The three most popular months for marriages in 2004 were July with 2,318 (10.7%), June with 2,275 (10.5%) and December with 2,216 (10.2%). Conversely, September had the least marriages with 899 or 4.1%.

In 2003, the top three months were December, August and June with 2,632 (11.7%), 2,473 (11.0%) and 2,113 (9.4%) and the least popular month was January with 1,271 or 5.7%.

For 2002, December, June and July led with 2,691 (11.7%), 2,312 (10.0%) and 2,198 (9.5%) while September had the lowest number at 1,442 (6.3%).

TABLE 17: TOTAL NUMBER OF MARRIAGES REGISTERED DURING 2004