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It’s being called the “grey divorce” or “silver separation” revolution. Couples in their 50s-plus are splitting and preferring to face old age alone.
Grey divorce is against the trend. The overall divorce rate in Australia has declined, but not for baby boomers and older Generation Xers.
According to the Australian Institute of Family Studies, couples who had been married for 20 years or more accounted for more than one quarter of the 56,244 divorces in 2021.