Reports

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.

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 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. It complements the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare‘s Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia report series. In the latest release (09/11/2022) new and updated content is now available for: Crime rates for family and domestic violence; Crime rates for sexual assault; Hospitalisation for family and domestic violence; Family and domestic violence Crisis Payments.

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.

Clients, particularly women, who experience family and domestic violence are considered an important sub-group of clients experiencing homelessness. SHSC data can be used to provide valuable insights into the support profile of these clients over long periods of time.

This report shows that from 2010–11 to 2017–18 there were 29,210 people who had at least one hospital stay due to family and domestic violence (FDV). Most people with a FDV hospital stay were female (68%) and most were aged 15–44. Partners were most commonly responsible for hospitalised FDV assaults.

This report brings together data from a range of national sources to show how service responses to family, domestic and sexual violence changed at the onset, and during, the COVID-19 pandemic.

This report brings together information from a range of sources to show how perpetrator interventions are being monitored in Australia. This report also highlights where key data gaps remain, and the work being done to build the evidence base.

Sexual assault is a major health and welfare issue in Australia. This Infocus report draws together a range of available data sources to provide a national summary of the extent, nature and impact of sexual assault. Data are presented separately for Australians aged 15 and over, and children aged 0–14.