Family Facts & Figures

Number of divorces and crude divorce rate, 1901-2006

Year Number of
divorces		 Crude divorce
rate
1901 398 0.1
1905 353 0.1
1910 468 0.1
1915 682 0.1
1920 1148 0.2
1925 1888 0.3
1930 1761 0.3
1935 2424 0.4
1940 3242 0.5
1945 7213 1.0
1947 8705 1.1
1950 7358 0.9
1955 6724 0.7
1960 6633 0.6
1965 8491 0.7
1970 12198 1.0
1973 16195 1.2
1974 17688 1.3
1975 24307 1.8
1976 63230 4.6
1977 45152 3.2
1978 40608 2.9
1979 37854 2.6
1980 39258 2.7
1981 41412 2.8
1982 44088 2.9
1983 43525 2.8
1984 43124 2.8
1985 39830 2.5
1986 39417 2.5
1987 39725 2.4
1988 41007 2.5
1989 41383 2.5
1990 42635 2.5
1991 45652 2.6
1992 45729 2.6
1993 48363 2.7
1994 48312 2.7
1995 49742 2.8
1996 52466 2.9
1997 51288 2.8
1998 51370 2.7
1999 52566 2.8
2002 54004 2.7
2003 53145 2.7
2004 52747 2.6
2005 52399 2.6
2006 51375 2.5

Sources: ABS (various years), Marriages and Divorces Australia, Catalogue no. 3310.0;
ABS (various years), Divorces Australia, Catalogue no. 3307.0.55.001

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