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Number of marriages falls by 9%
South Wales Echo
|November 20, 2025
MARRIAGES in England and Wales have fallen by 9% in a continued declining trend, the latest figures show.
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But civil partnerships rose by almost the same percentage, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
There were 224,402 marriages in 2023, down from 246,897 in 2022 - a fall of 9.1%.
Meanwhile, there were 7,547 civil partnerships in 2023, up 9.7% from 6,879 in 2022.
This story is from the November 20, 2025 edition of South Wales Echo.
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