Canterbury
Unpaid childcare
In Canterbury 1,133 females (31.8% of females aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2016. Of these, 407 females were caring for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in Canterbury 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 female population in Canterbury in 2016 compared to Hawthorn shows that there was a higher proportion of females who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 31.8% of the female population provided unpaid child care, compared with 23.7% for Hawthorn.
The major differences between the share of the female population providing unpaid child care in Canterbury and Hawthorn were:
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (20.4% compared to 15.7%)
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for other child/ren (10.9% compared to 7.6%)
- A smaller percentage who did not provide care for children (62.9% compared to 68.5%)
Emerging groups
The number of females who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Canterbury increased by 61 between 2011 and 2016.
There were no major differences in Canterbury between 2011 and 2016.