Three-quarters of Australians believe domestic violence is as much or more of a threat than terrorism, new polling shows.

Australian of the Year Rosie Batty said the results show governments need to reassess their priorities and allocate more funding to preventing and responding to domestic violence.

Rosie Batty, 2015 Australian of the Year, addresses the National Press Club of Australia in June. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

The Essential Research poll of 1000 people across the nation, conducted for gender equality organisation Fair Agenda, found 74 per cent of Australians believe domestic violence is as much or more of a threat than terrorism.

Forty-eight per cent of those surveyed said they consider domestic violence more of a threat than terrorism while 18 per cent said it was less of a threat. Twenty-six per cent of respondents said the threat of domestic violence was "about the same" as the threat of terrorism.