Population size:
12,581 [1]
Number of people experiencing domestic abuse each year:
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months: 22%
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence: 15% [2]
Physical and/or sexual violence by partners:
Nearly half of ever-partnered women (48.1%) who participated in the survey experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a partner at least once in their lifetime and 22.1% experienced such violence in the 12 months preceding the interview.
Nearly half of ever-partnered women (46.6%) who participated in the survey experienced physical partner violence at least once in their lifetime and 20.6% indicated experiencing such violence in the 12 months preceding the interview.
The most commonly mentioned act of physical partner violence was being slapped or having something thrown at them (84.1%).
Among ever-pregnant women who reported experiences of physical and/or sexual partner violence, 25.4% experienced physical violence in at least one pregnancy.
One-fifth of ever-partnered women (20.6%) experienced sexual violence by a partner at least once in their lifetime and 9.9% said to experience such violence in the 12 months prior to the interview.
The most commonly reported act of sexual partner violence was being coerced to have sex when she did not want to because she was afraid of what her partner might do if she refused (30.2%) [3]
No research on male victims or other gender identities.
Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:
No research.
Estimated % change due to COVID-19: