The average age of first-time mothers was 31.2 years, while the average age of all mothers for births registered between April and June was 32.9 years. The average age of first-time mothers outside marriage/civil partnership was 29 years, while the average age of all mothers outside marriage/civil partnership was 30.5 years. There were 5,912 births registered as outside marriage/civil partnership accounting for 38.3% of all births between April and June. The highest percentage of births outside marriage/civil partnership was in Waterford City at 53.9% and the lowest was in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown with 20.8%. Leitrim had the lowest number with just 88 registered births in the second quarter of the year.

Source: Evening echo November 30, 2018 17:37 UTC