"Figure 5: Average age at marriage for brides and grooms, 1973 to 2013","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Age (years)" "","" "","Grooms","Brides" "1973","28.8","26.1" "1974","28.8","26.2" "1975","29.0","26.3" "1976","29.2","26.5" "1977","29.3","26.6" "1978","29.4","26.7" "1979","29.4","26.6" "1980","29.4","26.7" "1981","29.6","26.9" "1982","29.8","27.0" "1983","30.0","27.2" "1984","30.1","27.3" "1985","30.2","27.5" "1986","30.5","27.8" "1987","30.4","27.8" "1988","30.9","28.3" "1989","31.1","28.5" "1990","31.3","28.8" "1991","31.6","29.1" "1992","32.0","29.5" "1993","32.4","29.9" "1994","32.7","30.3" "1995","33.1","30.7" "1996","33.6","31.1" "1997","33.9","31.4" "1998","34.1","31.6" "1999","34.4","31.8" "2000","34.8","32.1" "2001","34.8","32.2" "2002","35.3","32.6" "2003","35.6","32.9" "2004","35.8","33.1" "2005","36.2","33.5" "2006","36.4","33.7" "2007","36.4","33.8" "2008","36.5","33.8" "2009","36.3","33.7" "2010","36.2","33.6" "2011","36.3","33.8" "2012","36.5","34.0" "2013","36.7","34.3"