In 2022, the crude divorce rate in Australia was at 2.4 divorces per 1,000 of the population. The divorce rate rose steeply between 1901 and 1980, peaking in 2001 with over 55,000 divorces in total. In the year 2021, it was close to this number again, with a rate of 2.7 divorces per 1,000.
Crude divorce rate in Australia from 1901 to 2022
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 1, 2023). Crude divorce rate in Australia from 1901 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/611604/australia-crude-divorce-rate/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Crude divorce rate in Australia from 1901 to 2022." Chart. December 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/611604/australia-crude-divorce-rate/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Crude divorce rate in Australia from 1901 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/611604/australia-crude-divorce-rate/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Crude Divorce Rate in Australia from 1901 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/611604/australia-crude-divorce-rate/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Crude divorce rate in Australia from 1901 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/611604/australia-crude-divorce-rate/ (last visited May 09, 2024)
Crude divorce rate in Australia from 1901 to 2022 [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/611604/australia-crude-divorce-rate/