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Same-Sex Marriages, 314, 640 ; All Marriages rate per 1,000 population, 1.9, 4.1 ; Average Age of Groom (Opposite-Sex Marriage), 37.8, 36.8 ; Average Age of Bride ... 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Theaverageageofbothmaleandfemalecouplesinsame-sexmarriagesin2020was40.0years. Seetables23A,23Band23C. Therewere9,209opposite-sexmarriagesin2020.Theaverageageofgroomswas37.8years,1.0yearsmorethantheaverageageofgroomsin2019.Inthepast50years,theaverageageofgroomsdecreasedfrom27.7yearsin1970to26.5years,10yearslater,in1980andincreasedtoahighof37.8yearsin2020.Asimilartrendisevidentforbrideswiththeaverageagedecreasingfrom25.1in1970to24.4in1980andincreasingtoahighof35.7in2020.Seetables1and3. Thenumberofallmarriages(opposite-sexandsame-sex)registeredin2020was9,523whichequatestoacrude(unadjusted)marriagerateof1.9per1,000population,2.2lessthanthe2019rate.Thisis10,790fewermarriagesthanin2019when20,313marriagestookplace.Same-sexmarriagesaccountedfor3.3%ofallmarriagesin2020. Seetable1. In2020,religiousceremoniesaccountedfor50.2%ofallmarriages. Therewere3,295(34.6%) Catholicmarriageceremonies,114(1.2%) ChurchofIrelandceremonies,The SpiritualistUnionofIrelandperformed641(6.7%)ceremoniesand727(7.6%)couplesoptedfor otherreligiousceremonies.Themajorityofnon-religiousceremonieswerecivilmarriageswhichaccountedfor42.1%(4,007)ofallmarriages;theremaining739(7.8%)coupleshadHumanistceremonies. Seetables1,3,3A,17,17Aandfigure2. X-axislabel% CivilMarriages42.0770765515069 HumanistAssociation7.76015961356715 OtherReligious7.63414890265673 RomanCatholic34.6004410374882 SpiritualistUnion6.731072141132 ChurchofIreland1.19710175364906 50.2% Percentageofopposite-sexcouplesoptingforreligiousceremonies(51.4%) In2020,religiousceremoniesaccountedforthehighestproportionofopposite-sexmarriages(51.4%). Therewere3,295(35.8%) Catholicmarriageceremonies,114(1.2%) ChurchofIrelandceremonies,20(0.2%) PresbyterianceremonieswhileThe SpiritualistUnionofIrelandperformed 614(6.7%) marriageceremoniesin2020. Theremaining686(7.4%) couplesoptedfor otherreligiousceremonies. Civilmarriage ceremonieswerethemostpopularchoicefornon-religiousmarriage ceremonies accountingfor3,779(41.0%)ofallopposite-sexmarriages;theremaining701(7.6%)hadHumanistceremonies.Seetables1,3and17. 73% Percentageofsame-sexcoupleshavingcivilceremoniesin2020(72.6%) Themostpopularformofceremonyforsame-sexmarriagecelebrationswascivilmarriageceremonies,whichaccountedfor228marriages(72.6%)followedbyTheHumanistAssociationofIrelandwith38or12.1%ofceremonies.TheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandaccountedfor27or8.6%ofceremoniesandtheremaining21ofsame-sexcouples(i.e.6.7%)hadceremonieswithotherreligiousdenominations.Closetohalfofallsame-sexmarriageceremoniestookplaceintheDublinCityarea(44.6%),followedbyCorkCitywith6.1%andGalwayCountyaccountingfor4.5%ofsame-sexceremonies. SeeTables1,3A,3B,13A,and13B. December Themostpopularmonthforallmarriagesin2020 Decemberwasthemostpopularmonth foropposite-sexmarriages in2020 Decemberwasthemostpopularmonthforopposite-sexmarriagesin2020incomparisontoAugustfor2019. In2020,17.3%(or1,591)ofmarriagesoccurredinDecember.Overathird(39.8%)ofopposite-sexmarriagestookplaceinthefinalquarteroftheyear.Aprilwastheleastpopularmonthformarriageceremonieswithonly 57(0.6%)ofopposite-sexmarriagesoccurringduringthatmonth.  FridayandSaturdaywerethemostpopulardaysoftheweektogetmarriedwith5,545or60.2%ofopposite-sexmarriagesoccurringonthosedays. TheleastpopulardaywasSundaywhen287(3.1%)coupleswed. Thursday31stDecemberwasthemostpopulardateforopposite-sexmarriagesin2020with213(2.3%)marriagestakingplaceonthatday.ThiswasfollowedbyMonday28thDecember,when157(1.7%)marriagesoccurred. Seetable16. Februarywasthemostpopularmonthforsame-sexmarriagesin2020 Themostpopularmonthforsame-sexmarriagesin2020wasFebruarywith41(13.1%)marriages.  Fridaywasthemostpopulardayforsame-sexmarriageswithoverone-third(108)or34.4%ofallsame-sexmarriagescelebratedonthatday Friday21stofFebruarywasthemostpopulardateforsame-sexmarriagesin2020with8(2.5%)marriagesoccurringonthisday. Seetable16A. EUmarriagerate In2019(mostrecentavailabledata)Cyprushadthehighestcrude(unadjusted)marriagerateoftheEU27MemberStateswitharateof8.9per1,000population. Italyhadthelowestrates,with3.1marriagesper1,000population.In2019Irelandhadamarriagerateof4.1perthousandpopulationandwasranked18th. Incomparison,2020sawIrelanddropmorethanhalfthe2019ratetoadecreasedrateof1.9perthousandpopulation.TheEuropeanUnioncurrentlycounts27EUcountries.TheUnitedKingdomwithdrewfromtheEuropeanUnionon31January2020.Seefigure3. null EU-28MarriageRate Cyprus8.9 Lithuania7 Latvia6.7 Hungary6.7 Romania6.6 Slovakia5.4 Denmark5.3 Malta5.3 Austria5.2 CzechRepublic5.1 Germany5 Estonia5 Croatia4.9 Poland4.8 Sweden4.7 Greece4.4 Bulgaria4.2 Ireland(2019)4.1 Ireland(2020)1.9 Finland4 Belgium3.9 Netherlands3.7 France(2018)3.5 Spain3.5 Luxembourg3.5 Portugal3.2 Slovenia3.2 Italy3.1 Groomolderthanbridein61.9%ofopposite-sexmarriages Theaverageageofgroomsandbridesin2020was37.8yearsand35.7yearsrespectively. Theaverageageofgroomsmarryingforthefirsttimewas35.7yearsandforbridestheaverageagewas34.2years. Seetables22and23. Thegroomwasolderthanthebridein61.9%ofmarriagesin2020. Seetables7and8. In2020,2.6%ofgroomswereundertheageof25and50.2%ofgroomswereaged35andoverontheirweddingday.Forbrides,4.1%wereundertheageof25and41.0%wereaged35andoverontheirweddingday. Seetables1,7and8. Monaghanhadthelowestaverageageforbothgroomsandbridesin2020,at35.1and33.1yearsrespectively. Attheotherendofthescale,WaterfordCityhadthehighestaverageageforbothgroomsandbridesat40.4and37.7yearsrespectively.Seetables9and10.  Over83.5%ofopposite-sexmarriageswerefirsttimemarriages In2020,83.5%(7,691)ofopposite-sexmarriageswerethefirstmarriageforboththegroomandbride.Thebreakdownbetweengroomsandbrideswas 8,160(88.6%)groomsand 8,297(90.1%)bridesmarryingforthefirsttime. Seetables17,18,19,22and23. Therewere1,411opposite-sexmarriagesinvolvingatleastonedivorcedpersonin2020,including344marriageswherebothpartiesweredivorced.Seetable17.  Over90%ofsame-sexmarriageswerefirsttimemarriages  Ofthe628individualsame-sexpartnersin2020,themajority-566or90.1%werepreviouslysingle,26(4.1%)werepreviouscivilpartners,while27(4.3%)weredivorced,5(0.8%)wereformercivilpartnersandtherewas1survivingcivilpartner. Seetables23A,23Band23C.  Opposite-sexcouplesresidingoutsideIrelandbeforemarriageaccountforalmost5%ofmarriages MarriageswhereboththebrideandgroomwereresidinginIrelandbeforemarriageaccountedfor92.9%(8,555)ofmarriages. In2020,447(4.9%)marriagesinvolvedboththebrideandgroomlivingoutsidetheStatebeforemarriage. Seetables11and12. Thefuturepermanentresidenceofopposite-sexmarriedcoupleswasstatedtobeoutsideIrelandin5.7%(523)ofmarriagesin2020. Thiscomparesto2,606(13.2%)in2019. Seetable1. Oneinfouropposite-sexmarriageswerebetweenbridesandgroomsofthesamesocio-economicgroup In2020,25.8%(2,377)ofopposite-sexmarriagesinvolvedthebrideandgroombeingofthesamesocio-economicgroup. Overhalf(57.1%)ofgroomsandmorethantwo-fifths(44.4%)ofbridesinthe'ProfessionalOccupations’socio-economicgroupmarriedanindividualinthesamegroup.  Thesocio-economicgroupwiththegreatestapparentdisparitywasthe"SkilledTradesOccupations"where2.9%ofgroomsmarriedwithintheirowngroupincomparisonto37.4%ofbridesdoingso.  Seetable6andbackgroundnotes.   