Births in Australia
Facts and Figures— March 2022
Figures around births in Australia: fertility rate, parents’ age, number of children, births outside marriage.
Facts and Figures
Facts and figures provides broad trends in Australian families. These trends are primarily based on statistics published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), though data from major Australian surveys are also used.
Marriages in Australia
Facts and Figures— February 2022
Figures around marriages in Australia: marriage rate, age at first marriage, religious and civil weddings, and more.
Divorces in Australia
Facts and Figures— February 2022
Figures around divorces in Australia: divorce rate, duration of marriage at divorce, and the extent to which divorces involved children.
Families Then & Now: How we worked
Diana Warren, Lixia Qu and Jennifer Baxter
Research Report No. 6 — August 2020
The sixth snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in when, how and where we work from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Income and wealth
Diana Warren
Research Report No. 5 — August 2020
The fifth snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in household incomes and wealth and the amount of debt from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Couple relationships
Research Report No. 4 — July 2020
The fourth snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes to couple relationships from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Having children
Research Report No. 3 — July 2020
The third snapshot from our Families Then and Now series focuses on fertility rate and births per woman from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Households and families
Research Report No. 2 — July 2020
This second snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines some of the changes in Australian households and families from 1980 to today.
Families Then & Now: Housing
Diana Warren and Lixia Qu
Research Report No. 1 — July 2020
This first snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in the housing arrangements of Australian families from 1980 to today.
Fathers and work: A statistical overview
Research summary— May 2019
This article shows that while mothers’ work circumstances change considerably after having a child, fathers’ tend to change very little.
Parenting arrangements after separation
Research summary— October 2019
Summary of the findings from studies of post-separation parenting outcomes, including family law case files analyses and surveys of separated parents.
Young people living with their parents
This factsheet shows that more young people are choosing to stay at home and live with their parents into their early adulthood.
Population and households
The latest facts and figures about Australia's population and types of households.
Work and family
This data looks at parents and employment, the division of work, parental leave and work arrangements used to care for children.
Older people
Figures around life expectancy for older Australians, the significance of maintaining social networks, and caring for grandchildren.
Life satisfaction across life course transitions
Lixia Qu and David de Vaus
Australian Family Trends No. 8 — September 2015
Does life satisfaction improve or decline as people grow older? What happens to people's outlook as they pass through the common events of life?
The nature of living alone in Australia
David de Vaus and Lixia Qu
Australian Family Trends No. 9 — December 2015
What is the nature of living alone and what does it means to the individuals involved?
Living alone and personal wellbeing
David de Vaus and Lixia Qu
Australian Family Trends No. 10 — December 2015
How does living alone influence social connection, health behaviours and subjective wellbeing?
Attitudes towards intergenerational support
Ruth Weston and Lixia Qu
Australian Family Trends No. 11 — November 2016
Examines the views of Australians about the obligations of parents and their adult children concerning financial and accommodation support.
