Source: ONS figures 2011 showing average age of men and women at marriage in 2011, 2001, 1991 and 1981 in England and Wales

25.4

23.1

27.5

25.5

30.6

28.4

Baby

boomers

Baby

boomers/

Gen X

Gen X

Gen Y

Age

30.2

32.2

On average millennial women get

married 7.1 years later than those

marrying in 1981

Men

Women

Age

Men

Women

25.4

23.1

27.5

25.5

30.6

28.4

Gen Y

Gen X

Baby boomers/Gen X

Baby boomers

30.2

32.2

Source: ONS figures 2011 showing average age of men and women

at marriage in 2011, 2001, 1991 and 1981 in England and Wales

On average millennial women get married

7.1 years later than those marrying in 1981