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Interpreting graphs of recorded data

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The graph shows published Australian marriage counts by date of occurrence for 1 January to 7 January 2023

Published Australian marriage counts by date of occurrence in January 2023: 1 January: 70; 2 January: 61; 3 January: 117; 4 January: 146; 5 January: 202; 6 January: 366; 7 January: 818. Dates run left to right and the vertical scale runs from zero to one thousand in steps of two hundred. Straight segments only connect consecutive daily records135702004006008001,000January 2023Daily count
January datePublished count
1 January70
2 January61
3 January117
4 January146
5 January202
6 January366
7 January818

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Marriages and Divorces, Australia, 2023, published in 2024. Accessed 25 October 2026. Includes registrations received in 2024; later information may revise these counts

Data © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Graph redrawn from the published counts

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/marriages-and-divorces-australia/2023

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Use the plotted point for 6 January and the accompanying exact table. How many marriages occurred on that date in this published data?