Annual report [1997-98] - Family Court of Australia

The Family Court of Australia – annual report 1997-98
Table 4.2: Demographic information relevant to the work of the Family Courts, by State, 1997
Est. Resident Births Marriages Divorces
State/ Population
Territory No. % No. % Rate % No. % Rate No. % Rate
(1,000’s) Aust. Aust. Ex-nuptial Aust. Aust.
NSW 6306.3 33.8% 87608 34.5% 13.9 25.4% 36679 34.4% 5.8 14655 28.6% 2.3
VIC 4627.3 24.8% 61921 24.4% 13.4 21.6% 25456 23.8% 5.5 12463 24.3% 2.7
QLD 3430.3 18.4% 46938 18.5% 13.7 32.6% 20868 19.6% 6.1 11744 22.9% 3.4
SA 1482.8 8.0% 18349 7.2% 12.4 30.1% 7945 7.4% 5.4 4115 8.0% 2.8
TAS 471.7 2.5% 6023 2.4% 12.8 34.3% 2672 2.5% 5.7 1321 2.6% 2.8
ACT 308.9 1.7% 4362 1.7% 14.1 25.2% 1873 1.8% 6.1 1528 3.0% (a)
NT 189.1 1.0% 3576 1.4% 18.9 57.8% 786 0.7% 4.2 416 0.8% 2.2
FCA Area 16816.4 90.3% 228777 90.2% 13.6 27.0% 96279 90.2% 5.7 46242 90.2% 2.7
WA 1811.1 9.7% 24856 9.8% 13.7 30.9% 10456 9.8% 5.8 5046 9.8% 2.8
Other Territories 3.1 0.0% 40 0.0% 9.5%
Australia 18630.6 100% 253673 100% 13.6 27.4% 106735 100% 5.7 51288 100% 2.8
Notes 1 All numbers are obtained from Australian Bureau of Statistics publications and some are still preliminary.
2 The proportions of ex-nuptial births are for 1996, as 1997 figures are not yet available.
3 Other Territories includes Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Jervis Bay Territory.
(a) Due to the large number of divorces granted in the ACT to usual residents of another State, the divorce rate is not representative.
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