"Figure 4: Higher proportions of the population aged 55 years and over were divorced in 2018 than in 2008","" "Percentages of divorced people aged 16 years and over, by age, in 2008 and 2018, England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Age group","2008","2018" "16 to 19",".","u" "20 to 24","0.1","0.1" "25 to 29","1.0","0.3" "30 to 34","3.3","2.3" "35 to 39","7.3","4.2" "40 to 44","12.0","7.0" "45 to 49","14.6","11.6" "50 to 54","14.4","13.2" "55 to 59","14.2","14.3" "60 to 64","12.7","15.9" "65 to 69","10.5","15.0" "70 to 74","8.7","12.2" "75 to 79","5.8","11.2" "80 to 84","4.2","6.3" "85 and over","3.1","6.5"