As of 2016, over one million women reported experiencing inappropriate comments during the last 12 months. That same year, about 69 thousand women had pictures or videos of them distributed without consent.
Number of females with experience of sexual harassment in Australia in 2016, by type of sexual harassment experienced
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Number of women in thousands
Inappropriate comments
1,088.5
Indecent text, email or post
653.3
Unwanted touching, grabbing, kissing or fondling
484.3
Indecent phone call
312.6
Exposed to pictures or videos
299.3
Indecent exposure
255.5
Distributed or posted pictures or videos without consent
Components cannot be added together to produce a total. Where a person has experienced more than one of the selected types of sexual harassment they are counted separately for each type of sexual harassment they experienced.
Profit from the additional features of your individual account
Currently, you are using a shared account. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set
statistic alerts) please log in with your personal account.
If you are an admin, please authenticate by logging in again.
Learn more about how Statista can support your business.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 15, 2020). Number of females with experience of sexual harassment in Australia in 2016, by type of sexual harassment experienced (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/647634/australia-number-of-females-experiencing-sexual-harassment-by-type-of-harassment/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of females with experience of sexual harassment in Australia in 2016, by type of sexual harassment experienced (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 15, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/647634/australia-number-of-females-experiencing-sexual-harassment-by-type-of-harassment/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2020). Number of females with experience of sexual harassment in Australia in 2016, by type of sexual harassment experienced (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/647634/australia-number-of-females-experiencing-sexual-harassment-by-type-of-harassment/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of Females with Experience of Sexual Harassment in Australia in 2016, by Type of Sexual Harassment Experienced (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/647634/australia-number-of-females-experiencing-sexual-harassment-by-type-of-harassment/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Number of females with experience of sexual harassment in Australia in 2016, by type of sexual harassment experienced (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/647634/australia-number-of-females-experiencing-sexual-harassment-by-type-of-harassment/ (last visited December 27, 2024)
Number of females with experience of sexual harassment in Australia in 2016, by type of sexual harassment experienced (in 1,000s) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/647634/australia-number-of-females-experiencing-sexual-harassment-by-type-of-harassment/
