More than 2000 couples married on October 25, 2025, making it the most popular date to wed, Australian Bureau of Statistics data released on Tuesday revealed.
The data showed there were 118,804 marriages in Australia in 2025 and 49,148 divorces.
Spring weddings were in hot demand, with November 22 the second most-popular date to marry as 1526 couples tied the knot.
Unsurprisingly, Saturday was the most popular day to walk down the aisle, with more than 52,000 weddings recorded on Saturdays.
People also waited longer to get married, with the bureau recording 2040 fewer marriages in 2025 - a 1.7 per cent year-on-year decrease - bringing the marriage rate down from 5.5 to 5.3.
Victoria recorded the largest proportional decrease with 5.7 per cent fewer marriages than in 2024, followed by the ACT (down 5.5 per cent) and Queensland (down 2.1 per cent).
South Australia recorded the highest increase, with a 4.6 per cent rise in the number of marriages in 2025.
The number of divorces granted in 2025 was up 4.1 per cent compared to 2024; however, the long-term divorce rate is down when compared to 2005, at 2.2 versus 3.3.
Forty-something seems to be dangerous territory for marital bliss, with the median age of divorce rising from 47.1 years to 47.3 for men and from 44.1 to 44.4 for women.
Married couples stayed together longer, with the median duration from marriage to separation increasing to 9.4 years.Â
In 2005, the median duration was 8.8 years.
About 3.9 per cent of all marriages were between partners of the same sex or included a person who was non-binary - a figure that has remained consistent in the past three years.
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