Divorcesgrantedin2019 Forthenumbersofdivorcesandjudicialseparationsgrantedin2019(themostrecentdataavailable)seeattachedlink: (CourtsServiceAnnualReport2019). ThesectiononFamilyLawcontainsthisinformation. Population Theestimatedpopulation(usualresidence)inApril2020was4,977,443  Same-sexmarriagelegislation. TheMarriageAct2015(No.35/2015)effectivefromthe16thNovember2015(S.I504/15refers)allowspartiesofthesame-sextomarry. Fromthe16thNovember2015,whensame-sexmarriagelegislationcameintoeffect,same-sexcouplesnolongerhadtheoptiontoapplyforaCivilPartnership.   ShowTable:Table1Summarydataformarriages2015-2020 Table1Summarydataformarriages2015-2020  Opposite-sexmarriages Same-sexmarriages Allmarriages  201520162017201820192020 20192020 20192020 State22,02521,57021,26220,38919,6739,209 640314 20,3139,523 3Marriagerateper1,000population4.74.64.44.24.01.9 0.10.1 4.11.9 Averageageofparty1135.335.736.136.436.837.8 42.343.1 37.038.0 Averageageofparty2233.233.834.134.434.835.7 36.936.9 34.835.7 Percentageofmarriagesby         ageofparty11%%%%%% %% %%   Under200.40.60.50.40.40.5 0.00.0 0.40.4   20-242.41.81.71.51.62.2 0.91.0 1.62.1   25-2918.516.215.914.713.713.2 7.28.3 13.513.1   30-3439.739.638.738.237.634.0 20.018.5 37.033.5   35-3920.622.321.922.422.521.8 21.416.9 22.421.7   40andover18.419.521.422.724.228.3 50.555.4 25.029.2 Percentageofmarriagesby           ageofparty22%%%%%% %% %%   Under201.10.80.70.70.81.1 0.00.3 0.81.0   20-244.02.82.72.52.63.0 3.44.8 2.73.1   25-2927.225.324.022.621.419.0 20.020.7 21.419.0   30-3440.440.840.739.539.336.0 27.725.5 38.935.6   35-3915.117.017.218.518.320.1 19.817.8 18.420.0   40andover12.213.314.616.117.520.9 29.130.9 17.921.2 Formofceremony           RomanCatholic12,48612,14011,21910,0278,8633,295 –– 8,8633,295   ChurchofIreland393372379323289114 –– 289114   Presbyterian736964625320 –– 5320   Methodist262731221512 –– 1512   Jewish1––––– –– ––   SpiritualistUnionofIreland8229651,0831,3411,512614 10627 1,618641   Otherreligious8049729809871,116674 3621 1,152695   Civilmarriages6,1565,5885,8905,8616,0123779 398228 6,4104,007   HumanistAssociation1,2641,4371,6161,7661,813701 10038 1,913739 Countryoffutureresidence         OutsideRepublicofIreland2,8462,9332,8382,7342,606523 9326 2,699549   NorthernIreland421477489449415138 2612 441150   EnglandandWales1,1171,1751,1461,1061,070208 245 1,094213   Scotland979989876415 81 7216   EuropeEU28(excludingIrelandandUK)4––12210811931 81 12732   U.S.A21422725427530836 102 31838   Elsewhere99695273870963095 175 647100   Notstated13–––– –– –– Percentageofmarriageswith%%%%%% %% %% countryofresidenceoutside         RepublicofIreland12.913.613.313.413.25.7 14.58.3 13.35.8 1Party1referstothegroominthecaseofopposite-sexmarriagesandreferstotheolderpartyinthecaseofsame-sexmarriages. 2Party2referstothebrideinthecaseofopposite-sexmarriagesandreferstotheyoungerpartyinthecaseofsame-sexmarriages. 3Rateshavebeenrevisedforintercensalyears(2012-2015). 4TheUnioncurrentlycounts27EUcountries.TheUnitedKingdomwithdrewfromtheEuropeanUnionon31stJanuary2020.   OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table1(XLS15KB) ShowTable:Table2Agespecificmarriagerates,2019and2020 Table2Agespecificmarriagerates,2019and2020   Opposite-sexmarriages Same-sexmarriages  AgeMarriagesper1,000malesatspecifiedagesMarriagesper1,000femalesatspecifiedagesMarriagesper1,000malesatspecifiedagesMarriagesper1,000femalesatspecifiedages  2019202020192020 2019202020192020  Allages,16-4915.87.116.07.2 0.50.20.40.2  16-190.60.31.20.8 0.00.00.00.0  201.41.11.50.9 0.00.00.00.1 211.41.01.91.5 0.00.10.00.0 221.71.03.11.7 0.20.00.10.0 232.21.35.02.1 0.10.10.10.1 244.02.06.73.2 0.20.10.30.0 20-242.11.33.51.9 0.10.10.10.1  256.43.510.85.6 0.50.20.30.1 269.84.316.87.7 0.50.20.50.2 2716.77.526.810.9 0.70.30.60.2 2823.810.838.315.4 0.70.60.60.2 2935.614.951.420.1 0.70.50.90.4 25-2918.68.329.312.1 0.60.40.60.2  3045.519.453.522.7 1.40.41.20.5 3152.720.058.324.0 1.20.51.00.4 3249.922.546.821.5 0.80.61.00.5 3344.320.538.217.1 1.00.40.60.4 3439.817.231.915.0 0.70.20.50.4 30-3446.219.945.219.9 1.00.40.80.4  3532.315.125.912.9 0.90.40.70.3 3628.612.420.510.4 0.70.40.70.2 3722.610.917.59.7 0.90.40.40.2 3818.48.613.17.6 0.60.30.50.2 3915.27.711.96.4 0.70.30.70.1 35-3923.010.817.69.3 0.70.30.60.2  4013.46.911.45.0 0.70.20.40.4 4113.25.38.94.2 0.70.20.50.3 4210.25.27.43.4 0.50.30.40.3 439.04.55.83.0 0.60.20.20.3 447.93.66.22.7 0.40.30.20.1 40-4410.75.18.03.7 0.60.20.30.3  457.13.35.22.6 0.60.20.30.2 467.63.35.62.6 0.50.10.30.1 475.63.04.12.5 0.50.30.40.1 485.53.04.12.1 0.30.20.30.2 496.02.94.12.5 0.30.10.20.2 45-496.43.14.62.5 0.50.20.30.2  OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table2(XLS15KB) ShowTable:Table3Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedaccordingtoageofgroom/ageofbrideandformofceremony Table3Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedaccordingtoageofgroom/ageofbrideandformofceremony  Formofceremony  AgeCatholicChurchofIrelandPresbyterianTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsCivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTotal Ageofgroom         Under2037–––14–42 20-249531330651198 25-294403378099481801,220 30-341,3983092252139632913,129 35-398032111441327471642,012 40-4429961686648571996 45-491255–445030526555 50-544361223522628361 55-59272–192417714263 60andover288–93632626433 Total3,295114206146863,7797019,209 Ageofbride         Under2078–––514–97 20-2492715361354280 25-296883791261296441141,747 30-341,4673582462281,0043233,311 35-396711021151247771521,851 40-441657–635640941741 45-49668–263728821446 50-54362–173518618294 55-59132–101415516210 60andover196–62216712232 Total3,295114206146863,7797019,209           Averageageofgroom34.836.732.037.238.040.637.237.8 Averageageofbride33.234.930.335.236.038.035.435.7 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table3(XLS12KB) VisitTableVSA51onPxStat VisitTableVSA42onPxStat ShowTable:Table3ASame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedaccordingtoageofolderparty/youngerpartyandformofceremony Table3ASame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedaccordingtoageofolderparty/youngerpartyandformofceremony  Allsamesexmarriages  AgeCivilMarriageTheHumanistTheSpiritualistOtherreligiousTotal  CeremoniesAssociationUnionofIreland denominations  Ageofolderparty      Under20––––– 20-243–––3 25-29169–126 30-343696758 35-3932106553 40-444655359 45-493322138 50-5416–5122 55-5918–3122 60andover283–233 Total228382721314 Ageofyoungerparty      Under201–––1 20-241311–15 25-2944123665 30-3450148880 35-394465156 40-442936442 45-491413119 50-5416–1–17 55-5910––111 60andover71––8 Total228382721314 Averageageofolderparty44.337.442.341.543.1 Averageageofyoungerparty37.533.837.034.936.9 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table3A(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSB01onPxStat ShowTable:Table3BSame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedaccordingtoageofolderparty/youngerpartyandformofceremony,listingmalesame-sexmarriagesandfemalesame-sexmarriagesseparately Table3BSame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedaccordingtoageofolderparty/youngerpartyandformofceremony,listingmalesame-sexmarriagesandfemalesame-sexmarriagesseparately  MaleSame-sexmarriages FemaleSame-sexmarriages AgeCivilMarriageTheHumanistTheSpiritualistOtherreligiousTotal CivilMarriageTheHumanistTheSpiritualistOtherreligiousTotal  CeremoniesAssociationUnionofIreland denominations  CeremoniesAssociationUnionofIreland denominations  