Marriages Civil Unions and Divorces: Year ended December 2006

Key facts

There were 21,500 resident marriages registered in New Zealand during the December 2006 year.
There were 2,000 marriages registered to overseas residents in 2006.
The general marriage rate was 13.5 marriages per 1,000 not-married population aged 16 years and over in 2006.
There were 397 resident civil unions registered in 2006,of which 80 percent were same-sex unions.
There were 10,100 orders for dissolution of marriage granted in New Zealand during the December 2006 year.
The divorce rate in 2006 was 12.5 divorces per 1,000 estimated existing marriages.