How old do you have to be to ...

  • be left at home on your own?

    - no age limit (but parents are legally responsible for making sure their children are safe.

     

  • leave home?

    16(usually need parent agreement)

    leave school?

  • the last Friday in June when you are in year 11.

    get a credit card?

  • 18

  • drive a car?

  • 17 (moped at 16)

  • buy cigarettes?

  • 16

    buy alcohol?

  • 18

    gamble?

  • 18 to place a bet, 16 to get a lottery ticket

    get married?

  • 16 (usuually need parent agreement)

    have sex?

  • 16

    be convicted of a criminal offence?

  • 10

    get a custodial sentence (be locked up)?

  • 10

    vote ?

  • 18

    see your birth certificate if adopted?

  • 18