Thursday, October 3, 2013

The high and lows of wedding costs

Anyone reading the Sunday Mail recently would have been shocked to learn that the average cost of a wedding in Australia is estimated at $50,000. Especially when we realise that many first marriages don’t even last ten years.

However, like all statistics this one is only somewhat right. There seems to have been a number of studies on wedding costs, and Sunday Mail has only got part of the story.

According to one survey, only the upmarket average weddings cost $50,000 and more. The average wedding in Australia costs only around $21,000.

Around 60% of weddings cost between $10,000 and $20,000.

And the other good news is that the older you marry the less likely you are to divorce. If you’ve married before reaching 29 years of age, take care. Statistics are against you.

If you’ve over 29 and still single, count yourself lucky. Your marriage, when it does happen, might be one of those ‘happily ever after’

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