The data displays the mean age of mothers at childbirth in England and Wales in 2016, by child number. The average age of a mother at the time of her first child's birth is about 4 years younger than that of the fourth child.
First child | 28.8 |
Second child | 30.9 |
Third child | 31.9 |
Fourth child | 32.9 |
All births | 30.4 |