Ageofolderparty            Under20––––– ––––– 20-241–––1 2–––2 25-29113–115 56––11 30-342045130 1651628 35-391963–28 1343525 40-442033127 2622232 45-4919–1121 1421–17 50-5410–1112 6–4–10 55-5914–1116 4–2–6 60andover162–220 121––13 Total13018148170 98201313144 Ageofyoungerparty            Under201–––1 ––––– 20-248–1–9 51––6 25-293262242 1261423 30-342555136 2593744 35-392655137 181––19 40-44151–218 1426224 45-4961–18 8–3–11 50-5410–1–11 6–––6 55-594––15 6–––6 60andover3–––3 41––5 Total13018148170 98201313144 Averageageofolderparty44.838.439.350.243.9 43.736.445.636.242.2 Averageageofyoungerparty36.433.834.239.436.1 39.033.840.132.137.7 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table3B(XLS12KB) VisitTableVSB02onPxStat ShowTable:Table4Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoccupationalgroupandageofgroom Table4Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoccupationalgroupandageofgroom  AgeofgroomAverageageofgroom OccupationalgroupofgroomUnder2020-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960andoverAllages AdministrativeandSecretarialoccupations–4411459340291391939338.1 AssociateprofessionalandTechnicaloccupations216208520332170675932371,44336.9 Caring,LeisureandOtherserviceoccupations162746321423761317539.2 Elementaryoccupations429130198141756653302475037.9 Managers,DirectorsandSeniorofficials–9932711851296450286789640.0 Process,PlantandMachineoperatives2661134100786136353554840.9 Professionaloccupations1113421,069557219955443652,45636.2 SalesandCustomerserviceoccupations–96410059301686429635.4 Skilledtradesoccupations9321885664762151166662891,81938.5 Unemployed,Retired,Student,Occupationunknown2376668037261815128043338.9 Total421981,2203,1292,0129965553612634339,20937.8 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table4(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSA73onPxStat ShowTable:Table5Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoccupationalgroupandageofbride Table5Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoccupationalgroupandageofbride  AgeofbrideAverageageofbride OccupationalgroupofbrideUnder2020-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960andoverAllages AdministrativeandSecretarialoccupations–17188332233105805335391,08237.7 AssociateprofessionalandTechnicaloccupations429231448270107383724231,21135.4 Caring,LeisureandOtherserviceoccupations22924033718192654636301,05836.3 Elementaryoccupations231648367363321111135936.8 Managers,DirectorsandSeniorofficials11589240160574524162066737.0 Process,PlantandMachineoperatives11262015333347935.9 Professionaloccupations2245981,465645195964741433,15634.6 SalesandCustomerserviceoccupations123871398448221591143935.7 Skilledtradesoccupations162839251311114113936.5 Unemployed,Retired,Student,Occupationunknown8310519620817185533731501,01935.0 Total972801,7473,3111,8517414462942102329,20935.7 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table5(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSA74onPxStat ShowTable:Table6Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoccupationalgroupofbrideandgroom Table6Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoccupationalgroupofbrideandgroom  Occupationalgroupofbride OccupationalgroupofgroomAdministrativeandSecretarialoccupationsAssociateprofessionalandTechnicaloccupationsCaring,LeisureandOtherserviceoccupationsElementaryoccupationsManagers,DirectorsandSeniorofficialsProcess,PlantandMachineoperativesProfessionaloccupationsSalesandCustomerserviceoccupationsSkilledtradesoccupationsUnemployed,Retired,Student,OccupationunknownTotal AdministrativeandSecretarialoccupations8557391030–1438417393 AssociateprofessionalandTechnicaloccupations1973001212311295126213941,443 Caring,LeisureandOtherserviceoccupations19194578–428126175 Elementaryoccupations7738145964291156517146750 Managers,DirectorsandSeniorofficials12016078261339244381573896 Process,PlantandMachineoperatives814210738322093451476548 Professionaloccupations20632713323144161,40260151302,456 SalesandCustomerserviceoccupations333545172146743427296 Skilledtradesoccupations2361913071011211147893522291,819 Unemployed,Retired,Student,Occupationunknown2842381824160174201433 Total1,0821,2111,058359667793,1564391391,0199,209 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table6(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSA82onPxStat ShowTable:Table6ASame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoccupationalgroupofolderpartyandyoungerparty Table6ASame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoccupationalgroupofolderpartyandyoungerparty  Occupationalgroupofyoungerparty OccupationalgroupofolderpartyAdministrativeandSecretarialoccupationsAssociateprofessionalandTechnicaloccupationsCaring,LeisureandOtherserviceoccupationsElementaryoccupationsManagers,DirectorsandSeniorofficialsProcess,PlantandMachineoperativesProfessionaloccupationsSalesandCustomerserviceoccupationsSkilledtradesoccupationsUnemployed,Retired,Student,OccupationunknownTotal AdministrativeandSecretarialoccupations96435–4––132 AssociateprofessionalandTechnicaloccupations69124–1723–44 Caring,LeisureandOtherserviceoccupations11412–731121 Elementaryoccupations–––53–134420 Managers,DirectorsandSeniorofficials3102212–8–1442 Process,PlantandMachineoperatives1–––1–13––6 Professionaloccupations41531714445690 SalesandCustomerserviceoccupations132–2–352220 Skilledtradesoccupations11212–412216 Unemployed,Retired,Student,Occupationunknown–6––316–1623 Total2651181541295211926314              OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table6A(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSB03onPxStat ShowTable:Table7Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbygroom'sageandbride'srelativeage Table7Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbygroom'sageandbride'srelativeage  Relativeageofbride  Ageofgroom10ormoreyearsolder5to9yearsolder1to4yearsolderSameage1to4yearsyounger5to9yearsyounger10ormoreyearsyoungerTotal Allages673661,7931,2853,6331,4606059,209 16–––––––– 17–––––––– 18––7111––19 19–14810––23 Under20–1111911––42 20137420––35 21––12415––31 22–555171–33 232385192–39 2415219213–60 20-244165327926–198 25–63325297–100 262103531425–125 2741671487010–219 2821810367114112317 29523145118154131459 25-2913733872894094631,220 30440160134215194576 31824168137265334639 32133155118317543681 33526124104328601648 3411312381294703585 30-34191367305741,419236153,129 3541010162258787520 3631377492088210442 3751657471671077406 381646331388819331 39–94833135808313 35-391354329224906435512,012 40–843141208220287 41252410805527203 42231311856025199 4326208496817170 44151310444717137 40-4472711353378312106996 45–41612323919122 46141111324612117 4716179253614108 4817136352716105 49–676362127103 45-49327644416016988555 50-5461342211008891361 55-59–83613715580263 60-64172010335060181 65-691377274147133 70-74–11318153371 75andover–––1973148 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table7(XLS13KB) VisitTableVSA61onPxStat ShowTable:Table8Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbybride'sageandgroom'srelativeage Table8Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbybride'sageandgroom'srelativeage  Relativeageofgroom  Ageofbride10ormoreyearsolder5to9yearsolder1to4yearsolderSameage1to4yearsyounger5to9yearsyounger10ormoreyearsyoungerTotal Allages6051,4603,6331,2851,793366679,209 16–11––––2 17–––––––– 18553411–––55 19551983––40 Under20101154193––97 20281045––29 