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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) 3,089 people (41.5% of people aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 355 people were caring for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) 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.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the population in Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) in 2021 compared to the City of Casey shows that there was a higher proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 41.5% of the population provided unpaid child care, compared with 31.1% for the City of Casey.
The major differences between the share of the population providing unpaid child care in Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) and the City of Casey were:
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (36.8% compared to 25.2%)
- A smaller percentage who did not provide care for children (54.7% compared to 63.5%)
- A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for other child/ren (4.3% compared to 5.3%)
Emerging groups
The number of people who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons) increased by 2,283 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid child care in Clyde North (Grices to Thompsons), between 2016 and 2021 were those who:
- No unpaid child care provided (+2,996 persons)
- Cared for own child/ren (+2,056 persons)
- Cared for other child/ren (+206 persons)
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