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Camden Council area

Unpaid childcare

In Camden Council area 31,460 people (35.3% of people aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 4,534 people were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Camden Council area 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.

Q:

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.

Unpaid childcare
Camden Council area - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Spring Farm %Number%Spring Farm %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)31,46035.342.421,53236.242.7+9,928
Cared for own child/ren26,92630.237.216,09627.034.5+10,830
Cared for other child/ren4,0274.54.34,8408.17.3-813
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren5070.60.95961.00.9-89
No unpaid child care provided54,12060.754.634,45957.952.3+19,661
Not stated3,6494.13.03,5275.95.0+122
Total persons aged 15+89,229100.0100.059,518100.0100.0+29,711
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 child care provided by the population in Camden Council area in 2021 compared to Spring Farm shows that there was a lower proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 35.3% of the population provided unpaid child care, compared with 42.4% for Spring Farm.

The major differences between the share of the population providing unpaid child care in Camden Council area and Spring Farm were:

  • A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (60.7% compared to 54.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (30.2% compared to 37.2%)

Emerging groups

The number of people who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Camden Council area increased by 9,928 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid child care in Camden Council area, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+19,661 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+10,830 persons)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-813 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren (-89 persons)

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