Table 8. Province and SMAM ages by Marital status and Sex
  Total Never married
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total ###### 71,634 68,069 52,682 31,492 21,190
15 - 19 32,667 16,485 16,182 29,080 15,971 13,109 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 89.0 96.9 81.0 2487.7 2683.3 2289.1
20 - 24 26,404 13,136 13,268 13,773 9,085 4,688 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 52.2 69.2 35.3
25 - 29 20,854 10,488 10,366 4,865 3,334 1,531 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 23.3 31.8 14.8 6.5 7.3 5.7
30 - 34 16,705 8,655 8,050 1,875 1,275 600 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 11.2 14.7 7.5
35 - 39 13,610 7,025 6,585 1,115 668 447 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 8.2 9.5 6.8 327.3 364.0 284.2
40 - 44 12,176 6,554 5,622 840 483 357 40 to 44 years # # # # # # 6.9 7.4 6.4
45 - 49 9,365 4,970 4,395 628 359 269 45 to 49 years # # # # # # 6.7 7.2 6.1 2160.3 2319.3 2004.9
50 - 54 7,922 4,321 3,601 506 317 189 50 to 54 years # # # # # # 6.4 7.3 5.2 93.5 92.7 94.3
   Western 987.7 1183.3 789.1 23.1 25.0 21.3
   SMAM ages
Total 28,174 14,955 13,219 11,758 7,219 4,539
15 - 19 6,724 3,516 3,208 6,224 3,463 2,761 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 92.6 98.5 86.1 2593.0 2801.2 2360.4
20 - 24 5,481 2,820 2,661 3,209 2,131 1,078 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 58.5 75.6 40.5
25 - 29 4,285 2,339 1,946 1,173 849 324 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 27.4 36.3 16.6 7.7 9.4 5.8
30 - 34 3,224 1,732 1,492 417 297 120 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 12.9 17.1 8.0
35 - 39 2,531 1,356 1,175 248 172 76 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 9.8 12.7 6.5 386.8 471.4 289.0
40 - 44 2,277 1,235 1,042 203 122 81 40 to 44 years # # # # # # 8.9 9.9 7.8
45 - 49 1,927 1,013 914 163 103 60 45 to 49 years # # # # # # 8.5 10.2 6.6 2206.1 2329.8 2071.4
50 - 54 1,725 944 781 121 82 39 50 to 54 years # # # # # # 7.0 8.7 5.0 92.3 90.6 94.2
   Isabel 1093.0 1301.2 860.4 23.9 25.7 22.0
   SMAM ages
Total 6,836 3,256 3,580 2,204 1,245 959
15 - 19 1,580 696 884 1,365 676 689 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 86.4 97.1 77.9 2358.8 2609.0 2152.2
20 - 24 1,122 500 622 498 333 165 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 44.4 66.6 26.5
25 - 29 905 408 497 155 114 41 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 17.1 27.9 8.2 3.9 4.3 3.6
30 - 34 864 438 426 72 52 20 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 8.3 11.9 4.7
35 - 39 720 361 359 46 28 18 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 6.4 7.8 5.0 197.2 215.1 178.4
40 - 44 628 298 330 27 18 9 40 to 44 years # # # # # 9 4.3 6.0 2.7
45 - 49 559 313 246 27 14 13 45 to 49 years # # # # # # 4.8 4.5 5.3 2161.6 2393.9 1973.8
50 - 54 458 242 216 14 10 4 50 to 54 years # # # # # 4 3.1 4.1 1.9 96.1 95.7 96.4
   Central 858.8 1109.0 652.2 22.5 25.0 20.5
   SMAM ages
Total 9,212 4,963 4,249 3,710 2,405 1,305
15 - 19 2,100 1,140 960 1,902 1,111 791 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 90.6 97.5 82.4 2581.6 2824.3 2300.1
20 - 24 1,821 1,011 810 1,042 748 294 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 57.2 74.0 36.3
25 - 29 1,314 658 656 364 267 97 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 27.7 40.6 14.8 8.7 10.0 7.2
30 - 34 1,125 608 517 142 105 37 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 12.6 17.3 7.2
35 - 39 893 492 401 93 68 25 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 10.4 13.8 6.2 434.3 499.8 362.0
40 - 44 823 457 366 68 46 22 40 to 44 years # # # # # # 8.3 10.1 6.0
45 - 49 588 308 280 56 36 20 45 to 49 years # # # # # # 9.5 11.7 7.1 2147.3 2324.5 1938.1
50 - 54 548 289 259 43 24 19 50 to 54 years # # # # # # 7.8 8.3 7.3 91.3 90.0 92.8
   Guadalcanal 1081.6 1324.3 800.1 23.5 25.8 20.9
   SMAM ages
Total 24,834 13,120 11,714 9,658 6,069 3,589
15 - 19 6,140 3,164 2,976 5,415 3,060 2,355 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 88.2 96.7 79.1 2480.1 2710.7 2226.9
20 - 24 4,908 2,562 2,346 2,548 1,769 779 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 51.9 69.0 33.2
25 - 29 3,611 1,884 1,727 852 632 220 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 23.6 33.5 12.7 6.2 8.3 3.5