2171114410––46 222162556––54 235143354––61 249194994––90 20-2425681312729––280 2512317425142–158 26145110231181–217 27225715048293–309 28168222467612–452 292793292118783–611 25-299131484228920011–1,747 30241132871341253–686 31281023851371268–786 32228429911816214–699 332170239104141112588 3422752028115319–552 30-341174441,4125747075523,311 3518571736213329–472 36156514849101231402 37315812347102302393 3821421093373323313 392344803359302271 35-3910826663322446814481,851 401843661462123218 411432501043128169 421424411128142134 43131934830111116 44102331101992104 40-4469141222531825816741 45131928121411299 4620192311148297 471110329185590 481210266132473 491512266199–87 45-49717013544783513446 50-5457548221432611294 55-593350511339186210 60-64172430102466117 65-69513257165172 70-742512347235 75andover––41–128 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table8(XLS13KB) VisitTableVSA62onPxStat ShowTable:Table8ASame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyolderpartner'sageandyoungerpartner'srelativeage Table8ASame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyolderpartner'sageandyoungerpartner'srelativeage Allpartners Youngerpartner AgeTotalUnder2020-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960andover Olderpartner314115658056421917118 Under20––––––––––– 20-243–3–––––––– 25-2926–521––––––– 30-3458152923–––––– 35-3953––53513––––– 40-4459–25152017–––– 45-4938––1314146––– 50-5422––123565–– 55-5922–––143572– 60andover33––31232598 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table8A(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSB04onPxStat ShowTable:Table8BSame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoldermalepartner'sageandyoungermalepartner'srelativeage Table8BSame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyoldermalepartner'sageandyoungermalepartner'srelativeage   Youngermalepartner Oldermalepartner AllagesUnder2020-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960andover Allages170194236371881153 Under20––––––––––– 20-241–1–––––––– 25-2915–114––––––– 30-3430151410–––––– 35-3928––51310––––– 40-4427–247104–––– 45-4921––12873––– 50-5412––123312–– 55-5916–––142252– 60andover20––31222433 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table8B(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSB05onPxStat ShowTable:Table8CSame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyolderfemalepartner'sageandyoungerfemalepartner'srelativeage Table8CSame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyolderfemalepartner'sageandyoungerfemalepartner'srelativeage   Youngerfemalepartner OlderfemalepartnerAllagesUnder2020-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960andover Allages144–62344192411665 Under20––––––––––– 20-242–2–––––––– 25-2911–47––––––– 30-3428––1513–––––– 35-3925–––223––––– 40-4432––181013–––– 45-4917–––1673––– 50-5410–––––253–– 55-596–––––132–– 60andover13–––––1–165 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table8C(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSB06onPxStat ShowTable:Table8DSame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyagedifferenceofpartnersinyearsandpercentage Table8DSame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyagedifferenceofpartnersinyearsandpercentage  TotalNoagedifference1to4yearsdifference5to9yearsdifference10ormoreyearsdifference  NumberNumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentage    % % % % AllSame-sexMarriages3143210.213543.08326.46420.4 MaleSame-sexMarriages170169.46236.54124.15130.0 FemaleSame-sexMarriages1441611.17350.74229.2139.0 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table8D(XLS11KB) ShowTable:Table9Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageandareaofresidenceofgroombeforemarriage Table9Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageandareaofresidenceofgroombeforemarriage  AgeofgroomAverageage ofgroom AreaofresidenceofgroomUnder2020-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960andoverTotal Total421981,2203,1292,0129965553612634339,20937.8               Leinster191016721,6991,1345833232241512505,15638.1 Carlow13153126158621211939.5 DublinCity420191464275149655525661,31437.5 SouthDublin21166156116723627141751738.0 Fingal11363182141723321251356437.7 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown–35617299403119132645938.3 Kildare2745146103402214111640637.5 Kilkenny–419624514581416236.2 Laois–3203738161434514037.9 Longford14112311141032–7936.9 Louth–33652442618991421139.7 Meath154311880382712131835538.4 Offaly151833229766311037.7 Westmeath–72855251710741016337.6 Wexford3824825631171892627440.3 Wicklow35378653302016132028339.4               Munster83926274644622113281721262,13338.3 Clare122455432510108818638.6 CorkCity1526853930888921937.5 CorkCounty–892274178615221223774537.9 Kerry141968422111952220240.0 LimerickCity–11332181213499339.1 LimerickCounty1725764123161061021537.8 Tipperary1638855226161141225137.4 WaterfordCity131229101272699140.4 WaterfordCounty231342231111791013139.7               Connacht1332993072231175535253494037.5 GalwayCity2522564122663917237.4 GalwayCounty410279372331910121229238.0 Leitrim1231410822–14337.0 Mayo492673512915114622837.1 Roscommon–310402510543310337.3 Sligo2311312415823310237.2               Ulster(partof)–108313810637181061342136.1 Cavan–519512911521512836.1 Donegal–542545620974620336.5 Monaghan––223321641129035.1               RegionalAuthorities             Border3159718314060281491756635.8 Midland2197714896564119161849237.1 West102785262189944531223079537.0 Dublin747376974631333165122771222,85437.3 Mid-East620161402280134875146681,25538.0 Mid-West316100248154864334223974537.5 South-East72183246160834841276177738.7 South-West217137427259112713835681,16637.7               RepublicofIreland401821,1162,8901,9099585283502544238,65038.0 NorthernIreland1429552814941615135.8 Britain16471133910822223033.6 Elsewhere–6287136141056217835.7 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table9(XLS15KB) VisitTableVSA54onPxStat VisitTableVSA55onPxStat VisitTableVSA40onPxStat ShowTable:Table10Marriagesofoppositesex-couplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageandareaofresidenceofbridebeforemarriage Table10Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageandareaofresidenceofbridebeforemarriage  AgeofbrideAverageage ofbride AreaofresidenceofbrideUnder2020-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960andoverTotal Total972801,7473,3111,8517414462942102329,20935.7               Leinster481559291,8311,0634492691671271395,17736.0 Carlow3220402591051411936.4 DublinCity337250490298102524231291,33435.6 SouthDublin112296158111474114121652836.0 Fingal420851971165841207655435.8 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown–118418693312213111947036.4 Kildare212731538239111171040035.5 Kilkenny–6316533194–3716835.4 Laois1330454010725314635.7 Longford42142079811–6634.7 Louth17396439231199921137.4 Meath211661237022181211834336.0 Offaly431735199582410636.4 Westmeath4240632712962517035.2 Wexford91036965528171113828336.6 Wicklow–7489648311313121127937.2               Munster18583957594141761047159612,11536.1 Clare–331664516556718436.5 CorkCity17358342217127622136.6 CorkCounty310148283150543620211473935.7 Kerry413072452210731120537.4 LimerickCity–22439158443410336.1 LimerickCounty321347737131192321034.2 Tipperary5853784827777724735.4 WaterfordCity14212012663658437.7 WaterfordCounty1219412091844412237.6               