Table 4. Average Age at First Marriage by District, Morobe Province, PNG: 2011
	Total			Never married						Average Age 1st Marriage
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females				Total	Males	Females
Morobe
Total	374,958	193,367	181,591	137,161	87,569	49,592
15 - 19	73,191	38,697	34,494	66,842	37,306	29,536	91.3	96.4	85.6	2584.5	2865.5	2291.4
20 - 24	60,007	31,071	28,936	36,520	24,726	11,794	60.9	79.6	40.8
25 - 29	58,247	28,839	29,408	18,085	13,619	4,466	31.0	47.2	15.2	4.5	5.9	2.9
30 - 34	48,675	24,512	24,163	7,317	5,649	1,668	15.0	23.0	6.9
35 - 39	48,435	24,734	23,701	4,090	3,176	914	8.4	12.8	3.9	223.7	295.7	144.2
40 - 44	35,060	18,566	16,494	2,011	1,499	512	5.7	8.1	3.1
45 - 49	30,338	15,939	14,399	1,354	944	410	4.5	5.9	2.8	2360.9	2569.8	2147.2
50 - 54	21,005	11,009	9,996	942	650	292	4.5	5.9	2.9	95.5	94.1	97.1
Bulolo							1084.5	1365.5	791.4	24.7	27.3	22.1
SMAM Ages
Total	55,882	29,404	26,478	18,605	12,407	6,198
15 - 19	10,454	5,462	4,992	9,211	5,197	4,014	88.1	95.1	80.4	2494.6	2803.8	2161.9
20 - 24	8,974	4,559	4,415	4,670	3,349	1,321	52.0	73.5	29.9
25 - 29	9,321	4,724	4,597	2,465	1,972	493	26.4	41.7	10.7	4.5	7.0	1.5
30 - 34	7,762	4,068	3,694	1,028	839	189	13.2	20.6	5.1
35 - 39	7,205	3,869	3,336	607	517	90	8.4	13.4	2.7	225.3	349.8	73.0
40 - 44	5,092	2,831	2,261	303	259	44	6.0	9.1	1.9
45 - 49	4,128	2,270	1,858	194	165	29	4.7	7.3	1.6	2269.3	2454.0	2088.9
50 - 54	2,946	1,621	1,325	127	109	18	4.3	6.7	1.4	95.5	93.0	98.5
Finschafen							994.6	1303.8	661.9	23.8	26.4	21.2
SMAM Ages
Total	28,072	14,239	13,833	10,122	6,537	3,585
15 - 19	5,461	2,964	2,497	5,093	2,889	2,204	93.3	97.5	88.3	2617.1	2927.8	2302.7
20 - 24	4,016	2,096	1,920	2,545	1,758	787	63.4	83.9	41.0
25 - 29	3,881	1,848	2,033	1,179	937	242	30.4	50.7	11.9	4.8	6.3	3.4
30 - 34	3,586	1,745	1,841	551	420	131	15.4	24.1	7.1
35 - 39	3,625	1,864	1,761	335	259	76	9.2	13.9	4.3	239.8	316.5	167.7
40 - 44	2,791	1,439	1,352	192	128	64	6.9	8.9	4.7
45 - 49	2,764	1,367	1,397	136	91	45	4.9	6.7	3.2	2377.3	2611.3	2135.0
50 - 54	1,948	916	1,032	91	55	36	4.7	6.0	3.5	95.2	93.7	96.6
Huon							1117.1	1427.8	802.7	25.0	27.9	22.1
SMAM Ages
Total	44,737	23,406	21,331	15,885	10,270	5,615
15 - 19	7,791	3,993	3,798	7,168	3,874	3,294	92.0	97.0	86.7	2612.2	2907.9	2293.3
20 - 24	6,880	3,610	3,270	4,252	2,919	1,333	61.8	80.9	40.8
25 - 29	7,240	3,643	3,597	2,321	1,778	543	32.1	48.8	15.1	5.0	6.7	2.9
30 - 34	5,989	3,132	2,857	1,028	825	203	17.2	26.3	7.1
35 - 39	6,316	3,276	3,040	568	459	109	9.0	14.0	3.6	248.2	334.4	145.1
40 - 44	4,307	2,359	1,948	241	189	52	5.6	8.0	2.7
45 - 49	3,646	2,018	1,628	176	132	44	4.8	6.5	2.7	2364.0	2573.5	2148.2
50 - 54	2,568	1,375	1,193	131	94	37	5.1	6.8	3.1	95.0	93.3	97.1
Kabwun							1112.2	1407.9	793.3	24.9	27.6	22.1
SMAM Ages
Total	22,238	10,849	11,389	8,538	5,036	3,502
15 - 19	4,851	2,713	2,138	4,564	2,632	1,932	94.1	97.0	90.4	2639.7	2840.8	2454.9
20 - 24	3,158	1,581	1,577	2,093	1,292	801	66.3	81.7	50.8
25 - 29	2,720	1,201	1,519	830	546	284	30.5	45.5	18.7	7.7	7.5	7.8
30 - 34	2,550	1,166	1,384	353	210	143	13.8	18.0	10.3
35 - 39	2,845	1,330	1,515	238	139	99	8.4	10.5	6.5	383.5	375.5	390.6
40 - 44	2,298	1,072	1,226	168	82	86	7.3	7.6	7.0
45 - 49	2,176	1,018	1,158	164	80	84	7.5	7.9	7.3	2256.1	2465.3	2064.3
50 - 54	1,640	768	872	128	55	73	7.8	7.2	8.4	92.3	92.5	92.2
							1139.7	1340.8	954.9	24.4	26.7	22.4
