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After 507 licenses in 2024, couples from Australia obtained 508 in 2025. The Australia difference amounts to 0.2%.
At the top of the Australia series is 2011, with 1,030 licenses; 2021 sits at the bottom with 13.
The largest percentage setback in the published Australia series occurred in 2021, when 13 licenses followed 86 the previous year.
Australia recorded its fastest annual percentage growth in 2022: 1876.9%, reaching 257 licenses.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 562 |
| 2008 | 555 |
| 2009 | 709 |
| 2010 | 906 |
| 2011 | 1,030 |
| 2012 | 930 |
| 2013 | 927 |
| 2014 | 814 |
| 2015 | 809 |
| 2016 | 775 |
| 2017 | 671 |
| 2018 | 553 |
| 2019 | 532 |
| 2020 | 86 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 257 |
| 2023 | 495 |
| 2024 | 507 |
| 2025 | 508 |
The recent Australia group includes 1,160 couples marrying for the first time and 620 with a previous marriage for at least one partner. The first-wedding share for Australia was 65.2%, compared with 50.2% across all origins, a gap of 14.99 percentage points above that benchmark.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 1,160 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 620 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The most common published ages among Australia partners were 30-34, a group of 920 people. Second place in the Australia age profile went to 35-39, numbering 624 people. The Australia share aged 30-34 was 25.8%, above the 19.3% countywide share for those ages. The next largest published Australia age band was 25-29 at 491 partners, then 40-44 at 438, following the first two groups in the recent window.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | fewer than 10 |
| 20-24 | 51 |
| 25-29 | 491 |
| 30-34 | 920 |
| 35-39 | 624 |
| 40-44 | 438 |
| 45-49 | 351 |
| 50-54 | 345 |
| 55-59 | 184 |
| 60-64 | 94 |
| 65-69 | 41 |
| 70-74 | 13 |
| 75-79 | fewer than 10 |
Couples from Australia collected their largest published monthly total in October: 250 licenses, a 14.0% share. At the other end was January, with 91 licenses; October recorded 159 more. September followed with 223 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 91 |
| February | 129 |
| March | 124 |
| April | 177 |
| May | 154 |
| June | 123 |
| July | 123 |
| August | 118 |
| September | 223 |
| October | 250 |
| November | 143 |
| December | 125 |
For all origins combined, the October share was 10.33%; Australia's 14.04% was 3.71 percentage points above that countywide seasonal benchmark. Third in the Australia month counts was April at 177 licenses, after the leading October and September totals. Combining October, September and April gives 650 licenses from Australia, a 36.5% share of 1,780 recent licenses; those same months accounted for 29.1% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Compare Australia's 1,780 recent licenses with 1,437 from Mexico, the adjacent published origin in the overseas ranking. For Australia, fifth was the latest-year overseas rank, alongside fifth in the recent-count ranking of published overseas origins. Across the recent 2021 to 2025 files, Australia averaged 356.0 recorded licenses per year, retaining the 22 December cutoff for 2022 in the pooled count.
Before you travel: Australia government guidance on marrying abroad.
Looking back at couples from Australia, the published counts were 562 in 2007, 532 in 2019, 86 in 2020, 13 in 2021, 495 in 2023. Comparing 2019 with 2025 puts Australia 4.5% below that earlier annual total. Couples from Australia supplied 0.47% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 1,780 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For Australia, the latest count accounts for 0.72% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The Australia share at the beginning of this record was 0.52% in 2007, when 562 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from Australia, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in Australia, follow the certified-copy guide after the marriage is recorded: a certified certificate costs $20 per copy, and the officiant must return the completed document within 10 days of the ceremony for recording.