Connacht2039160331213684627162094035.2 GalwayCity41135584410743518134.7 GalwayCounty61351106582117115629435.4 Leitrim––81711711–24736.6 Mayo47318260171135222235.1 Roscommon34163521454239735.2 Sligo34193319954129934.8               Ulster(partof)511115166772115164543534.0 Cavan14335320846–213134.3 Donegal265571438894220834.3 Monaghan21274214531–19633.1               RegionalAuthorities  Border8151422161073721215958134.4 Midland131010116393402917101248835.6 West1735133281183524022151679435.1 Dublin18905151,0316182381568961702,88635.9 Mid-East537226436239115534539381,23336.3 Mid-West834142260145642725182174435.4 South-East1424127262145715523272877636.6 South-West81821343823797533931311,16536.2               RepublicofIreland912631,5993,0871,7677144342812062258,66735.8 NorthernIreland13354822533–212233.6 Britain3658101289342–21432.6 Elsewhere2855753413662520634.1 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table10(XLS15KB) VisitTableVSA54onPxStat VisitTableVSA55onPxStat VisitTableVSA40onPxStat ShowTable:Table11Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceofgroombeforemarriage,alsoshowingwhetherbridehassameareaofresidence Table11Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceofgroombeforemarriage,alsoshowingwhetherbridehassameareaofresidence   Areaofresidenceofbride  AreaofresidenceofgroomTotalSameareaasgroomDifferentareafromgroom:RepublicofIrelandDifferentareafromgroom:NotRepublicofIrelandPercentageofbridesfromsameareaasgroom LocalAuthorityAreas      Carlow11910313386.6 DublinCity1,3141,21987892.8 SouthDublin51746544889.9 Fingal564501511288.8 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown45940944689.1 Kildare40635648287.7 Kilkenny16213822285.2 Laois14012217187.1 Longford795919174.7 Louth21118227286.3 Meath35531538288.7 Offaly1108822–80.0 Westmeath16314518–89.0 Wexford27425417392.7 Wicklow28325229289.0        Clare18616124186.6 CorkCity21918532284.5 CorkCounty74568356691.7 Kerry20218217390.1 LimerickCity93848190.3 LimerickCounty21517337580.5 Tipperary25121139184.1 WaterfordCity917713184.6 WaterfordCounty13110920283.2    GalwayCity17215317289.0 GalwayCounty29223948581.8 Leitrim433110272.1 Mayo22819531285.5 Roscommon1037924–76.7 Sligo1028119279.4    Cavan12811016285.9 Donegal2031918494.1 Monaghan907711285.6        RegionalAuthorities      Border566510441290.1 Midland49242961287.2 West79572462991.1 Dublin2,8542,722983495.4 Mid-East1,2551,132115890.2 Mid-West74566869889.7 South-East777710561191.4 South-West1,1661,107481194.9        Provinces      Leinster5,1564,9931115296.8 Munster2,1332,020912294.7 Connacht940862651391.7 Ulster(partof)42138627891.7        RepublicofIreland8,6508,555–9598.9 NorthernIreland15111137373.5 Britain23019231783.5 Elsewhere17812944572.5 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table11(XLS13KB) VisitTableVSA63onPxStat VisitTableVSA40onPxStat VisitTableVSA66onPxStat ShowTable:Table12Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceofbridebeforemarriage,alsoshowingwhethergroomhassameareaofresidence Table12Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceofbridebeforemarriage,alsoshowingwhethergroomhassameareaofresidence   Areaofresidenceofgroom  AreaofresidenceofbrideTotalSameareaasbrideDifferentareafrombride:RepublicofIrelandDifferentareafrombride:NotRepublicofIrelandPercentageofgroomsfromsameareaasbride LocalAuthorityAreas      Carlow11910315186.6 DublinCity1,3341,2191031291.4 SouthDublin52846554988.1 Fingal55450146790.4 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown47040957487.0 Kildare40035641389.0 Kilkenny16813827382.1 Laois14612222283.6 Longford66597–89.4 Louth21118224586.3 Meath34331523591.8 Offaly1068817183.0 Westmeath17014523285.3 Wexford28325426389.8 Wicklow27925227–90.3        Clare18416123–87.5 CorkCity22118536–83.7 CorkCounty73968350692.4 Kerry20518219488.8 LimerickCity1038418181.6 LimerickCounty21017332582.4 Tipperary24721133385.4 WaterfordCity84777–91.7 WaterfordCounty12210912189.3        GalwayCity18115327184.5 GalwayCounty29423951481.3 Leitrim473115166.0 Mayo22219524387.8 Roscommon977917181.4 Sligo998114481.8        Cavan13111018384.0 Donegal2081918991.8 Monaghan967710980.2        RegionalAuthorities      Border581510452687.8  Midland48842954587.9 West79472461991.2 Dublin2,8862,7221323294.3 Mid-East1,2331,132881391.8 Mid-West74466867989.8 South-East77671058891.5 South-West1,1651,107481095.0        Provinces  Leinster5,1774,9931275796.4 Munster2,1152,020752095.5 Connacht940862641491.7 Ulster(partof)435386282188.7        RepublicofIreland8,6678,555–11298.7 NorthernIreland1221117491.0 Britain21419218489.7 Elsewhere20612970762.6 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table12(XLS13KB) VisitTableVSA64onPxStat VisitTableVSA65onPxStat VisitTableVSA40onPxStat ShowTable:Table13Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020celebratedineachcountyandcityclassifiedbyformofceremony Table13Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020celebratedineachcountyandcityclassifiedbyformofceremony  Formofceremony  Province,countyorcityCatholicChurchofIrelandPresbyterianTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsCivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTotal Total3,295114206146863,7797019,209           Leinster1,3416843864292,4564045,088 Carlow665–675311148 DublinCity1778–421011,3871451,860 SouthDublin6511574046174 Fingal65––21391524164 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown6412–2315818140 Kildare1148–484616524405 Kilkenny1073–10157810223 Laois794–611215126 Longford361–––26–63 Louth80–1153115717301 Meath1715273438658438 Offaly562–79314109 Westmeath70––15246216187 Wexford1155–261612610298 Wicklow7614–373223756452           Munster1,06626–1311877362402,386 Clare138––1146629230 CorkCity771–92127419401 CorkCounty30213–52574173538 Kerry1753–282310228359 LimerickCity29––1310618157 LimerickCounty1274–77823176 Tipperary1492–1178325277 WaterfordCity202–55657104 WaterfordCounty491–7185118144           Connacht5649–5345396361,103 GalwayCity611–4141910109 GalwayCounty1591–81520213398 Leitrim421–138257 Mayo1911–187645286 Roscommon48––8331–90 Sligo635–143726163           Ulster(partof)3241116442519121632 Cavan936117137110211 Donegal164510205915300 Monaghan67–577296121           RegionalAuthorities Border4291716593127129852 Midland2417–284414025485 West4593–383931628883 Dublin3712111431951,4141932,338 Mid-East4412731731526451551,596 Mid-West4436–306320395840 South-East35716–546137356917 South-West55417–891014171201,298 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table13(XLS13KB) VisitTableVSA40onPxStat VisitTableVSA41onPxStat VisitTableVSA44onPxStat ShowTable:Table13ASame-Sexmarriagesregisteredin2020celebratedineachcountyandcityclassifiedbyformofceremony Table13ASame-sexmarriagesregisteredin2020celebratedineachcountyandcityclassifiedbyformofceremony  Formofceremony  Province,countyorcityCivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsTotal Total228382721314        Leinster163221811214 Carlow3–1–4 DublinCity1211333140 SouthDublin–14–5 Fingal–1124 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown11–13 Kildare10–1213 Kilkenny22––4 Laois3–––3 Longford––––– Louth51118 Meath321–6 Offaly3–––3 Westmeath4–2–6 Wexford112–4 Wicklow7–2211        Munster27144853 Clare–2–35 CorkCity1611119 CorkCounty23–16 Kerry34119 LimerickCity1–––1 LimerickCounty–1113 Tipperary2––13 WaterfordCity21––3 WaterfordCounty121–4        Connacht2313229 GalwayCity2–125 