Source: 2011 Papua New Guinea Census
Table 4. Average Age at First Marriage by District, Morobe Province, PNG: 2011
	Total			Never married						Average Age 1st Marriage
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females				Total	Males	Females
Lae
Total	90,234	46,817	43,417	35,744	22,779	12,965
15 - 19	17,680	9,114	8,566	15,875	8,631	7,244	89.8	94.7	84.6	2628.1	2919.1	2317.3
20 - 24	16,607	8,669	7,938	10,553	7,039	3,514	63.5	81.2	44.3
25 - 29	15,317	7,873	7,444	5,508	4,092	1,416	36.0	52.0	19.0	3.5	4.9	1.9
30 - 34	11,418	5,784	5,634	1,965	1,561	404	17.2	27.0	7.2
35 - 39	10,805	5,444	5,361	1,013	802	211	9.4	14.7	3.9	174.4	243.8	92.7
40 - 44	7,576	4,091	3,485	445	365	80	5.9	8.9	2.3
45 - 49	6,407	3,415	2,992	247	181	66	3.9	5.3	2.2	2453.7	2675.3	2224.6
50 - 54	4,424	2,427	1,997	138	108	30	3.1	4.4	1.5	96.5	95.1	98.1
Markham							1128.1	1419.1	817.3	25.4	28.1	22.7
SMAM Ages
Total	35,230	18,105	17,125	12,771	8,000	4,771
15 - 19	6,440	3,415	3,025	6,002	3,337	2,665	93.2	97.7	88.1	2627.5	2872.5	2369.5
20 - 24	5,279	2,798	2,481	3,336	2,233	1,103	63.2	79.8	44.5
25 - 29	5,416	2,692	2,724	1,795	1,315	480	33.1	48.8	17.6	4.5	5.9	3.0
30 - 34	4,726	2,338	2,388	765	540	225	16.2	23.1	9.4
35 - 39	4,957	2,475	2,482	429	284	145	8.7	11.5	5.8	225.0	296.7	149.3
40 - 44	3,471	1,845	1,626	218	140	78	6.3	7.6	4.8
45 - 49	2,988	1,543	1,445	145	92	53	4.9	6.0	3.7	2402.5	2575.8	2220.2
50 - 54	1,953	999	954	81	59	22	4.1	5.9	2.3	95.5	94.1	97.0
Menyamya							1127.5	1372.5	869.5	25.2	27.4	22.9
SMAM Ages
Total	45,519	23,181	22,338	14,916	9,610	5,306
15 - 19	9,983	5,470	4,513	8,998	5,303	3,695	90.1	96.9	81.9	2383.3	2628.8	2139.6
20 - 24	7,133	3,582	3,551	3,784	2,630	1,154	53.0	73.4	32.5
25 - 29	6,768	3,137	3,631	1,393	1,078	315	20.6	34.4	8.7	1.3	2.1	0.3
30 - 34	5,892	2,851	3,041	424	332	92	7.2	11.6	3.0
35 - 39	5,907	2,950	2,957	190	155	35	3.2	5.3	1.2	62.7	102.7	16.8
40 - 44	4,199	2,185	2,014	59	53	6	1.4	2.4	0.3
45 - 49	3,553	1,887	1,666	38	32	6	1.1	1.7	0.4	2320.5	2526.1	2122.8
50 - 54	2,084	1,119	965	30	27	3	1.4	2.4	0.3	98.7	97.9	99.7
Nawae							883.3	1128.8	639.6	23.5	25.8	21.3
SMAM Ages
Total	24,603	12,727	11,876	9,771	6,119	3,652
15 - 19	4,798	2,510	2,288	4,552	2,446	2,106	94.9	97.5	92.0	2733.6	3027.6	2423.6
20 - 24	3,613	1,896	1,717	2,524	1,633	891	69.9	86.1	51.9
25 - 29	3,412	1,699	1,713	1,240	925	315	36.3	54.4	18.4	6.2	8.5	3.6
30 - 34	3,168	1,597	1,571	608	471	137	19.2	29.5	8.7
35 - 39	3,224	1,716	1,508	395	311	84	12.3	18.1	5.6	308.1	427.1	179.9
40 - 44	2,598	1,333	1,265	221	168	53	8.5	12.6	4.2
45 - 49	2,162	1,139	1,023	123	83	40	5.7	7.3	3.9	2425.5	2600.5	2243.7
50 - 54	1,628	837	791	108	82	26	6.6	9.8	3.3	93.8	91.5	96.4
Tawae/Siassi							1233.6	1527.6	923.6	25.8	28.4	23.3
SMAM Ages
Total	28,443	14,639	13,804	10,809	6,811	3,998
15 - 19	5,733	3,056	2,677	5,379	2,997	2,382	93.8	98.1	89.0	2632.7	2909.7	2343.9
20 - 24	4,347	2,280	2,067	2,763	1,873	890	63.6	82.1	43.1
25 - 29	4,172	2,022	2,150	1,354	976	378	32.5	48.3	17.6	5.6	6.7	4.5
30 - 34	3,584	1,831	1,753	595	451	144	16.6	24.6	8.2
35 - 39	3,551	1,810	1,741	315	250	65	8.9	13.8	3.7	279.1	332.6	222.8
40 - 44	2,728	1,411	1,317	164	115	49	6.0	8.2	3.7
45 - 49	2,514	1,282	1,232	131	88	43	5.2	6.9	3.5	2353.6	2577.1	2121.1
50 - 54	1,814	947	867	108	61	47	6.0	6.4	5.4	94.4	93.3	95.5
							1132.7	1409.7	843.9	24.9	27.6	22.2
Source: 2011 Papua New Guinea Census