More Australians being sexually harassed

A national survey of 21,000 Australians has uncovered a rise in the number of men and women being sexually harassed.

HOW SAFE DO AUSTRALIANS FEEL FROM VIOLENCE?

* 39 per cent or 7.2 million of people over 18 had experienced violence since they were 15

PEOPLE EXPERIENCING PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN THE PAST YEAR

* 5.4 per cent of men (down from 8.5 per cent in 2012)

* Of those 66 per cent of men were attacked by a male stranger

* 3.5 per cent of women (down from 4.6 per cent in 2012)

* Of those 92 per cent of women were attacked by a male they knew

WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED?

* Men aged 18-34

* Women aged 18-24

WHO ARE AUSTRALIANS ATTACKED BY?

* 39 per cent of men are attacked by other men

* 12 per cent of men are attacked by women

* 34 per cent of women are attacked by men

* 9 per cent of women are attacked by other women

WOMEN SUFFERING SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE PAST YEAR

* Up from 1.2 per cent in 2012 to 1.8 per cent

SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN

* Men are just as likely to experience sexual violence by another man (2.4 per cent) as by a women (2.6 per cent)

* 1 per cent of men have suffered sexual violence by a male stranger

MOST RECENT SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON WOMEN BY MEN

* 87 per cent of the time women were sexually assaulted by a man they knew

* 40 per cent of the time it was in the woman's house, and 17 per cent of the time it was in the attacker's house

* 9 times out of 10 the sexual assault was not reported to police

WHO HAS SUFFERED VIOLENCE IN RELATIONSHIPS?

* 17 per cent of women have suffered violence by a partner

* 6 per cent of men had suffered violence in a relationship

* Women were eight times more likely to experience sexual violence by a partner than men

* Almost half a million women have suffered sexual violence by a partner

HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SEXUALLY HARASSED IN THE PAST YEAR?

* 17 per cent of women (up from 15 per cent in 2012)

* 9.3 per cent of men (up from 6.6 per cent in 2012)

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY HARASSED IN THEIR LIFETIME?

* 53 per cent of women

* 25 per cent of men

INSTANCES OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE FROM A PARTNER

* 1-in-4 women had suffered emotional abuse from a partner

* 1-in-6 men had suffered emotional abuse from a partner

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STALKED?

* 1-in-10 Australians have been stalked in their lifetime

* 17 per cent of women

* 7 per cent of men

(SOURCE: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS PERSONAL SAFETY SURVEY 2016)


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