Baseline report
Data as at March 2024
This report provides sources and reference points for each indicator and measure listed in the reporting framework of Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality. As a baseline, this is a point-in-time data and reference set on the status of gender equality in Australia at the time of the Strategy's release on 7 March 2024.
This report lists the data the Government will monitor to assess the impact of Working for Women and progress towards gender equality over the next 10 years. These data points have been selected in order to track progress against the ambitions of Working for Women and provide insight into the experiences of women and men in Australia. This baseline report will inform the mid-point review of Working for Women to be conducted in 2029.
Data sources used in this report are reported on different cycles from monthly through to every five years. Some data sources are updated on an ad hoc basis. The mid-point review will include the release of a mid-point update to the baseline to track change towards gender equality. Data measures and sources may also be added over time where more appropriate data sets emerge.
Where available, the data includes disaggregated data for First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disability, people of different ages, and LGBTIQA+ people. There are limitations to this data in some cases, particularly where there are small population or sample sizes. The Government will work to improve data to help inform better outcomes for all Australians.
In addition to this report and the mid-point review, the Government will continue to release Status of Women Report Cards annually, highlighting key statistics across the priority areas of Working for Women.
Where indicators are informed by targets from existing strategies, time frames and target levels have been included in this report. The remaining indicators outline directional goals, but are not targets with specific time frames.
Priority area 1. Gender-based violence: End violence against women
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1.1.1 | A reduction in female victims of intimate partner homicide Aligns with targets under the Outcomes Framework of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032 |
Female victims of intimate partners homicide National Plan target: 25% reduction per year |
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1.1.2 | An increase in community attitudes that reject violence against women Aligns with targets under the Outcomes Framework of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032 |
Mean score of attitudes that condemn violence against women on the Attitudes towards Violence against Women Scale (AVAWS) National Plan target: 2 point increase in mean score every four years |
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1.1.3 | A reduction in the rate of family violence and abuse against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and/or children Aligns with targets and outcomes under Closing the Gap |
Rate of all forms of family violence and abuse against Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women and children Closing the Gap target: reduced by 50 per cent by 2031, as progress towards zero |
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1.1.4 | Percentage of people who have experienced sexual violence | The percentage of women and men who have experienced sexual violence (encompassing assault and/or threat) since the age of 15 |
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1.1.5 | Percentage of people who have experienced sexual harassment | The percentage of women and men who have experience sexual harassment in the last 12 months |
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1.1.6 | Percentage of people who have experienced physical violence | The percentage of women and men who have experienced physical violence since the age of 15 |
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1.1.7 | Percentage of people who have experienced stalking | The percentage of women and men who have experienced stalking since the age of 15 |
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1.1.8 | Percentage of people who have experienced technology-facilitated abuse | The percentage of women and men who have experienced technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetime |
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1.1.9 | Percentage of people who are safe in their homes (physical and/or sexual partner violence) | The percentage of women and men who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or previous cohabiting partner since the age of 15 |
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1.1.10 | Percentage of people who are safe in their homes (partner emotional abuse) | The percentage of women and men who have experienced emotional abuse by a current or previous cohabiting partner since the age of 15 |
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1.1.11 | Percentage of people who are safe in their homes (partner economic abuse) | The percentage of women and men who have experienced economic abuse by a current or previous cohabiting partner since the age of 15 |
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1.1.12 | Percentage of people who are safe at work (physical violence) | Of people who experienced physical violence in the last 12 months, the percentage who experienced it at work |
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1.1.13 | Percentage of people who are safe at work (sexual harassment) | Of women who experienced sexual harassment in the last 12 months, the percentage who experienced it at work |
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1.1.13 | Percentage of people who are safe at work (sexual harassment) | The percentage of First Nations women and men that experienced workplace sexual harassment in the last 5 years |
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1.1.13 | Percentage of people who are safe at work (sexual harassment) | The percentage of women and men that experienced workplace sexual harassment in the last 5 years, by age group |
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1.1.14 | Percentage of workplaces with policies, strategies and actions in place to support employees experiencing family and domestic violence | Proportion of employers with a policy or strategy to support employees experiencing family or domestic violence |
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1.1.15 | Percentage of people who are safe at school (sexual and physical abuse) | The percentage of people who have experienced abuse before the age of 15 in an institutional setting |
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1.1.16 | Percentage of people who are safe in the community (sexual harassment) | Of women who have experienced sexual harassment in the last 12 months, the percentage that have experienced it face-to-face |
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1.1.17 | Percentage of people who are safe in the community (physical violence) | Of people who experienced physical violence in the last 12 months, the percentage who experienced it at a place of entertainment or recreation or outside |
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1.1.18 | Percentage of people who are safe online | Of women who experienced sexual harassment in the last 12 months, the percentage who experienced it electronically |
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