By James Gwati- A report by Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee ZimVAC has revealed that Bulawayo is the country’s province which has the highest number of unmarried heads of families and at the same time having the lowest percentage of couples living together.

The report which published recently also show that 22 percent of household heads in Bulawayo have never been married.

The Bulawayo percentage is double the national average of the head of households who have never been married which sits at 10,5 percent.

The average household head is 40 years of age.

Matabeleland South has the second-highest number of household heads that have never been married at 15 percent followed by Masvingo at 14 percent with the other provinces having less than 10 percent. Matabeleland North has 6,1 percent.

The Zimvac report does not state the gender of the household heads or reasons why they are not married.

In another measure, Bulawayo has the least number of married couples at 50 percent and has the lowest divorce rate at eight percent.

Social commentator Mr Cont Mhlanga said the statistics were quite unusual as this is not common.

-Chronicle