Table 4. Average Age at First Marriage by District, Northern (Oro) Province, PNG: 2011
  Total Never married       Average Age 1st Marriage
  Total Males Females Total Males Females       Total Males Females
Total 98,106 50,916 47,190 34,315 22,025 12,290
15 - 19 19,476 10,244 9,232 17,737 9,910 7,827 91.1 96.7 84.8 2522.0 2805.1 2226.9
20 - 24 15,843 8,018 7,825 9,017 6,183 2,834 56.9 77.1 36.2
25 - 29 14,856 7,362 7,494 4,096 3,146 950 27.6 42.7 12.7 3.7 5.6 1.6
30 - 34 12,591 6,472 6,119 1,603 1,294 309 12.7 20.0 5.0
35 - 39 12,918 6,784 6,134 920 729 191 7.1 10.7 3.1 187.0 280.4 77.8
40 - 44 9,065 4,837 4,228 431 348 83 4.8 7.2 2.0
45 - 49 7,846 4,231 3,615 332 275 57 4.2 6.5 1.6 2335.0 2524.7 2149.1
50 - 54 5,511 2,968 2,543 179 140 39 3.2 4.7 1.5 96.3 94.4 98.4
   Ijivitari 1022.0 1305.1 726.9 24.3 26.7 21.8
   SMAM Ages
Total 53,715 27,819 25,896 17,460 11,373 6,087
15 - 19 9,889 5,250 4,639 8,964 5,064 3,900 90.6 96.5 84.1 2489.0 2780.0 2190.8
20 - 24 8,332 4,157 4,175 4,560 3,175 1,385 54.7 76.4 33.2
25 - 29 8,159 3,974 4,185 2,112 1,622 490 25.9 40.8 11.7 3.9 6.0 1.4
30 - 34 7,160 3,660 3,500 826 687 139 11.5 18.8 4.0
35 - 39 7,447 3,883 3,564 490 390 100 6.6 10.0 2.8 193.2 300.1 67.5
40 - 44 5,109 2,776 2,333 207 181 26 4.1 6.5 1.1
45 - 49 4,457 2,395 2,062 195 168 27 4.4 7.0 1.3 2295.8 2479.9 2123.3
50 - 54 3,162 1,724 1,438 106 86 20 3.4 5.0 1.4 96.1 94.0 98.6
   Sohe 989.0 1280.0 690.8 23.9 26.4 21.5
   SMAM Ages
Total 44,391 23,097 21,294 16,855 10,652 6,203
15 - 19 9,587 4,994 4,593 8,773 4,846 3,927 91.5 97.0 85.5 2561.7 2835.6 2270.4
20 - 24 7,511 3,861 3,650 4,457 3,008 1,449 59.3 77.9 39.7
25 - 29 6,697 3,388 3,309 1,984 1,524 460 29.6 45.0 13.9 3.6 5.1 1.8
30 - 34 5,431 2,812 2,619 777 607 170 14.3 21.6 6.5
35 - 39 5,471 2,901 2,570 430 339 91 7.9 11.7 3.5 178.8 254.2 91.3
40 - 44 3,956 2,061 1,895 224 167 57 5.7 8.1 3.0
45 - 49 3,389 1,836 1,553 137 107 30 4.0 5.8 1.9 2383.0 2581.4 2179.1
50 - 54 2,349 1,244 1,105 73 54 19 3.1 4.3 1.7 96.4 94.9 98.2
1061.7 1335.6 770.4 24.7 27.2 22.2
Source: 2011 Papua New Guinea Census