People who are in severe financial hardship and have experienced changes in their living arrangements due to family and/or domestic violence, and are receiving, or are eligible to receive, an income support payment or ABSTUDY Living Allowance, may receive a one-off Crisis Payment. This payment is paid in addition to a person's income support payment. Data are drawn from Services Australia Data.
The visualisation below shows the number of family and domestic violence Crisis Payment claims granted per year and as a proportion of all income support recipients. Between 2015–16 and 2021–22, the number of claims granted increased by 50% (17,400 to 26,100). The proportion of income support recipients who received at least one family and domestic violence Crisis Payment each year increased slightly from 0.34% to 0.51%.
Claims granted for family and domestic violence Crisis Payments by gender, 2015–16 to 2021–22