Marriages, Civil Unions, and Divorces: Year ended December 2010

In the December 2010 year:

• 20,900 marriages were registered to New Zealand residents.
• 2,200 marriages were registered to overseas residents.
• The general marriage rate was 12.5 marriages per 1,000 not-married population aged 16 years and over.
• 273 resident civil unions were registered, of which 73 percent were same-sex unions.
• 65 civil unions were registered to overseas residents.
• 8,900 divorces were granted in New Zealand.
• There were 10.2 divorces for every 1,000 estimated existing marriages.