These are the best and worst ages to get married

According to popular belief, the older you get married the more likely you are to stay married.

New research, however, says you're better off getting married between the ages of 28 and 32 if you want to avoid divorce.

Getting married in your late twenties is less risky than getting married after your mid-30s, according to sociologist Nicholas Wolfinger, who analysed six years' worth of data on families.

He found that couples who married as teens have a 38 per cent risk of divorce five years after getting married.

For those in their early twenties, this risk is 27 per cent.

Picture: Nick Wolfinger

For couples who marry between the ages of 25 and 29, there is a 14 per cent risk of divorce, and a 10 per cent risk of divorce for those aged 30 to 34.

Wolfinger says the trend persists irrelevant of education, religion or sexual past.

Why this is the case remains to be seen.

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