Age Group/Sex
Marital status
Total
Never married
Now married
Widowed
Divorced/separated
15 - 19
Male
21.8
58.1
-
100.0
21.9
Female
18.6
38.4
-
23.3
18.7
Sub-total
20.2
44.9
-
37.8
20.4
20 - 24
Male
74.3
93.3
66.7
82.0
75.2
Female
75.8
66.3
69.1
74.7
74.8
Sub-total
75.1
73.8
68.8
76.9
75.0
25 - 29
Male
92.0
95.0
40.0
86.9
92.7
Female
94.1
72.9
66.8
73.5
85.6
Sub-total
93.0
80.4
63.2
78.2
88.8
30 - 34
Male
91.5
96.2
87.0
89.8
94.0
Female
92.8
67.0
60.2
73.9
75.2
Sub-total
92.1
78.5
63.4
79.1
83.5
35 - 39
Male
89.3
96.1
80.7
87.1
94.3
Female
91.1
59.8
59.5
70.7
66.1
Sub-total
90.2
76.3
62.1
76.4
79.1
40 - 44
Male
84.2
95.7
78.4
86.0
94.1
Female
88.3
56.3
65.0
75.0
61.4
Sub-total
86.3
76.4
66.6
78.6
77.6
45 - 49
Male
77.4
94.3
73.6
85.9
92.6
Female
84.0
55.3
69.1
74.7
59.4
Sub-total
80.8
75.6
69.7
78.6
76.0
50 - 54
Male
68.5
89.7
77.5
77.7
87.9
Female
76.5
45.7
58.7
66.3
49.2
Sub-total
72.1
69.4
61.2
70.6
69.3
55 - 59
Male
54.7
77.0
60.5
67.8
75.5
Female
61.1
31.3
34.2
45.4
33.1
Sub-total
57.0
57.3
38.3
55.3
56.0
60 - 64
Male
31.2
47.8
28.1
41.3
46.0
Female
32.8
13.7
14.2
22.7
14.5
Sub-total
31.6
33.1
16.8
32.2
31.3
65 - 69
Male
15.7
23.7
14.0
19.8
22.5
Female
18.3
5.0
4.2
8.8
5.1
Sub-total
16.3
15.8
6.0
14.2
14.0
70 - 74
Male
9.3
10.3
7.0
14.8
10.0
Female
10.6
2.5
1.8
3.0
2.3
Sub-total
9.7
7.3
2.7
9.6
6.1
75 - 79
Male
6.2
5.6
2.9
8.6
5.2
Female
5.8
1.4
1.2
4.1
1.5
Sub-total
6.1
4.0
1.5
6.4
3.1
80 - 84
Male
3.5
3.7
1.5
3.0
3.0
Female
2.1
1.1
0.5
3.1
0.8
Sub-total
2.5
2.8
0.7
3.1
1.7
85+
Male
3.0
2.6
1.4
5.2
2.2
Female
0.5
0.7
0.3
2.5
0.4
Sub-total
0.9
1.9
0.5
3.8
0.9
Total
Male
66.7
76.8
15.0
70.9
71.9
Female
67.9
48.9
11.5
63.6
51.6
Total
67.3
63.0
12.1
66.3
61.4

Note:  

Labour force participation rates refer to the proportion of economically active
population (that is the labour force) in the total population aged 15 and over.

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Concepts and Definitions for the 2001 Population Census