The idea of walking down the aisle — or to the registry office — did not set hearts fluttering in 2025, according to the latest Government statistics.

The number of people getting married plummeted by 17 per cent from 329 ceremonies in 2024 to just 273.

The biggest decline came in religious or denominational marriages, which fell from 207 in 2024 to 146. Civil marriages edged up from 127 to 122.

The overall fall came after marriages had been largely stable since the Covid pandemic in 2020 at an average of 322 marriages a year. Marriages plummeted in 2020 to 248 from 386 in 2019, but had been dropping steady steadily since 2000 when Bermuda was home to more than 1,000 marriages.

Of the 273 marriages held in Bermuda in 2025, 148 were between residents, 95 were between non-residents and 30 occurred where one spouse was resident and the other was non-resident.

The statistics, contained in the Registry General’s annual report, showed that people are increasingly unlikely to get married in a religious setting like a church. Of the 146 religious ceremonies, 104 took place in other settings like hotels, beaches, boats, restaurants or private homes.

Religious services were also most likely to be non-denominational, with 52, while Anglican services were next with 22.

Almost 22 per cent or 120 of those getting married were between the ages of 30 and 34, while 95 were between the ages of 25 and 29.

A greater proportion of men — 58 — than women — 37 — married over the age of 55, but one man and one woman married in their 80s.

There were 490 maritime marriages in 2025, up from 345 in 2024, while four couples formalised domestic partnerships compared to nine in 2024.