In 2022, the crude divorce rate in Australia was at 2.4 divorces per 1,000 of the population. The divorce rate rose steeply between 1901 and 1980, peaking in 2001 with over 55,000 divorces in total. In the year 2021, it was close to this number again, with a rate of 2.7 divorces per 1,000.

In 2022, approximately 49.24 thousand divorces were granted in Australia. This was a decrease in the number of divorces granted in the previous year 2021.

In 2022, there were about 6.1 marriages per 1,000 residents in Australia. A decade before, the crude marriage rate was at the lower rate of 5.4 per 1,000 country residents.

In 2022, the average female age at marriage was 27.5 years in Australia. The average at separation from their married partner was 39.8 years, and for divorce, the average age was 43.7 years.