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Central Coast Council area

Unpaid childcare

In Central Coast Council area 1,954 males (21.4% of males aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 543 males were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Central Coast 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
Central Coast Council area - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Regional TAS %Number%Regional TAS %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)1,95421.421.01,90422.321.9+50
Cared for own child/ren1,41115.415.81,41616.616.5-5
Cared for other child/ren4835.34.74365.14.9+47
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren600.70.5520.60.5+8
No unpaid child care provided6,61972.472.35,94169.769.1+678
Not stated5636.26.76788.09.0-115
Total persons aged 15+9,136100.0100.08,523100.0100.0+613
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 male population in Central Coast Council area in 2021 compared to Regional TAS shows that there was a similar proportion of males who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 21.4% of the male population provided unpaid child care, compared with 21.0% for Regional TAS.

There were no major differences between Central Coast Council area and Regional TAS in 2021.

Emerging groups

The number of males who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Central Coast Council area increased by 50 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the number of males performing unpaid child care in Central Coast Council area, between 2016 and 2021 was those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+678 males)

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