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Marriage and divorce in Ireland

The Central Statistics Office of Ireland has released the latest publication in its series of Census 2011 results, showing that the number of people who were married in Ireland increased by 9.2% between 2006 and 2011 to 1,708,604. The data also revealed that 32 was the age at which married women outnumbered their single counterparts, while for men it was two years higher at 34.

Over the fifteen years since 1996 the proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who were divorced grew significantly from 0.4% in 1996 (9,787 people) to 2.4% (87,770) in 2011 - an increase of almost 800% over the period.

There was an increase of nearly 550% in the number of people who re-married following divorce or annulment over the same fifteen year period, from 6,641 people in 1996 to 42,960 in 2011. Overall men are much more likely to re-marry, with 39% of divorced men re-married compared with only 28% of women.

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