Seven Hills
Unpaid childcare
In Seven Hills 4,558 people (29.1% of people aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2016. Of these, 1,176 people were caring for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in Seven Hills is determined by many different factors. For example areas with high levels of unpaid child care may have a dominance of single income families with one significant earner, or there could be a lack of provision of paid child care in the area. The level to which people care for others children can also indicate the role of extended family (eg. grandparents caring for grandchildren, family day care).
The role of unpaid child care is a complex one so this topic should be viewed in conjunction with several others, including Household Type, Employment, Household Income and Educational Attendance.
Derived from the Census question:
'In the last two weeks did the person spend time looking after a child, without pay?', which specifically asks respondents to differentiate between caring for their own children and caring for others children.
Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the population in Seven Hills in 2016 compared to Tregear shows that there was a higher proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 29.1% of the population provided unpaid child care, compared with 24.4% for Tregear.
The major differences between the share of the population providing unpaid child care in Seven Hills and Tregear were:
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (21.6% compared to 16.4%)
- A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (64.2% compared to 61.1%)
Emerging groups
The number of people who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Seven Hills increased by 277 between 2011 and 2016.
The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid child care in Seven Hills, between 2011 and 2016 were those who:
- Provided no unpaid child care (+504 persons)
- Cared for their own child/ren (+273 persons)
- Cared for other child/ren (+51 persons)