The Central Statistics Office (CSO) reports that one in four adult women had been sexually abused by their partner.
The level for males is 6%, which is more than four times higher.
Those who were “White-Irish Traveller/Roma/other white background” were more likely to have reported experiencing sexual violence as an adult with a partner (19%) than those who were “Asian or Asian Irish” (7%).
An adult non-partner sexual assault was experienced by just under 30% of women, which is more than three times the 9% rate for males.
For both men (30%) and women (26%), pubs, clubs, or discos were the most frequent setting for sexual assault committed as an adult against a non-partner.
The vast majority of the criminals were men overall.
Comparatively, just 6% of those with only a primary level of education or less reported having experienced sexual violence as an adult, compared to more than one in three persons with a third level of education.
The statistics show that 9% of all people who faced sexual violence as an adult suffered the experience within the 12 months prior to the CSO survey.
For those aged 18-24, the rate was more than three times greater at 30%.
More than eight in 10 adults (84%) who experienced sexual violence as an adult with a partner and almost nine in 10 adults (87%) who experienced sexual violence as an adult with a non-partner reported that the perpetrator was male.
In comparison to heterosexual/straight individuals (25%), bisexual and gay/lesbian individuals (55% and 40%, respectively) reported greater levels of sexual violence as an adult.