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CANBERRA - The number of couples who tied the knot last year was the highest in almost two decades, new statistics show.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, more than 116,000 marriages were registered last year, up two per cent from 2006.
This was the highest number of marriages registered in a single year since 1990.
Despite the increase, the rate of marriages per 1,000 people has fallen from 7.1 to 5.5 over the same period.
More than 60 per cent of couples chose to have their marriage certified in front of a civil celebrant rather than a religious minister last year.
The most popular month to get married was March, with more than 15,000 marriages in that month.
- AAP
