Supplied October 2016
Additional data requested by CoCA
All data relates to Commonwealth-registered celebrants (Part IV, Division 1, Subdivision C)
ITEM 1 of CoCA’s request
Registered celebrants by ceremony type
|
|
1 July 2016 |
1 July 2015 |
1 July 2014 |
|
Civil Ceremony |
8,032 |
8,145 |
8,673 |
|
Religious |
537 |
590 |
663 |
|
Both |
51 |
51 |
53 |
|
Total |
8,620 |
8,786 |
9,389 |
Registered celebrants by gender at 5 May 2015
|
|
Number |
Percentage |
|
Male |
2,569 |
29% |
|
Female |
6,344 |
71% |
|
Total |
8,913 |
100.00% |
* From 5 May 2015 information about a celebrant’s gender was removed from the application form and no longer collected.
Registered celebrants by age at 1 July 2016
|
|
Number |
Percentage |
|
18-39 |
1,158 |
13% |
|
40-59 |
3,491 |
41% |
|
60-79 |
3,864 |
45% |
|
79+ |
94 |
1% |
|
Unknown/Data Error |
13 |
0% |
|
Total |
8,620 |
100.% |
Registered celebrants by State/Territory at 1 July 2016
|
|
Number |
Percentage |
|
NSW |
2,730 |
32% |
|
VIC |
2,177 |
25% |
|
QLD |
1,905 |
22% |
|
WA |
909 |
11% |
|
SA |
494 |
6% |
|
TAS |
214 |
2% |
|
NT |
51 |
0.5% |
|
ACT |
135 |
1.5% |
|
Overseas |
5 |
0% |
|
Total |
8,620 |
100% |
Number of celebrants still registered at 1 July 2016 by year of appointment
|
|
Number of registered celebrants by appointment year |
|
1966 - 1984 |
86 |
|
1985 - 1994 |
207 |
|
1995 - 2004 |
964 |
|
2005 - 2008 |
2544 |
|
2009 – 30 June 2014 |
3684 |
|
1 July 2014 - 1 July 2016 |
1135 |
|
Total |
8620 |
ITEMS 2 and 3 of CoCA’s request
New registrations in 2015-16 by gender
As stated above, since 5 May 2015 the application form does not require gender to be identified.
New registrations in 2015-16 by ceremony performed
|
|
Number |
Percentage |
|
Civil Ceremony |
564 |
98.3% |
|
Religious |
8 |
1.4% |
|
Both |
2 |
0.3% |
|
|
574 |
|
ITEM 5 of CoCA’s request (noting there is no ‘Item 4’) – Reasons for deregistration.
This data is already provided to the extent it is currently available.
ITEM 7 of CoCA’s request – Incoming correspondence by inquirer type and type of inquiry -
The department is currently exploring whether it is feasible to capture this data in an efficient and meaningful way.
