Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Australia, 2011

Australia
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Australia was 1.92 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 301,733 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.92
Births
301,733
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
22,479,775
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.10.0%91
15-1916.34.2%11,532
20-2453.413.9%41,841
25-29102.926.8%83,751
30-34125.532.7%96,200
35-3969.718.1%55,216
40-4415.54.0%12,439
45-490.80.2%661
50-540.00.0%0