Reports

This report uses linked data to examine the demographic characteristics and health service interactions for young people with at least one FDV-related hospital stay. It shows 5,024 young people had at least one FDV-related hospital stay when aged under 18 from 2010–11 to 2020–21. Half (54%) were female, one-third (33%) were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, and over one-third (37%) had their first FDV-related stay before age 5.

The AIHW Specialist Homelessness Services Collection includes information about clients receiving homelessness services support from 1 July 2011 onwards. These data have been analysed to examine service usage patterns and demographics for specific cohorts. Additional insights will be added regularly to this report.

This article provides initial exploratory analysis of available linked data. It shows that 2 in 5 specialist homelessness services (SHS) clients who experienced family and domestic violence (FDV) had received Parenting Payment Single during 2011–2021, more than double that for other (non-FDV) clients. As the majority of SHS clients who experienced FDV were female, this suggests the clients receiving the Parenting Payment Single were more commonly single mothers with young children. 

Injury is a major cause of hospitalisation and death in Australia. This report presents annual updates of injury related emergency department presentations, hospitalisations and deaths, including trends over the preceding decade. Injuries accounted for around:

In 2022–‍2023, about 1 in 5 people aged 14 and over were verbally abused, physically abused, or put in fear in the previous 12 months by someone who was under the influence of alcohol.

This report explores data from the 2022–‍2023 National Drug Strategy Household Survey relating to risky activities undertaken while under the influence of alcohol, harms experienced while affected by alcohol, and harms that people experienced from other people who were under the influence of alcohol.
 

Many factors can influence community safety and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Among the positive influences are: being connected to Country, land, family and spirit; having strong and positive social networks; and having strong leadership in both family and community.

Intentional violence against another person is classified as assault (injury) or homicide (death).

Part of Injury in Australia.

Family, domestic and sexual violence is a major health, welfare and social issue. It affects people of all ages and from all backgrounds, but mainly women and children. This release was last updated 09/11/2022 and brings together a range of sources to report a core set of data in an interactive format, and summarise changes in measures of family, domestic and sexual violence over time. For new and updated data, see the Family, domestic and sexual violence website.

Family, domestic and sexual violence: National data landscape 2022 summarises the national evidence base for monitoring family, domestic and sexual violence (FDSV) in Australia, highlighting enhancements made over the life of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, 2010–2022. The report also describes how the evidence base can be used to measure and monitor FDSV and highlights information gaps and opportunities for improvements.

This report brings together data from a range of sources to build a better understanding of sexual violence responses. It looks at where people seek support, and the patterns in service use. It also discusses data gaps, highlights opportunities for data improvements and complements the ongoing national reporting on family, domestic and sexual violence.

New and updated data are available in the Family, domestic and sexual violence website.