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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Bay Street Activity Centre 23% of the female 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 Bay Street Activity Centre 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 | |||||||
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| Bay Street Activity Centre - Females aged 15+ (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Hours spent on unpaid domestic work | Number | % | Ebden Ward % | Number | % | Ebden Ward % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Did unpaid domestic work | 891 | 72.8 | 80.7 | 899 | 70.5 | 80.4 | -9 |
| Less than 5 hours | 207 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 250 | 19.6 | 18.0 | -43 |
| Between 5 and 14 hours | 406 | 33.2 | 31.4 | 355 | 27.8 | 29.9 | +51 |
| Between 15 and 29 hours | 176 | 14.4 | 20.1 | 178 | 14.0 | 18.3 | -2 |
| 30 hours or more | 102 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 116 | 9.1 | 14.1 | -14 |
| Did no unpaid domestic work | 258 | 21.1 | 15.7 | 262 | 20.5 | 13.3 | -4 |
| Not stated | 75 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 115 | 9.0 | 6.2 | -40 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 1,224 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,277 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -53 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid domestic work performed by the female population in Bay Street Activity Centre in 2021 compared to Ebden Ward shows that there was a lower proportion of females who performed 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work per week.
Overall, 23% of the female population reported performing 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work, compared with 31.4% for Ebden Ward.
The major differences between the share of the female population performing unpaid domestic work in Bay Street Activity Centre and Ebden Ward were:
- A larger percentage of females who did no unpaid domestic work (21.1% compared to 15.7%)
- A smaller percentage of females who did unpaid domestic work (total) (72.8% compared to 80.7%)
- A smaller percentage of females who did between 15 and 29 hours of domestic work (14.4% compared to 20.1%)
- A smaller percentage of females who did 30 hours or more of domestic work (8.3% compared to 11.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest change in the number of females performing unpaid domestic work in Bay Street Activity Centre, between 2016 and 2021 was those who:
- Between 5 and 14 hours (+51 females)
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