Table 4. Average Age at First Marriage by District, East New Britain Province, PNG: 2011
  Total Never married       Average Age 1st Marriage
  Total Males Females Total Males Females       Total Males Females
Total 169,922 84,601 85,321 63,820 38,817 25,003
15 - 19 37,270 19,169 18,101 34,546 18,505 16,041 92.7 96.5 88.6 2545.0 2818.5 2282.9
20 - 24 27,495 13,544 13,951 16,974 10,843 6,131 61.7 80.1 43.9
25 - 29 25,214 12,001 13,213 6,925 5,224 1,701 27.5 43.5 12.9 4.2 6.4 1.7
30 - 34 20,111 9,674 10,437 2,335 1,838 497 11.6 19.0 4.8
35 - 39 19,240 9,431 9,809 1,241 967 274 6.5 10.3 2.8 208.7 321.3 87.5
40 - 44 15,089 7,561 7,528 734 588 146 4.9 7.8 1.9
45 - 49 14,653 7,569 7,084 613 496 117 4.2 6.6 1.7 2336.3 2497.2 2195.5
50 - 54 10,850 5,652 5,198 452 356 96 4.2 6.3 1.8 95.8 93.6 98.3
   Gazelle 1045.0 1318.5 782.9 24.4 26.7 22.3
   SMAM Ages
Total 67,414 33,604 33,810 24,768 15,037 9,731
15 - 19 14,476 7,420 7,056 13,476 7,181 6,295 93.1 96.8 89.2 2525.5 2788.5 2272.3
20 - 24 10,955 5,446 5,509 6,717 4,320 2,397 61.3 79.3 43.5
25 - 29 10,109 4,764 5,345 2,706 2,028 678 26.8 42.6 12.7 3.6 5.7 1.4
30 - 34 7,908 3,857 4,051 810 653 157 10.2 16.9 3.9
35 - 39 7,645 3,776 3,869 436 344 92 5.7 9.1 2.4 181.2 283.5 71.0
40 - 44 5,930 2,953 2,977 243 202 41 4.1 6.8 1.4
45 - 49 5,887 3,056 2,831 228 188 40 3.9 6.2 1.4 2344.3 2505.0 2201.3
50 - 54 4,504 2,332 2,172 152 121 31 3.4 5.2 1.4 96.4 94.3 98.6
   Kokopo 1025.5 1288.5 772.3 24.3 26.6 22.3
   SMAM Ages
Total 45,699 22,861 22,838 17,886 10,900 6,986
15 - 19 10,445 5,425 5,020 9,700 5,218 4,482 92.9 96.2 89.3 2563.2 2845.0 2292.9
20 - 24 7,622 3,722 3,900 4,795 3,024 1,771 62.9 81.2 45.4
25 - 29 6,684 3,216 3,468 1,882 1,442 440 28.2 44.8 12.7 4.7 7.6 1.6
30 - 34 5,302 2,566 2,736 659 525 134 12.4 20.5 4.9
35 - 39 4,841 2,359 2,482 324 259 65 6.7 11.0 2.6 237.1 380.5 77.8
40 - 44 3,979 1,996 1,983 206 162 44 5.2 8.1 2.2
45 - 49 3,954 2,037 1,917 174 146 28 4.4 7.2 1.5 2326.1 2464.5 2215.1
50 - 54 2,872 1,540 1,332 146 124 22 5.1 8.1 1.7 95.3 92.4 98.4
   Pomio 1063.2 1345.0 792.9 24.4 26.7 22.5
   SMAM Ages
Total 35,537 17,526 18,011 13,151 7,869 5,282
15 - 19 7,943 4,041 3,902 7,294 3,895 3,399 91.8 96.4 87.1 2535.9 2797.7 2290.5
20 - 24 5,398 2,632 2,766 3,263 2,075 1,188 60.4 78.8 43.0
25 - 29 5,230 2,454 2,776 1,377 1,018 359 26.3 41.5 12.9 4.1 5.6 2.6
30 - 34 4,423 2,073 2,350 553 403 150 12.5 19.4 6.4
35 - 39 4,314 2,123 2,191 280 200 80 6.5 9.4 3.7 205.1 277.8 128.2
40 - 44 3,297 1,668 1,629 182 136 46 5.5 8.2 2.8
45 - 49 2,924 1,497 1,427 119 87 32 4.1 5.8 2.2 2330.9 2519.9 2162.2
50 - 54 2,008 1,038 970 83 55 28 4.1 5.3 2.9 95.9 94.4 97.4
   Rabaul 1035.9 1297.7 790.5 24.3 26.7 22.2
   SMAM Ages
Total 21,272 10,610 10,662 8,015 5,011 3,004
15 - 19 4,406 2,283 2,123 4,076 2,211 1,865 92.5 96.8 87.8 2581.4 2891.2 2279.9
20 - 24 3,520 1,744 1,776 2,199 1,424 775 62.5 81.7 43.6
25 - 29 3,191 1,567 1,624 960 736 224 30.1 47.0 13.8 4.9 7.6 2.0
30 - 34 2,478 1,178 1,300 313 257 56 12.6 21.8 4.3
35 - 39 2,440 1,173 1,267 201 164 37 8.2 14.0 2.9 242.9 380.2 98.6
40 - 44 1,883 944 939 103 88 15 5.5 9.3 1.6
45 - 49 1,888 979 909 92 75 17 4.9 7.7 1.9 2338.5 2511.0 2181.3
50 - 54 1,466 742 724 71 56 15 4.8 7.5 2.1 95.1 92.4 98.0
1081.4 1391.2 779.9 24.6 27.2 22.3
Source: 2011 Papua New Guinea Census