With Mother's day just around the corner here in Australia, We thought that we would share some interesting facts about mothers in our part of the world.

According the the ABS

The median age of mothers who gave birth in 2006 was 30.8, up from 29.2 in 1996.

Women could expect to have 1.8 children in their lifetime in 2006, the most since 1995.

During 2005 there were 259,800 births registered in Australia, born to 255,500 mothers. This was the highest number of births since 1993, when 260,200 births were registered.

More women with children are taking on paid work. During the ten years from August 1996 to August 2006, the percentage of mothers aged 25 to 34 years (with children aged under 15) who were employed increased from 46% to 52%. This upward trend was similar for mothers aged 35 to 44 years (with children aged under 15) among whom the percentage employed increased from 64% to 68%.

In 2006/07, 30,000 women were step-mothers to children aged under 18, living in the same household.

So in honour of your mother why not check out our mother's Day crafts to see if there is something you can easily make to give to her to show you care.

Click here to view our Mother's day activities.