GalwayCounty14–––14 Leitrim––––– Mayo111–3 Roscommon1–––1 Sligo5–1–6        Ulster(partof)1512–18 Cavan1–1–2 Donegal121––13 Monaghan2–1–3        RegionalAuthorities      Border2013–24 Midland10–2–12 West1812223 Dublin1221686152 Mid-East2535538 Mid-West331512 South-East964–19 South-West2182334 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table13A(XLS12KB) VisitTableVSB08onPxStat VisitTableVSB09onPxStat ShowTable:Table13BSame-Sexmarriagesregisteredin2020celebratedineachcountyandcityclassifiedbysexandformofceremony Table13BSame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020celebratedineachcountyandcityclassifiedbysexandformofceremony  Male  Female  Province,countyorcityCivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsTotalmale CivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsTotalfemale Total13018148170 98201313144              Leinster1001395127 6399687 Carlow2–1–3 1–––1 DublinCity7291284 4942156 SouthDublin–11–2 ––3–3 Fingal–11–2 –––22 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown11––2 –––11 Kildare6–129 4–––4 Kilkenny1–––1 12––3 Laois1–––1 2–––2 Longford––––– ––––– Louth3––14 211–4 Meath31––4 –11–2 Offaly1–––1 2–––2 Westmeath3–2–5 1–––1 Wexford1–2–3 –1––1 Wicklow6–––6 1–225              Munster1651325 1193528 Clare–––11 –2–24 CorkCity9–1111 71––8 CorkCounty–1––1 22–15 Kerry31––4 –3115 LimerickCity1–––1 ––––– LimerickCounty–1–12 ––1–1 Tipperary––––– 2––13 WaterfordCity2–––2 –1––1 WaterfordCounty12––3 ––1–1              Connacht6–2–8 1711221 GalwayCity––1–1 2––24 GalwayCounty5–––5 9–––9 Leitrim––––– ––––– Mayo––––– 111–3 Roscommon––––– 1–––1 Sligo1–1–2 4–––4              Ulster(partof)8–2–10 71––8 Cavan––1–1 1–––1 Donegal6–––6 61––7 Monaghan2–1–3 –––––              RegionalAuthorities            Border9–3–12 111––12 Midland5–2–7 5–––5 West5–1–6 1311217 Dublin73123290 4945462 Mid-East1811323 724215 Mid-West11–24 22138 South-East723–12 241–7 South-West1221116 961218 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table13B(XLS13KB) VisitTableVSB10onPxStat VisitTableVSB11onPxStat ShowTable:Table14Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceofgroomandformofceremony Table14Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceofgroomandformofceremony Formofceremony  AreaofresidenceofgroomCatholicChurchofIrelandPresbyterianTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsCivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTotal Total3,295114206146863,7797019,209           Leinster1,4756633654082,4284115,156 Carlow632–19422119 DublinCity2789–72837311411,314 SouthDublin993–586125046517 Fingal13241325228657564 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown11211–303821454459 Kildare13651423315633406 Kilkenny772–610616162 Laois674–8853–140 Longford41––2628279 Louth69––14199811211 Meath10831422716212355 Offaly561–311363110 Westmeath661–1221576163 Wexford1077–181212010274 Wicklow6414–251813428283           Munster90323–1221517541802,133 Clare951–822528186 CorkCity601–12219926219 CorkCounty31811–595624358745 Kerry1033–986712202 LimerickCity26––25421893 LimerickCounty119––1075920215 Tipperary1184–9109317251 WaterfordCity23––81143691 WaterfordCounty413–5115615131           Connacht44981564534437940 GalwayCity573–6118114172 GalwayCounty1431–171710311292 Leitrim211–2–17243 Mayo134––1410646228 Roscommon461–103412103 Sligo482174382102           Ulster(partof)22771228171246421 Cavan5741128424128 Donegal1202611460–203 Monaghan50155522290           RegionalAuthorities         Border2961013372117910566 Midland2306–254617411492 West3805–474128933795 Dublin6212711922341,4812982,854 Mid-East37722212397550841,255 Mid-West3585–294424663745 South-East31114–385332239777 South-West48115–8085409961,166           RepublicofIreland3,054104165716213,6506348,650 NorthernIreland73–413203110151 Britain1027–23214136230 Elsewhere663–7245721178 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table14(XLS13KB) VisitTableVSA82onPxStat ShowTable:Table15Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceofbrideandformofceremony Table15Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceofbrideandformofceremony Formofceremony  AreaofresidenceofbrideCatholicChurchofIrelandPresbyterianTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsCivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTotal Total3,295114206146863,7797019,209           Leinster1,4856633694112,4284155,177 Carlow633–110384119 DublinCity2767–73887511391,334 SouthDublin1081–566025647528 Fingal12552354828059554 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown12012–333821354470 Kildare14251383715027400 Kilkenny822–66666168 Laois676–711532146 Longford32––2525266 Louth671–13239512211 Meath1041–432715612343 Offaly561–48343106 Westmeath671–1119666170 Wexford1138–191511711283 Wicklow6313–281612831279           Munster90022–1181597411752,115 Clare96––624526184 CorkCity651–91710524221 CorkCounty31414–605923161739 Kerry1081–8116611205 LimerickCity27––345019103 LimerickCounty1191–10105218210 Tipperary1152–9129217247 WaterfordCity19––81041684 WaterfordCounty373–5125213122           Connacht4568–574233938940 GalwayCity653–598514181 GalwayCounty149––171510112294 Leitrim251–2–18147 Mayo1281–167646222 Roscommon451–9634297 Sligo442–8537399           Ulster(partof)23971231151256435 Cavan5952118433131 Donegal1202714461–208 Monaghan60–36321396           RegionalAuthorities         Border3081012412018010581 Midland2228–244317813488 West3875–473728434794 Dublin6292521972341,5002992,886 Mid-East376201122103529821,233 Mid-West3573–285024660744 South-East31416–395331440776 South-West48716–7787402961,165           RepublicofIreland3,080103155756273,6336348,667 NorthernIreland52159162910122 Britain946–24183933214 Elsewhere694–6257824206 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table15(XLS13KB) VisitTableVSA45onPxStat VisitTableVSA56onPxStat VisitTableVSA67onPxStat ShowTable:Table16Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbymonthanddayofweekofmarriage Table16Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbymonthanddayofweekofmarriage  Dayofoccurrence  MonthofoccurrenceSundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdayTotal January44416519325883549 February11383538124356238840 March1567454088187144586 April13419172257 May342710353192 June41276144259144 July10544873120295132732 August328276912364203601,297 September4978861022014402931,249 October596657732234903621,330 November1058385697292191742 December89201271811513734251,591 Total2877076856191,3663,2052,3409,209 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table16(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSA46onPxStat ShowTable:Table16ASame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbymonthanddayofweekofmarriage Table16ASame–sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbymonthanddayofweekofmarriage  Dayofoccurrence  MonthofoccurrenceSundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdayTotal January135–915134 February–343816741 March–311916131 April–––––––– May––––1––1 June–21––115 July–1051210230 August2336810638 September2246911337 October–2431012637 November443246124 December2346611436 Total113534286610832314 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table16A(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSB12onPxStat ShowTable:Table16BAllmarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbymonthanddayofweekofmarriage