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City of Knox

Unpaid childcare

In the City of Knox 15,853 males (24.8% of males aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 3,044 males were caring 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. 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
City of Knox - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)15,85324.823.515,47225.223.9+381
Cared for own child/ren12,80920.119.711,92419.419.0+885
Cared for other child/ren2,8334.43.53,2785.34.5-445
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren2110.30.32700.40.4-59
No unpaid child care provided45,61571.470.942,59769.468.6+3,018
Not stated2,4133.85.73,2705.37.5-857
Total persons aged 15+63,881100.0100.061,339100.0100.0+2,542
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 the City of Knox in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a higher proportion of males who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 24.8% of the male population provided unpaid child care, compared with 23.5% for Greater Melbourne.

There were no major differences between City of Knox and Greater Melbourne in 2021.

Emerging groups

The number of males who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in City of Knox increased by 381 between 2016 and 2021.

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

  • No unpaid child care provided (+3,018 males)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+885 males)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-445 males)
  • Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren (-59 males)

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