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Bass Coast ShireCommunity profile

Bass Coast Shire

Unpaid domestic work

In Bass Coast Shire 26% of the population over 15 did more than 14 hours of housework each week in 2021.

There has been increased interest in identifying, acknowledging and valuing the unpaid work that supports home and community life. The changing amount of time spent on unpaid housework in different Household Types and, particularly the distribution of this work within the household, can indicate the changing roles of males, females and older children in society. The level of unpaid domestic work in Bass Coast Shire may also be related to Household Income, as higher income households are able to outsource some of these tasks.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'In the last week did the person spend time doing unpaid domestic work for their household?'

Unpaid domestic work
Bass Coast Shire - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Hours spent on unpaid domestic workNumber%Bass Coast Mainland %Number%Bass Coast Mainland %2016 to 2021
Did unpaid domestic work24,62271.170.819,08869.568.7+5,534
Less than 5 hours5,84216.917.04,94318.018.1+899
Between 5 and 14 hours9,82028.427.97,33326.725.9+2,487
Between 15 and 29 hours5,21215.115.23,76813.713.3+1,444
30 hours or more3,74810.810.73,04411.111.4+704
Did no unpaid domestic work7,27321.021.85,45319.920.1+1,820
Not stated2,7257.97.32,91810.611.2-193
Total persons aged 15+34,620100.0100.027,459100.0100.0+7,161
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the unpaid domestic work performed by the population in Bass Coast Shire in 2021 compared to Bass Coast Mainland shows that there was a similar proportion of persons who performed 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work per week.

Overall, 26% of the population reported performing 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work, compared with 25.9% for Bass Coast Mainland.

The major differences between the share of the population performing unpaid domestic work in Bass Coast Shire and Bass Coast Mainland were:

  • A larger percentage of persons who did between 5 and 14 hours of domestic work (28.4% compared to 27.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of persons who did no unpaid domestic work (21.0% compared to 21.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid domestic work in Bass Coast Shire, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • Did unpaid domestic work (+5,534 persons)
  • Between 5 and 14 hours (+2,487 persons)
  • Did no unpaid domestic work (+1,820 persons)
  • Between 15 and 29 hours (+1,444 persons)

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