Table16BAllMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbymonthanddayofweekofmarriage  Dayofoccurrence  MonthofoccurrenceSundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdayTotal January547215110227384583 February11413941132372245881 March1570464197203145617 April13419172257 May342711353193 June41486144360149 July10645374122305134762 August348579972444303661,335 September5180901082104512961,286 October596861762335023681,367 November14624158101298192766 December91204275871573844291,627 Total2987427196471,4323,3132,3729,523 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table16B(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSB13onPxStat ShowTable:Table17Marriagesofoppositesexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyformofceremonyandpreviouscivilstatusofpartners Table17Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyformofceremonyandpreviouscivilstatusofpartners  Formofceremony  MarriagescontractedbetweenCatholicChurchofIrelandPresbyterianTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsCivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTotal Total3,295114206146863,7797019,209 Singlemenandsinglewomen3,20698194995072,7715917,691 Singlemenandwidows10––1224239 Widowersandsinglewomen122–1329148 Widowersandwidows6––1110119 Divorcedmenandsinglewomen2061576337338558 Singlemenanddivorcedwomen291–335728128429 Divorcedmenandwidows11–2426438 Widowersanddivorcedwomen4––2327642 Divorcedmenanddivorcedwomen76–184523830344 Other––––1––1 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table17(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSA47onPxStat ShowTable:Table17ASame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyformofceremonyandpreviouscivilstatusofpartners Table17ASame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyformofceremonyandpreviouscivilstatusofpartners  Formofceremony MarriagescontractedbetweenCivilmarriagesTheHumanistAssociationTheSpiritualistUnionofIrelandOtherreligiousdenominationsTotal TotalMale13018148170 TotalFemale98201313144        Singlemenandsinglemen10918137147 Malecivilpartnerandmalecivilpartner8–––8 Divorcedmenanddivorcedmen––––– Singlemenanddivorcedmen2–––2 Divorcedmenandsinglemen7–119 Widowersandsinglemen1–––1 Othermen3–––3        Singlewomenandsinglewomen77191112119 Femalecivilpartnerandfemalecivilpartner5–––5 Divorcedwomenanddivorcedwomen––––– Singlewomenanddivorcedwomen3–––3 Divorcedwomenandsinglewomen11–1–12 Widowandsinglewomen1–––1 Otherwomen11114 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table17A(XLS11KB) VisitTableVSB06onPxStat ShowTable:Table18Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceandpreviouscivilstatusofgroom Table18Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceandpreviouscivilstatusofgroom AreaofresidenceofgroomSinglemenWidowersDivorceesOtherTotal Total8,160109940–9,209        Leinster4,55062544–5,156 Carlow100217–119 DublinCity1,19412108–1,314 SouthDublin445864–517 Fingal496662–564 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown413442–459 Kildare364240–406 Kilkenny146115–162 Laois124–16–140 Longford67111–79 Louth187717–211 Meath310144–355 Offaly97211–110 Westmeath138322–163 Wexford226840–274 Wicklow243535–283    Munster1,88531217–2,133 Clare153825–186 CorkCity203214–219 CorkCounty669571–745 Kerry173524–202 LimerickCity79113–93 LimerickCounty195218–215 Tipperary221228–251 WaterfordCity8128–91 WaterfordCounty111416–131        Connacht8431087–940 GalwayCity153–19–172 GalwayCounty259429–292 Leitrim3913–43 Mayo207318–228 Roscommon92110–103 Sligo9318–102        Ulster(partof)383335–421 Cavan116210–128 Donegal185117–203 Monaghan82–8–90        RegionalAuthorities      Border515546–566 Midland426660–492 West711876–795 Dublin2,54830276–2,854 Mid-East1,10415136–1,255 Mid-West6481384–745 South-East6641796–777 South-West1,04512109–1,166        RepublicofIreland7,661106883–8,650 NorthernIreland135214–151 Britain212–18–230 Elsewhere152125–178 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table18(XLS12KB) VisitTableVSA57onPxStat VisitTableVSA58onPxStat VisitTableVSA69onPxStat ShowTable:Table19Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceandpreviouscivilstatusofbride Table19Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyareaofresidenceandpreviouscivilstatusofbride AreaofresidenceofbrideSinglewomenWidowsDivorceesOtherTotal Total8,2979681519,209       Leinster4,6476346615,177 Carlow103214–119 DublinCity1,225810011,334 SouthDublin467754–528 Fingal499847–554 DúnLaoghaire-Rathdown427637–470 Kildare366133–400 Kilkenny149415–168 Laois13439–146 Longford59–7–66 Louth177331–211 Meath306532–343 Offaly93211–106 Westmeath150317–170 Wexford248728–283 Wicklow244431–279        Munster1,89019206–2,115 Clare161122–184 CorkCity198320–221 CorkCounty664372–739 Kerry183220–205 LimerickCity9418–103 LimerickCounty192216–210 Tipperary222520–247 WaterfordCity71–13–84 WaterfordCounty105215–122        Connacht861871–940 GalwayCity166114–181 GalwayCounty266523–294 Leitrim45–2–47 Mayo208–14–222 Roscommon86–11–97 Sligo9027–99   ULSTER(partof)407226–435 Cavan121–10–131 Donegal197–11–208 Monaghan8925–96        RegionalAuthorities      Border542435–581 Midland436844–488 West726662–794 Dublin2,6182923812,886 Mid-East1,09313127–1,233 Mid-West669966–744 South-East6761585–776 South-West1,0458112–1,165        RepublicofIreland7,8059276918,667 NorthernIreland112–10–122 Britain198115–214 Elsewhere182321–206 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table19(XLS12KB) VisitTableVSA58onPxStat VisitTableVSA69onPxStat VisitTableVSA57onPxStat ShowTable:Table20Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageofgroomandbrideinsingleyears;allmarriages Table20Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageofgroomandbrideinsingleyears;allmarriages AgeofgroomAgeofbride 16&under17181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950-5455-5960-6465&overAllages Allages2–5540294654619015821730945261168678669958855247240239331327121816913411610499979073872942101171159209  16&under––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 17––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 181–11322––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19 19––10831–––––1––––––––––––––––––––––––––23 20––91147–––21––––––1––––––––––––––––––––35 21––103246312––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31 221–52555113–2–12–––––––––––––––––––––––33 23––231510523212––1–1––––––––––––––––1–––39 24––1221711964832–111–––––1––––––––––––––60 25––2233710925129102121–2–––––––––––––––––––100 26–––1–41714203111107743–121––1––––––––––––––125 27––––3165101936483813128932–221–1–––––––––––––219 28––2–1523162132456756289107632–2–––––––––––––––317 29–––11–255142242761187834231087134–22––1–––––––––459 30––22–15–67123858107134754025201711633–21––––––––––1576 31––1–21144101425479310013789461815774514––1–1–1–1–––639 32–––1––2211217224355731461186049271914106121–––––––––––681 33–––––1––327173137621111181046629141511103111–1–11––1––648 34–––––––12–78223352767789816224221564111––––––1–––585 35–––––––32268720375256727862443215103421–1–2––1–––520 36–––––1––1–8214122232485050604933241010425111–1––1––442 37–––––1––––4281731222928485239471917165833112––2–1–406 38–––––2––25–8211112123222630483433221383122–11–––––331 39––––––––11––2412141322193132363633231285333–––––––313 40–––1–––––––227813111420242930303114181177422––––––287 41–––––––1–3112559881010192324181510613322–212–––203 42–––––1–––––215268416121711192224201153322–11–1–199 