Australian Bureau of Statistics 3301.0 - Births, Australia, 2007
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Search this Product| The previous record was in 1971, when there
were 276,400 births registered. This gives Australia a total
fertility rate of 1.93 babies per woman, up from 1.81 in 2006
and the highest since 1981 when it was 1.94. The Northern
Territory and Tasmania had the highest total fertility rates,
recording 2.27 and 2.19 babies per woman respectively. Women in
the Northern Territory and Tasmania also had their children at a
younger age; fertility for these two states was at its highest
in 25-29 year-olds - compared to the rest of Australia where the
highest fertility was in the 30-34 age group. Nearly half (43%)
of the 2007 births were to first time mothers, and a third (33%)
were having their second child. There were 14,200 births
registered where at least one parent was an Indigenous
Australian. More details are ava