BULLYING STATISTICS IN SCHOOLS

The statistics show that 1 in 4 kids are currently being bullied in Australian Schools and 3 out of 4 kids have witnessed it being done to someone at their school at one time or another.

According to the Bureau of Statistics annual report (2017) there are 3,849,225 school kids in Australia. Based on these bullying statistics, this means that there are approximately 962,306 kids being bullied in schools today. As the number of children attending school increases year on year, the problem will continue to grow.

According to The economic cost of bullying in Australian schools, a report conducted by PwC on behalf of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, the costs associated with bullying total an estimated $2.3 billion incurred while the children are in school and for 20 years after school completion, for each individual school year group. The report also states that, each year, 543,000 bully perpetrators instigate more than 45 million bullying incidents.