New Zealanders are marrying later than in the past. Statistics from the 2013 census released on 5 May show that in 2013, the median age at first marriage was 30.1 years for men and 28.6 years for women – up from 27.3 and 25.2 years in 1993. Although the median age at first marriage has Read more
The Vatican City state consumes more wine per capita than any other country in the world. According to statistics from the California-based Wine Institute, the Vatican consumed 74 litres of wine per person in 2012. This is about double the per capita consumption of Italy as a whole. A standard bottle of wine is about Read more
Ordinations of new Catholic priests in Britain have fallen to one tenth of the number in 1965, and marriages and baptisms have also dropped significantly. Details of the declines have been revealed for the first time by the compilation of statistics for these sacraments over the past century. The figures were compiled by the Latin Read more
About 150 volunteers will track down every church in their district to gather information for New Zealand’s first church census since 1926. The Church Census, which will cover all churches of all denominations or none, will be taken in March-April. New Zealand’s 72 Census Districts will be covered Massey University’s associate professor of history, Peter Read more
Statistics Minister Maurice Williamson says he’ll be challenging all his ministerial colleagues to have a copy of a new Statistics New Zealand publication on their desks. Williamson was talking about a new section for statistics about Maori that has been launched on the Statistics New Zealand’s website, with versions in English and Maori. Print copies Read more