Divorce Statistics 2019 FOR UK COUPLES LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES
42% of marriages end in divorce.
204014 people got divorced in 2017
45-49 YEARS is the most common age bracket for divorce.
Of every divorce in 2017.
In 59% of cases, it was the first divorce for both partners.
In 18% of cases, one party had been divorced previously.
In 8% of cases, both parties had been divorced previously.
SINCE 2000, The percentage of marriages ending in divorce appears to be falling.
This is likely to be, because people are getting married at older ages.
60% of marriages end opposite-sex marriages end before anniversary.
62% of divorces between heterosexual couples are initiated by the wife.
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