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Unpaid childcare

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In 2021, 3,206 people born overseas in the City of Knox, provided unpaid care for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in the City of Knox 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
City of Knox - born overseas20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%City of Knox - Total populationNumber%City of Knox - Total population2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)15,48730.727.813,82931.228.9+1,658
Cared for own child/ren12,28124.320.910,25123.220.6+2,030
Cared for other child/ren3,0576.16.33,3797.67.6-322
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren1490.30.52010.50.7-52
No unpaid child care provided34,27867.968.529,46666.665.8+4,812
Not stated7101.43.89632.25.3-253
Total persons aged 15+50,475100.0100.044,258100.0100.0+6,217
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 the City of Knox in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Knox shows that there was a higher proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 30.7% of the born overseas provided unpaid child care, compared with 27.8% for the total population in the City of Knox.

The major difference between the share of the born overseas providing unpaid child care in the City of Knox and the total population in the City of Knox was:

  • A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (24.3% compared to 20.9%)

Emerging groups

The number of born overseas who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in the City of Knox increased by 1,658 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of born overseas performing unpaid child care in the City of Knox, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+4,812 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+2,030 persons)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-322 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren (-52 persons)

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