Religious Council figures show only 3,149 couples tied the knot in Israeli metropolis last year, including eight people over 80 and 22 couples who decided to remarry each other after divorce
Tel Aviv has had the highest divorce rate in Israel for the past several years. Now it turns out that the marriage situation in the city is nothing to write home about either.
Mazel Tov (Good Luck, Congartulations)
According to figures released by the Tel Aviv Religious Council, 2010 saw a 6% drop in the number of marriages compared to the previous year – with only 3,149 couples tying the knot.
In total, 200 fewer couples registered for marriage last year than in 2009. This downward trend, which began in 2008, is attributed by the Tel Aviv Rabbinate to the global financial crisis which broke out at the time.
The three previous years, 2005-2077, saw a constant rise, with a 25% surge in the number of marriages.
With this ring I thee wed, take 2
An analysis of the 2010 figures shows that the average marriage age range is 27-32, and that 60% of people who got married in Tel Aviv did it by the time they turned 35.
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