Lixia Qu
Senior Research Fellow
Family & Society
Dr Lixia Qu is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Family Studies. She has undertaken a range of research in the areas of family transitions and wellbeing, particularly relating to issues such as relationship stability and its impacts on financial living standards and personal wellbeing, parenting arrangements after separation. Her research work also includes examining the impact of domestic and family violence on parenting and children’s wellbeing after parental separation. Lixia has also made important contribution to various evaluations of amendments to the Family Law Act (1975).
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
- Master of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaiʻi
- Bachelor of Science, Nanjing University
Research by Lixia Qu

Divorces in Australia
The latest figures around divorces in Australia: divorce rate, duration of marriage at divorce, and the extent to which divorces involved children.
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Marriages in Australia
Figures around marriages in Australia: marriage rate, age at first marriage, religious and civil weddings, and more.
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Births in Australia
Figures around births in Australia: fertility rate, parents’ age, number of children, births outside marriage.
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