Australia - number of religious and secular marriages 2018

In 2018, marriages performed by civil celebrants accounted for 95,003 marriages in Australia. In recent years civil celebrants performed the majority of marriages in Australia, while marriages performed by ministers of religion had been declining.

Total number of religious and civil celebrant marriages in Australia in 1998, 2008, and 2014 to 2018

Characteristic	Minister of religion	Civil Celebrant
2018	24,178	95,003
2017	24,880	88,061
2016	27,893	90,451
2015	28,409	85,124
2014	31,247	89,891
2008	41,537	77,151
1998	55,807	54,791

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November 2019

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

1998, 2008, 2014 to 2018

Supplementary notes

Data for 'Ministers of religion' is comprised of marriages for which the rites were coded to: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Other religions and 'Religious belief not further defined'

Data for 'Civil celebrants' is comprised of marriages coded to No religion and Civil marriages.

Amendments have been made to historical marriage celebrant data presented in this table, as a result of classification updates made in 2016.

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