UK average age of mothers 2021

Between 1991 and 2021 there has been a clear trend of mothers having children later in life in the United Kingdom, with the average age of mothers in the increasing from 27.7 in 1991 to 30.9 by 2021.

Average age of mothers at childbirth in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 2021

Characteristic	UK	England & Wales
2021	30.9	-
2020	30.7	-
2019	30.7	-
2018	30.6	-
2017	30.5	-
2016	30.4	-
2015	30.3	-
2014	30.2	-
2013	30	-
2012	29.8	-
2011	29.7	-
2010	29.5	-
2009	29.4	-
2008	29.3	-
2007	29.3	-
2006	29.2	-
2005	29.1	-
2004	29	-
2003	28.9	-
2002	28.7	-
2001	28.6	-
2000	28.5	-
1999	28.4	-
1998	28.3	-
1997	28.3	-
1996	28.2	-
1995	28.2	-
1994	28.1	-
1993	27.9	-
1992	27.8	-
1991	27.7	-
1990	27.7	27.7
1989	-	27.6
1988	-	27.5
1987	-	27.5
1986	-	27.4
1985	-	27.3
1984	-	27.3
1983	-	27.2
1982	-	27.1
1981	-	27
1980	-	26.9
1979	-	26.8
1978	-	26.7
1977	-	26.6
1976	-	26.5
1975	-	26.4
1974	-	26.4
1973	-	26.4
1972	-	26.5
1971	-	26.6
1970	-	26.7
1969	-	26.9
1968	-	27
1967	-	27.1
1966	-	27.1
1965	-	27.3
1964	-	27.3
1963	-	27.3
1962	-	27.4
1961	-	27.4
1960	-	27.5
1959	-	27.5
1958	-	27.6
1957	-	27.6
1956	-	27.7
1955	-	27.8
1954	-	27.9
1953	-	28
1952	-	28.1
1951	-	28.2
1950	-	28.2
1949	-	28.3
1948	-	28.5
1947	-	28.7
1946	-	29.1
1945	-	29.1
1944	-	29.3
1943	-	29.1
1942	-	28.8
1941	-	28.7
1940	-	28.8
1939	-	28.9
1938	-	29

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1938 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Data for 1938 to 1990 is for England and Wales only

The standardised mean (average) age of mothers at birth is a measure which eliminates the effect of year to year changes in the age-structure of the female population and therefore enables comparisons over time and between countries.

Standardised means are calculated using rates per 1,000 female population by single year of age of mother.

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