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Dandenong Foothills Policy Area

Unpaid childcare

In Dandenong Foothills Policy Area 7,201 people (28.6% of people aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 1,864 people were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Dandenong Foothills Policy 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
Dandenong Foothills Policy Area - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%City of Knox %Number%City of Knox %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)7,20128.627.87,20529.728.9-5
Cared for own child/ren5,33721.220.95,04420.820.6+293
Cared for other child/ren1,7056.86.31,9207.97.6-216
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren1590.60.52401.00.7-82
No unpaid child care provided16,96167.468.515,57864.265.8+1,383
Not stated1,0014.03.81,4776.15.3-477
Total persons aged 15+25,163100.0100.024,261100.0100.0+901
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 population in Dandenong Foothills Policy Area in 2021 compared to 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, 28.6% of the population provided unpaid child care, compared with 27.8% for the City of Knox.

The major difference between the share of the population providing unpaid child care in Dandenong Foothills Policy Area and the City of Knox was:

  • A smaller percentage who did not provide care for children (67.4% compared to 68.5%)

Emerging groups

The number of people who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Dandenong Foothills Policy Area decreased by 4 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid child care in Dandenong Foothills Policy Area, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+1,383 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+293 persons)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-216 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren (-82 persons)

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