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Central Coast NSWCommunity profile

Central Coast Council area

Unpaid childcare

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In 2021, 2,667 people born overseas in Central Coast NSW, provided unpaid care for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Central Coast NSW 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. Some overseas-born communities, particularly those with multiple generations speaking the same language, may have a higher level of extended family care for children than the wider population.

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 Unpaid Care to an aged or disabled person.

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
Central Coast NSW - born overseas20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Central Coast Council area - Total populationNumber%Central Coast Council area - Total population2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)14,13526.425.713,42829.328.9+707
Cared for own child/ren11,46821.420.19,28220.219.5+2,186
Cared for other child/ren2,4754.65.23,8048.38.4-1,329
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren1920.40.53450.80.9-153
No unpaid child care provided38,19471.468.230,82067.263.2+7,374
Not stated1,1912.26.11,6083.57.9-417
Total persons aged 15+53,520100.0100.045,856100.0100.0+7,664
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 born overseas in Central Coast NSW in 2021 compared to the total population in Central Coast NSW shows that there was a higher proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 26.4% of the born overseas provided unpaid child care, compared with 25.7% for the total population in Central Coast NSW.

The major differences between the share of the born overseas providing unpaid child care in Central Coast Council area and the total population in Central Coast NSW were:

  • A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (71.4% compared to 68.2%)
  • A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (21.4% compared to 20.1%)

Emerging groups

The number of born overseas who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Central Coast NSW increased by 707 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of born overseas performing unpaid child care in Central Coast Council area, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+7,374 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+2,186 persons)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-1,329 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren (-153 persons)

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