Table 4. Average Age at First Marriage by District, West Sepik Province, PNG: 2011
  Total Never married       Average Age 1st Marriage
  Total Males Females Total Males Females       Total Males Females
   West Sepik
   Total
   SMAM Ages
Total 128,709 65,323 63,386 46,712 29,186 17,526
15 - 19 26,219 13,775 12,444 24,004 13,295 10,709 91.6 96.5 86.1 2537.5 2794.2 2277.7
20 - 24 21,412 10,957 10,455 12,757 8,504 4,253 59.6 77.6 40.7
25 - 29 19,777 9,560 10,217 5,587 4,109 1,478 28.2 43.0 14.5 3.6 5.1 2.1
30 - 34 16,717 8,330 8,387 2,161 1,664 497 12.9 20.0 5.9
35 - 39 15,029 7,625 7,404 1,014 770 244 6.7 10.1 3.3 181.4 253.0 106.1
40 - 44 11,919 6,032 5,887 542 383 159 4.5 6.3 2.7
45 - 49 10,094 5,172 4,922 394 275 119 3.9 5.3 2.4 2356.1 2541.2 2171.6
50 - 54 7,542 3,872 3,670 253 186 67 3.4 4.8 1.8 96.4 94.9 97.9
   Aitape/Lumi 1037.5 1294.2 777.7 24.4 26.8 22.2
   SMAM Ages
Total 37,006 18,868 18,138 15,079 9,206 5,873
15 - 19 7,847 4,074 3,773 7,295 3,930 3,365 93.0 96.5 89.2 2664.7 2904.0 2413.1
20 - 24 6,365 3,420 2,945 4,198 2,747 1,451 66.0 80.3 49.3
25 - 29 5,481 2,726 2,755 1,926 1,379 547 35.1 50.6 19.9 5.3 6.5 4.2
30 - 34 4,502 2,262 2,240 776 579 197 17.2 25.6 8.8
35 - 39 4,183 2,066 2,117 377 257 120 9.0 12.4 5.7 267.2 323.2 210.9
40 - 44 3,448 1,733 1,715 225 145 80 6.5 8.4 4.7
45 - 49 2,936 1,452 1,484 179 102 77 6.1 7.0 5.2 2397.5 2580.8 2202.3
50 - 54 2,244 1,135 1,109 103 67 36 4.6 5.9 3.2 94.7 93.5 95.8
   Nuku 1164.7 1404.0 913.1 25.3 27.6 23.0
   SMAM Ages
Total 31,566 15,971 15,595 10,517 6,440 4,077
15 - 19 5,663 2,926 2,737 5,313 2,857 2,456 93.8 97.6 89.7 2527.7 2757.6 2295.5
20 - 24 4,845 2,462 2,383 2,991 1,936 1,055 61.7 78.6 44.3
25 - 29 4,710 2,276 2,434 1,266 921 345 26.9 40.5 14.2 2.3 3.5 1.0
30 - 34 4,387 2,223 2,164 504 396 108 11.5 17.8 5.0
35 - 39 3,759 1,966 1,793 222 173 49 5.9 8.8 2.7 114.8 176.0 52.5
40 - 44 3,279 1,641 1,638 107 68 39 3.3 4.1 2.4
45 - 49 2,782 1,420 1,362 68 57 11 2.4 4.0 0.8 2412.8 2581.5 2243.0
50 - 54 2,141 1,057 1,084 46 32 14 2.1 3.0 1.3 97.7 96.5 99.0
   Telefomin 1027.7 1257.6 795.5 24.7 26.8 22.7
   SMAM Ages
Total 24,917 12,353 12,564 8,544 5,358 3,186
15 - 19 5,288 2,788 2,500 4,673 2,635 2,038 88.4 94.5 81.5 2456.7 2729.5 2196.1
20 - 24 4,061 2,000 2,061 2,223 1,478 745 54.7 73.9 36.1
25 - 29 3,812 1,758 2,054 951 685 266 24.9 39.0 13.0 3.6 6.0 1.0
30 - 34 3,216 1,506 1,710 315 242 73 9.8 16.1 4.3
35 - 39 2,965 1,431 1,534 169 135 34 5.7 9.4 2.2 178.6 298.9 52.3
40 - 44 2,190 1,133 1,057 92 79 13 4.2 7.0 1.2
45 - 49 1,891 992 899 68 60 8 3.6 6.0 0.9 2278.2 2430.6 2143.8
50 - 54 1,494 745 749 53 44 9 3.5 5.9 1.2 96.4 94.0 99.0
   Vanimo/Green River 956.7 1229.5 696.1 23.6 25.9 21.7
   SMAM Ages
Total 35,220 18,131 17,089 12,572 8,182 4,390
15 - 19 7,421 3,987 3,434 6,723 3,873 2,850 90.6 97.1 83.0 2477.1 2761.6 2187.7
20 - 24 6,141 3,075 3,066 3,345 2,343 1,002 54.5 76.2 32.7
25 - 29 5,774 2,800 2,974 1,444 1,124 320 25.0 40.1 10.8 3.1 4.4 1.5
30 - 34 4,612 2,339 2,273 566 447 119 12.3 19.1 5.2
35 - 39 4,122 2,162 1,960 246 205 41 6.0 9.5 2.1 156.1 222.0 76.3
40 - 44 3,002 1,525 1,477 118 91 27 3.9 6.0 1.8
45 - 49 2,485 1,308 1,177 79 56 23 3.2 4.3 2.0 2321.0 2539.6 2111.4
50 - 54 1,663 935 728 51 43 8 3.1 4.6 1.1 96.9 95.6 98.5
977.1 1261.6 687.7 24.0 26.6 21.4
Source: 2011 Papua New Guinea Census