The statistics of Australian’s choosing to get married have noted an increase as divorce numbers are falling.
However the overall proportion of Australians tying the not is down 5.5 per 1000 people from seven in 1989.
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures also reveal that more couples are using a marriage celebrant, and three quarters of couples live together before walking down the aisle.
The statistics recorded a 20-year high of 118,756 weddings last year as only 47,209 couples divorced being the lowest number since 1992.
Saturday, October 4 was the most common day for a wedding, a week after the AFL Grand Final, which saw 2221 ceremonies, as well as on the 08/08/08 when 1444 weddings were recorded
Psychologist Dr Janet Hall welcomed the increasing strength of marriage, saying that she did lot of early marriage counselling and found that men were more willing to work on communication.
The statistics also show that marriages are lasting longer than they did 20 years ago, in 1989 the average time from marriage to divorce was 10.2 years, up to 12.3 in 2008, while the 2008 divorce rate was 2.2 per 1000 people, the lowest it has been in 20 years.