Women and girls in NSW

Key facts and figures:

• 4,087,995 women in NSW.¹
• 139,856 women in NSW are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.²
• 51% of people in NSW are women.³
• For every dollar a man in NSW earns, a woman earns 88 cents.⁴    
• Women are 2x as likely as men to be victim- survivors of domestic and family violence assault.⁵
• Men are 3x more likely to be domestic and family violence offenders.⁶
• 83% of sexual assault victims in NSW are women, an increase of 10% since 2018.⁷
• 18.6% of graduates in engineering and information technology in 2020 were women, up from 14.3% in 2010.⁸
• In 2021, women comprised 34.9% of completions for all apprenticeships and traineeships.⁹
• in 2020-2021, women were 69% more likely than men to have an anxiety disorder.¹⁰
• 453,328 women in NSW are carers. Almost 60% of all carers are women.¹¹
• Women across NSW provide unpaid care valued at $12.6 billion per annum.¹²
• 42.7% of the NSW Public Service senior leaders in 2021 were women.¹³   
• 34% of directors in ASX 300 companies in 2022 were women.¹⁴    
• Almost 40% of local government councillors in NSW in 2021 are women, up from 31% in 2016–17.¹⁵
• Women make up 42% of government boards in 2022, up from 38% in 2014.¹⁶ 
• 33% of women in NSW use a language other than English at home .¹⁷
• Women retire with 42% less superannuation on average compared to men.¹⁸
• 23% of women retire with no superannuation at all.¹⁹