Number of People Experiencing Domestic Abuse Each Year:
2019: 17% of women reported having experienced physical and/or sexual abuse from a partner, which equates to roughly 2,120,937.95 women; while 25% reported having experienced emotional abuse from a partner, which equates to roughly 3,182,680 women.
1 woman is killed every 9 days and 1 man is killed ever 29 days by a partner.
Population Size:
25.36 million. 49.8% is male, 50.2% is female.
Frontline Services:
Australian Gender Equality Council - https://www.agec.org.au - info@agec.org.au
Women's Legal Service NSW - https://www.wlsnsw.org.au - reception@wlsnsw.org.au
Plan International Australia - https://www.plan.org.au/the-charity-for-girls-equality/ - info@plan.org.au
YWCA Australia - https://www.ywca.org.au - canberra@ywca-canberra.org.au
ANTaR - antar.org.au - antar@antar.org.au
Sources
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, “Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence in Australia: Continuing the National Story 2019”, (aihw.gov.au, 5 June 2019), <https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/domestic-violence/family-domestic-sexual-violence-australia-2019/contents/table-of-contents>.
Ibid.
The World Bank, (1).