The 2021 NCAS has shown that overall Australians attitudes towards violence against women have improved, but there is still a long way to go.
Key Findings:
- A majority of Australians do not think violence against women occurs in all communities:
- Even though 91% of respondents agreed that violence against women is a problem in Australia, only 47% agreed that it is a problem in their own suburb or town
- 41% of respondents mistakenly believe that domestic violence is equally committed by men and men – a significant increase from 23% of respondents in 2009.
- Despite recent ABS Personal Safety Survey evidence which revealed most victim-survivors name a male perpetrator
- Australian’s overall rejection of domestic violence plateaued between 2018 and 2021 but there were significant improvements in Australians’ understanding and rejection of sexual violence