43–––––––––1–1–11436107122514916111386833–341––170 44–––––––––––1––31237411108141110111210164242–––137 45–––––––––––22–142323695910911661236254–––122 46–––––––––––22––1–3–1337121311610881151271––117 47––––––––1––––1–––121448468106568983112––108 48––––––––––––111–1114–33566551274126984––105 49–––––––––––––11–1143154683433789126121––103 50-54––––––––––1–––23223241581312151314221918171929903242361 55-59–––––––––––121––31242234423651016810136968222263 60-64–––––––––––––––––––––12–2–2412654646453520181 65&over–––––––––––––1––––1–111––11–21223532545490252 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table20(XLS17KB) ShowTable:Table21Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageofgroomandbrideinsingleyears;firstmarriagesonly Table21Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageofgroomandbrideinsingleyears;firstmarriagesonly AgeofgroomAgeofbride 16&under17181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950-5455-5960-6465&overAllages Allages2–554028445461881532123014445936707586785495104233663262512171571238178565744472133914618167,691 16&under––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 17––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 181–11322––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––19 19––10831–––––1––––––––––––––––––––––––––23 20––91147–––21––––––1––––––––––––––––––––35 21––103246312––––––––––––––––––––––––––––31 221–52555113–2–12–––––––––––––––––––––––33 23––231510523212––1–1––––––––––––––––––––38 24––1221711964832––11–––––1––––––––––––––59 25––223371092512892111–2–––––––––––––––––––97 26–––1–41714203111107743–121––1––––––––––––––125 27––––2–65101836483713128931–121–1–––––––––––––213 28––2–1523162132456555279106522–1–––––––––––––––309 29–––11–255122242761177634221087133––1––––––––––––448 30––22–15–6611375810713474402317168531–11––––––––––1559 31––1–21144101325479399136884518127645–3––1–1–––––––626 32–––1––221111722435373144117604726191285121–––––––––––667 33–––––1––3251731356210811710263261211118211––1–1––––––620 34–––––––12–782132507375867858232114431–1––––––1–––559 35–––––––31267719375055687761412613933–1–1–1––––––491 36––––––––1–82141222324646475348272189424111–1–––––410 37–––––1––––4281728212726455039431714125522112––––––372 38–––––2––25–729101823192428432729201262122––1–––––294 39––––––––11––2411131221162731353230201273222–––––––284 40–––1–––––––2268121010182026262626913852312––––––236 41–––––––1–3111359768918191815128610211–211–––168 42–––––1–––––115156314101511122019177333–1–1––––159 43–––––––––1–1––1235769201071198846–1–12–––122 44–––––––––––1––1–22516105111087104–2114––––91 45–––––––––––22–1212136846678661031–22–––89 46––––––––––––2––1–1––114795396662–13–––67 47–––––––––––––1–––1114334355233755141––62 48––––––––––––––––1112–232212392392321––51 49––––––––––––––––––22133473–––256333–––47 50-54––––––––––––––211–2–2438587871147414381011148 55-59––––––––––––1–––1–2111111–1222552–18182–67 60-64––––––––––––––––––––––1–––––––12–113126238 65&over––––––––––––––––––––1–1–––––––11–14491234 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table21(XLS17KB) VisitTableVSA40onPxStat VisitTableVSA41onPxStat VisitTableVSA44onPxStat ShowTable:Table22Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageandpreviouscivilstatusofgroom Table22Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageandpreviouscivilstatusofgroom AgeSingleMenWidowersDivorceesOtherTotal Total8,160109940–9,209 Ageofgroom      Under2042–––42 20-24198–––198 25-291,212–8–1,220 30-343,097–32–3,129 35-391,939667–2,012 40-448652129–996 45-493889158–555 50-5419817146–361 55-5910312148–263 60andover11863252–433 Averageageofgroom35.763.053.0–37.8 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table22(XLS10KB) ShowTable:Table23Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageandpreviouscivilstatusofbride Table23Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbyageandpreviouscivilstatusofbride AgeSinglewomenWidowsDivorceesOtherTotal Total8,2979681519,209 Ageofbride      Under2097–––97 20-24280–––280 25-291,736–11–1,747 30-343,24845813,311 35-391,7084139–1,851 40-445968137–741 45-4931011125–446 50-5415816120–294 55-59907113–210 60andover7446112–232 Averageageofbride34.256.848.330.335.7 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table23(XLS10KB) ShowTable:Table23ASame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbypreviouscivilstatusandaverageageofpartners Table23ASame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbypreviouscivilstatusandaverageageofpartners TotalSingleCivilPartnersWidows/WidowersDivorceesFormerCivilPartnerSurvivingCivilPartnerAverageageofpartner 628566263275140.0 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table23A(XLS9KB) ShowTable:Table23BSame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbypreviouscivilstatus,andaverageageofmalepartners Table23BSame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbypreviouscivilstatusandaverageageofmalepartners TotalSingleCivilPartnersWidowersDivorceesFormerCivilPartnerSurvivingCivilPartnerAverageageofpartner 340309161112140.0 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table23B(XLS9KB) ShowTable:Table23CSame-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbypreviouscivilstatusandaverageageoffemalepartners Table23CSame-sexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbypreviouscivilstatusandaverageageoffemalepartners TotalSingleCivilPartnersWidowsDivorceesFormerCivilPartnerSurvivingCivilPartnerAverageageofpartner 288257102163–40.0 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table23C(XLS9KB) ShowTable:Table24Same-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyfutureareaofresidenceofpartners Table24Same-SexMarriagesregisteredin2020classifiedbyfutureareaofresidenceofpartners AreaofresidenceofpartnersAllSame-SexMarriagesMaleSame-SexMarriagesFemaleSame-SexMarriages Total314170144      Leinster20812286 Carlow11– DublinCity1036637 SouthDublin15411 Fingal251312 DunLaoghaireRathdown14104 Kildare1376 Kilkenny––– Laois624 Longford––– Louth532 Meath541 Offaly633 Westmeath642 Wexford431 Wicklow523      Munster502327 Clare211 CorkCity431 CorkCounty19910 Kerry633 LimerickCity321 LimerickCounty3–3 Tipperary3–3 WaterfordCity211 WaterfordCounty844      Connacht22715 GalwayCity853 GalwayCounty615 Leitrim1–1 Mayo3–3 Roscommon1–1 Sligo312      Ulster(partof)844 Cavan321 Donegal523 Monaghan–––      RegionalAuthorities    Border1257 Midland1899 West18612 Dublin1579364 Mid-East281612 Mid-West1138 South-East1596 South-West291514   RepublicofIreland288156132 NorthernIreland1266 OutsidetheState1486 OpeninExcel:Marriages2020Table24(XLS10KB) ShowTable:Table25Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbynationalityofbrideandofgroom Table25Marriagesofopposite-sexcouplesregisteredin2020classifiedbynationalityofbrideandofgroom1 NationalityofGroomNationalityofBrideNumber%ofallmarriages Total 9,209100   IrelandIreland6,80473.9 IrelandUnitedKingdom2052.2 IrelandEU14exclIreland1311.4 IrelandEU15toEU271691.8 IrelandOther5005.4 IrelandNotstated–0.0 UnitedKingdomIreland3113.4 EU14exclIrelandIreland901.0 EU15toEU27Ireland650.7 OtherIreland2372.6 NotstatedIreland20.0 UnitedKingdomUnitedKingdom660.7 EU14exclIrelandEU14exclIreland380.4 EU15toEU27EU15toEU272222.4 OtherOther1361.5 RemainderRemainder2332.5 1InlightoftheUnitedKingdom(UK)leavingtheEuropeanUnionwitheffectfrom1February2020,theEUclassificationhasbeenupdated. 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