Table 4. Average Age at First Marriage by District, Hela Province, PNG: 2011
  Total Never married       Average Age 1st Marriage
  Total Males Females Total Males Females       Total Males Females
Total 163,432 82,789 80,643 53,843 33,815 20,028
15 - 19 27,071 14,466 12,605 24,418 13,678 10,740 90.2 94.6 85.2 2586.8 2845.7 2330.0
20 - 24 23,868 12,438 11,430 15,788 9,978 5,810 66.1 80.2 50.8
25 - 29 22,846 10,997 11,849 7,845 5,567 2,278 34.3 50.6 19.2 2.6 4.0 0.9
30 - 34 21,154 9,973 11,181 3,026 2,314 712 14.3 23.2 6.4
35 - 39 22,263 10,591 11,672 1,359 1,110 249 6.1 10.5 2.1 128.9 198.7 46.2
40 - 44 18,938 9,597 9,341 705 582 123 3.7 6.1 1.3
45 - 49 16,228 8,541 7,687 413 342 71 2.5 4.0 0.9 2457.9 2647.0 2283.9
50 - 54 11,064 6,186 4,878 289 244 45 2.6 3.9 0.9 97.4 96.0 99.1
   Komo/Magarima 1086.8 1345.7 830.0 25.2 27.6 23.1
   SMAM Ages
Total 65,330 32,626 32,704 19,960 12,206 7,754
15 - 19 10,144 5,227 4,917 9,050 4,972 4,078 89.2 95.1 82.9 2527.7 2771.1 2296.6
20 - 24 9,464 4,721 4,743 5,899 3,641 2,258 62.3 77.1 47.6
25 - 29 9,489 4,454 5,035 2,949 2,021 928 31.1 45.4 18.4 1.9 2.9 0.7
30 - 34 8,928 4,101 4,827 1,129 824 305 12.6 20.1 6.3
35 - 39 9,344 4,506 4,838 516 401 115 5.5 8.9 2.4 94.6 143.2 32.6
40 - 44 7,503 3,778 3,725 221 180 41 2.9 4.8 1.1
45 - 49 6,361 3,482 2,879 115 99 16 1.8 2.8 0.6 2433.1 2627.9 2264.1
50 - 54 4,097 2,357 1,740 81 68 13 2.0 2.9 0.7 98.1 97.1 99.3
   Koroba/Kopiago 1027.7 1271.1 796.6 24.8 27.1 22.8
   SMAM Ages
Total 52,132 26,820 25,312 16,401 10,433 5,968
15 - 19 7,311 3,973 3,338 6,694 3,745 2,949 91.6 94.3 88.3 2645.1 2884.8 2393.9
20 - 24 7,208 3,928 3,280 5,079 3,210 1,869 70.5 81.7 57.0
25 - 29 6,803 3,417 3,386 2,547 1,806 741 37.4 52.9 21.9 2.9 4.4 1.1
30 - 34 6,499 3,212 3,287 1,009 786 223 15.5 24.5 6.8
35 - 39 6,994 3,291 3,703 470 388 82 6.7 11.8 2.2 143.9 222.1 56.0
40 - 44 6,767 3,441 3,326 298 250 48 4.4 7.3 1.4
45 - 49 6,107 3,103 3,004 177 143 34 2.9 4.6 1.1 2501.1 2662.7 2338.0
50 - 54 4,443 2,455 1,988 127 105 22 2.9 4.3 1.1 97.1 95.6 98.9
   Tari/Pori 1145.1 1384.8 893.9 25.8 27.9 23.6
   SMAM Ages
Total 45,970 23,343 22,627 17,482 11,176 6,306
15 - 19 9,616 5,266 4,350 8,674 4,961 3,713 90.2 94.2 85.4 2609.5 2909.3 2314.1
20 - 24 7,196 3,789 3,407 4,810 3,127 1,683 66.8 82.5 49.4
25 - 29 6,554 3,126 3,428 2,349 1,740 609 35.8 55.7 17.8 3.2 5.1 1.0
30 - 34 5,727 2,660 3,067 888 704 184 15.5 26.5 6.0
35 - 39 5,925 2,794 3,131 373 321 52 6.3 11.5 1.7 160.7 257.0 50.8
40 - 44 4,668 2,378 2,290 186 152 34 4.0 6.4 1.5
45 - 49 3,760 1,956 1,804 121 100 21 3.2 5.1 1.2 2448.8 2652.3 2263.3
50 - 54 2,524 1,374 1,150 81 71 10 3.2 5.2 0.9 96.8 94.9 99.0
1109.5 1409.3 814.1 25.3 28.0 22.9
Source: 2011 Papua New Guinea Census