At a time when divorce rates are rising in many countries, the divorce rate in Australia has fallen to a 40-year low, with young Australians preferring to live together or marry later.
According to Australian media, the number of divorces was 2.9 per 1000 in 1996.
In 2016, 20 years later, the number of divorces was 1.9 per 1000.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the divorce rate in 1975 was 1.8 per 1000 people, close to 1.9 today.
According to social researcher Mark McCrindle, in 1975 the percentage of cohabitation and then marriage was 16%.
That proportion rose to 80% in 2016, meaning that a large number of people are not in a hurry to get married.
This has largely reduced the proportion of flash marriages or divorces that have not been contemplated for a long time. Although Australia introduced the no-fault divorce (no-fault divorce) law in 1975, the divorce rate in Australia is still on the rise.
The old law made it harder for couples to apply for divorce from court, Mr. McCrindle said: "over the past two years, the marriage rate has risen from 4.8 to 4.9 per 1000 people." Mr. McCrindle also said that there are 326 couples married every day in the country. The months in which most people get married are October and November.
However, in response to the decline in divorce rates, some netizens commented on the following:
It's too expensive! I can't afford it! Several of my friends divorced legally.
Other netizens say the low divorce rate is because people don't want to get married at all, and people prefer to live together more than to maintain a long-term relationship.
The rate of marriage is low, so is the rate of natural divorce
What do you think?