"Figure 4: Civil ceremonies have outnumbered religious ceremonies since 1992","" "Percentage of civil and religious ceremonies, England and Wales, 1969 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures for 2014 to 2019 include opposite-sex and same-sex marriages. 2. Marriages of same-sex couples have been possible in England and Wales from 29 March 2014. " "Unit","Percentage of marriages" "","" "Year","Civil marriages","Religious marriages" "1969","36.1","63.9" "1970","39.5","60.5" "1971","41.3","58.7" "1972","45.5","54.5" "1973","46.1","53.9" "1974","46.5","53.5" "1975","47.8","52.2" "1976","50.0","50.0" "1977","50.6","49.4" "1978","50.6","49.4" "1979","50.8","49.2" "1980","49.6","50.4" "1981","49.0","51.0" "1982","48.2","51.8" "1983","48.6","51.4" "1984","48.8","51.2" "1985","48.8","51.2" "1986","48.4","51.6" "1987","47.8","52.2" "1988","48.5","51.5" "1989","48.1","51.9" "1990","47.4","52.6" "1991","49.3","50.7" "1992","50.4","49.6" "1993","51.1","48.9" "1994","52.3","47.7" "1995","54.9","45.1" "1996","58.8","41.2" "1997","60.7","39.3" "1998","61.0","39.0" "1999","61.7","38.3" "2000","63.7","36.3" "2001","64.3","35.7" "2002","66.2","33.8" "2003","67.8","32.2" "2004","67.7","32.3" "2005","65.4","34.6" "2006","66.1","33.9" "2007","66.4","33.6" "2008","66.7","33.3" "2009","67.1","32.9" "2010","68.0","32.0" "2011","70.1","29.9" "2012","69.9","30.1" "2013","71.5","28.5" "2014","73.0","27.0" "2015","74.5","25.5" "2016","76.0","24.0" "2017","77.6","22.4" "2018","79.5","20.5" "2019","81.8","18.2"