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The table illustrates the statistics of marriage in Australia Bureau in 1981 and 2002. The overall trend shows fewer marriages, older age for marriages and higher number of divorces. In 1981, 113905 people registered marriages and by 2002 this number decreased to 105400. Although there was a gradually descend in the number of marriages, the number of divorces had a dramatic soared from 41412 to 55330. Furthermore, the average age of bride and groom were 23.3 and 25.9 respectively in 1981 which had risen significantly to 29 an 31 in 2002. However, 73% of couples who lived together before marriage in 2002 almost doubled the figure in 1981 which only had 42%. This trend could be the result of number of factors. The fewer number of marriages and higher number of divorces may be largely due to the changing role of women in workplace which women were more independent than in the past. The higher average age of couples could have attribute to people received higher education and paid more attention to their career, this may also the possible reason for the higher proportion of couple who lived together before marriage. In summary, it is clearly seen that there is definite link between different periods and marriage.