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Key findings
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2 in 3
First Nations people aged 15 and over in 2018-19 who had experienced physical harm in the last 12 months reported the perpetrator was an intimate partner or family member
Source: ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey -
13%
of adults in 2021–22
had witnessed partner violence against a parent before the age of 15
Source: ABS Personal Safety Survey
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Younger women
were more likely to be victims of sexual assault than older women in 2022 (56% for those under 18, 30% for those aged 18-34, 14% for those aged 35+)
Source: 2022 ABS Recorded Crime - Victims
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46%
of pregnant women assaulted by a partner in 2022–23 experienced injury to their trunk, compared with 29% of other women
Source: AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database -
Psychological abuse
is the most common form of elder abuse
Source: AIFS National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study -
1 in 3 mothers
experienced intimate partner violence between the birth of their first child and their child turning 10 years of age
Source: Physical and mental health of women exposed to intimate partner violence in the 10 years after having their first child: an Australian prospective cohort study of first-time mothers
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21%
of adults with disability in 2016 had experienced physical and/or sexual violence from a current or previous intimate partner since the age of 15
Source: ABS Personal Safety Survey -
1 in 2
respondents to the 2019 Private Lives 3 survey had ever experienced sexual assault
Source: La Trobe University Private Lives 3 survey
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Over 2 in 5 women
on temporary visas who sought support for family violence in 2015–16 were threatened that sponsorship for their visa application would be withdrawn
Source: Temporary migration and family violence: an analysis of victimisation, support and vulnerability -
1 in 4 clients
of specialist homelessness services in 2022–23 who were current or former members of the ADF had experienced FDV
Source: AIHW Specialist Homelessness Services Collection
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