Essential Report

Domestic violence

Oct 6, 2015

Q: Thinking about the issue of domestic violence, would you say it is an issue that typically:

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote Other
Can affect people like me and people I know well	62%	66%	61%	64%	64%
Probably doesn’t affect people like me and people I know well	27%	26%	30%	30%	26%
Don’t know	11%	8%	9%	6%	11%

62% think that the issue of domestic violence can affect people like me and people I know well and 27% think it probably doesn’t.

Those most likely to think it can affect people like them were women (70%) and those with dependent children (67%).

32% of men and 36% of those aged 55+ think it probably doesn’t affect people like them.

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