30 - 34 2,949 1,549 1,400 340 254 86 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 11.5 16.4 6.1
35 - 39 2,297 1,201 1,096 187 129 58 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 8.1 10.7 5.3 309.0 414.0 172.9
40 - 44 2,145 1,200 945 145 97 48 40 to 44 years # # # # # # 6.8 8.1 5.1
45 - 49 1,578 867 711 93 66 27 45 to 49 years # # # # # # 5.9 7.6 3.8 2171.1 2296.7 2054.0
50 - 54 1,206 693 513 78 62 16 50 to 54 years # # # # # # 6.5 8.9 3.1 93.8 91.7 96.5
  980.1 1210.7 726.9 23.1 25.0 21.3
Source: 1986 Solomon Islands Census                                
Table 8. Province and SMAM ages by Marital status and Sex
  Total Never married
Age Total Male Female Total Male Female
   SMAM ages
Total 19,188 11,526 7,662 7,888 5,430 2,458
15 - 19 4,434 2,484 1,950 3,916 2,378 1,538 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 88.3 95.7 78.9 2532.5 2726.9 2251.1
20 - 24 4,312 2,560 1,752 2,456 1,860 596 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 57.0 72.7 34.0
25 - 29 3,284 1,945 1,339 847 701 146 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 25.8 36.0 10.9 7.9 8.1 7.7
30 - 34 2,508 1,509 999 310 236 74 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 12.4 15.6 7.4
35 - 39 1,797 1,142 655 133 100 33 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 7.4 8.8 5.0 395.1 402.7 382.7
40 - 44 1,354 907 447 108 76 32 40 to 44 years # # # # # # 8.0 8.4 7.2
45 - 49 858 550 308 66 45 21 45 to 49 years # # # # # # 7.7 8.2 6.8 2137.4 2324.3 1868.4
50 - 54 641 429 212 52 34 18 50 to 54 years # # # # # # 8.1 7.9 8.5 92.1 91.9 92.3
   Malaita 1032.5 1226.9 751.1 23.2 25.3 20.2
   SMAM ages
Total 34,604 15,696 18,908 11,522 5,829 5,693
15 - 19 7,758 3,589 4,169 6,818 3,430 3,388 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 87.9 95.6 81.3 2408.4 2532.8 2315.9
20 - 24 5,733 2,311 3,422 2,545 1,332 1,213 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 44.4 57.6 35.4
25 - 29 4,998 2,153 2,845 962 493 469 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 19.2 22.9 16.5 5.8 5.5 6.1
30 - 34 3,991 1,863 2,128 395 227 168 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 9.9 12.2 7.9
35 - 39 3,687 1,653 2,034 293 122 171 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 7.9 7.4 8.4 290.5 272.9 307.3
40 - 44 3,475 1,708 1,767 220 93 127 40 to 44 years # # # # # # 6.3 5.4 7.2
45 - 49 2,673 1,302 1,371 160 71 89 45 to 49 years # # # # # # 6.0 5.5 6.5 2117.9 2260.0 2008.6
50 - 54 2,289 1,117 1,172 129 61 68 50 to 54 years # # # # # # 5.6 5.5 5.8 94.2 94.5 93.9
   Makira/Ulawa 908.4 1032.8 815.9 22.5 23.9 21.4
   SMAM ages
Total 10,072 5,053 5,019 3,462 2,048 1,414
15 - 19 2,358 1,168 1,190 2,048 1,138 910 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 86.9 97.4 76.5 2386.1 2585.2 2202.4
20 - 24 1,793 832 961 832 538 294 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 46.4 64.7 30.6
25 - 29 1,470 706 764 296 190 106 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 20.1 26.9 13.9 5.7 7.4 3.2
30 - 34 1,212 579 633 110 67 43 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 9.1 11.6 6.8
35 - 39 1,009 517 492 60 36 24 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 5.9 7.0 4.9 283.1 369.6 158.1
40 - 44 870 459 411 40 21 19 40 to 44 years # # # # # # 4.6 4.6 4.6
45 - 49 714 407 307 30 20 10 45 to 49 years # # # # # # 4.2 4.9 3.3 2103.0 2215.6 2044.4
50 - 54 646 385 261 46 38 8 50 to 54 years # # # # # 8 7.1 9.9 3.1 94.3 92.6 96.8
   Temotu 886.1 1085.2 702.4 22.3 23.9 21.1
   SMAM ages
Total 6,783 3,065 3,718 2,480 1,247 1,233
15 - 19 1,573 728 845 1,392 715 677 15 to 19 years # # # # # # 88.5 98.2 80.1 2465.9 2546.0 2402.4
20 - 24 1,234 540 694 643 374 269 20 to 24 years # # # # # # 52.1 69.3 38.8
25 - 29 987 395 592 216 88 128 25 to 29 years # # # # # # 21.9 22.3 21.6 6.3 2.3 10.2
30 - 34 832 377 455 89 37 52 30 to 34 years # # # # # # 10.7 9.8 11.4
35 - 39 676 303 373 55 13 42 35 to 39 years # # # # # # 8.1 4.3 11.3 316.9 115.2 508.3
40 - 44 604 290 314 29 10 19 40 to 44 years # # # # # # 4.8 3.4 6.1
45 - 49 468 210 258 33 4 29 45 to 49 years # # # # 4 # 7.1 1.9 11.2 2149.0 2430.9 1894.1
50 - 54 409 222 187 23 6 17 50 to 54 years # # # # 6 # 5.6 2.7 9.1 93.7 97.7 89.8
965.9 1046.0 902.4 22.9 24.9 21.1
Source: 1986 Solomon Islands Census