
18	1	2	18	7	5	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	37
19	1	4	21	12	3	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44
20	–	1	16	8	7	5	1	2	1	1	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44
21	–	–	9	10	7	2	6	3	1	2	–	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44
22	–	1	1	5	7	5	5	10	–	4	3	2	–	2	1	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	49
23	–	–	4	4	3	8	11	5	9	3	4	2	2	2	1	2	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	63
24	–	1	2	1	2	2	15	20	19	22	7	3	4	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
25	–	1	2	2	2	3	13	21	24	36	28	19	6	4	4	5	3	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	177
26	–	–	1	3	3	5	9	16	24	34	68	36	15	22	17	4	7	3	3	1	–	–	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	275
27	–	–	2	1	1	4	5	14	16	44	65	115	74	44	28	26	9	8	4	3	3	2	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	471
28	–	1	2	1	1	4	9	6	18	39	70	132	175	99	56	36	21	15	14	7	2	2	3	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	715
29	–	–	–	1	–	4	–	6	14	21	50	98	205	274	147	70	48	29	16	20	8	4	4	2	4	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,027
30	–	–	1	–	1	1	5	8	15	20	44	86	167	288	321	205	93	64	33	21	12	6	8	4	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,408
31	–	–	1	–	1	1	2	7	6	22	30	56	147	213	305	350	180	92	48	26	26	7	7	7	2	1	3	1	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1,544
32	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	3	6	13	24	58	95	138	263	323	246	178	59	43	24	19	9	8	6	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,521
33	–	–	–	–	1	1		4	7	9	17	46	70	137	162	238	250	181	128	77	45	28	13	7	10	4	2	2	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,442
34	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	2	2	6	15	33	42	79	111	178	204	199	172	101	63	35	25	18	10	4	2	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,307
35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	3	4	24	33	58	80	132	135	154	144	121	65	47	29	24	10	6	7	2	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,084
36	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	5	5	9	11	30	50	66	82	101	100	114	110	101	81	45	22	20	13	7	3	2	1	2	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	985
37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	2	5	7	16	32	43	56	58	80	89	92	90	97	43	33	21	15	11	3	3	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	804
38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	3	2	5	15	19	28	41	51	55	66	79	85	53	57	47	29	14	12	5	2	2	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	675
39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	4	4	7	12	16	25	35	48	48	62	59	47	59	45	35	18	6	13	9	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	558
40	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	6	4	7	9	12	14	17	40	35	37	39	49	36	37	29	19	14	6	5	11	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	432
41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	3	4	5	1	5	10	27	28	37	38	27	40	36	41	35	25	15	9	9	3	7	–	1	2	2	–	–	–	412
42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	2	7	5	16	21	20	20	22	27	17	28	30	28	23	13	13	5	3	1	3	2	1	–	–	–	311
43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	–	1	4	4	7	6	5	16	15	11	18	18	28	26	19	16	22	12	8	3	2	–	2	2	–	–	–	249
44	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	3	3	8	7	11	8	10	15	16	22	24	16	21	11	17	11	5	3	1	–	1	1	–	–	216
45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	2	7	2	4	5	8	11	11	15	12	18	16	11	17	13	16	8	3	2	1	3	1	1	–	190
46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	3	2	1	2	4	4	5	7	11	10	11	13	12	9	11	15	11	9	2	3	4	8	3	–	–	162
47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	1	3	–	4	1	4	6	3	7	11	6	9	6	10	7	12	5	5	7	4	–	–	–	114
48	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2	–	3	2	1	6	2	3	5	4	8	7	4	5	3	5	5	9	6	4	2	7	1	–	–	96
49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	2	3	–	6	6	3	3	9	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	4	7	–	1	–	105
50-54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	4	–	–	4	6	4	7	2	6	6	15	13	9	10	13	9	21	18	18	15	53	9	2	–	245
55-59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	2	–	–	3	1	2	1	2	3	4	1	3	5	6	40	25	4	–	106
60-64	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	3	3	1	2	2	3	10	7	1	36
65 & over	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	7	9	9	31

Table 22 Marriages of opposite-sex couples registered in 2019 classified by age and previous civil status of groom
Age	Single Men	Widowers	Divorcees	Other	Total
Total	17,869	179	1,625	–	19,673
Age of groom
Under 20	82	–	–	–	82
20-24	315	–	1	–	316
25-29	2,693	–	12	–	2,705
30-34	7,329	1	60	–	7,390
35-39	4,265	8	147	–	4,420
40-44	1,761	11	241	–	2,013
45-49	793	13	306	–	1,112
50-54	335	21	266	–	622
55-59	166	22	241	–	429
60 and over	130	103	351	–	584
Average age of groom	35.2	62.0	51.5	–	36.8