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Ferntree Gully

Unpaid childcare

In Ferntree Gully 6,321 people (28.0% of people aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 1,561 people were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Ferntree Gully 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
Ferntree Gully - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)6,32128.027.86,46329.828.9-142
Cared for own child/ren4,76021.120.94,52320.820.6+237
Cared for other child/ren1,4096.26.31,7528.17.6-343
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren1520.70.51880.90.7-36
No unpaid child care provided15,37268.168.514,09264.965.8+1,280
Not stated8934.03.81,1465.35.3-253
Total persons aged 15+22,586100.0100.021,701100.0100.0+885
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the population in Ferntree Gully in 2021 compared to the City of Knox shows that there was a similar proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 28.0% of the population provided unpaid child care, compared with 27.8% for the City of Knox.

There were no major differences between Ferntree Gully and City of Knox in 2021.

Emerging groups

The number of people who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Ferntree Gully decreased by 142 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid child care in Ferntree Gully, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+1,280 persons)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-343 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+237 persons)

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