AUSTRALIA - Nationwide

42% of lesbian, gay & bisexual people report experiencing DFV; up to 60% of transgender and gender-diverse people report intimate partner violence.

People with disability are nearly twice as likely to experience partner violence compared to people without disability.

CALD communities Women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds face higher barriers to seeking support.

1 in 4 women (27%) have experienced violence, emotional abuse, or economic abuse by a partner since age 15.

1 in 5 women (22%) have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15.

Indigenous women are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised as a result of family violence than non-Indigenous women.