This is the average age women in Europe have their first baby
The average age women across Europe are becoming first-time mothers is getting older, according to recent data from the Office of National Statistics.
While decades ago, it would be have been more unusual for a woman not to have had children yet by the time she approached 30, today the average age for women to become first-time mums is 28. Or, 28.6 to be specific.
That data comes from 2015 statistics, but looking at figures from 2014, it's clear that women are leaving it slightly later every year. The average age for first-time motherhood in 2014 was 28.5, a whole 0.1% of a year earlier.
Unsurprisingly, men appear to be leaving it a few years later too; the average age of all fathers to babies born in 2015 (not just first-time dads) was 33.2 years old, compared to the average age of mothers (not just first-time mums), which was 30.3 years.
This information comes shortly after it was revealed that for the first time ever, the number of women who gave birth over the age of 40 was higher in the UK than the number of women who gave birth under the age of 20. That's a pretty big turnaround, indicating that sex education is perhaps becoming more effective, and that women are likely focusing more on their careers before embarking upon motherhood.
[H/T Refinery 29]
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