Domestic, family and sexual violence can happen to anyone — regardless of country, religion, sexuality, gender, social background socio-economic status, age or culture.

The rate of domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia (and across the nation) is unacceptable, with on average, one woman killed by an intimate partner every 11 days.

In Australia, just over 1 in 4 women experienced partner violence or abuse, and 1 in 7 men experienced partner violence or abuse.

Learn more about the definitions of domestic, family and sexual violence