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Unpaid childcare

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In 2021, 2,872 non-English speakers in the City of Melton provided unpaid care for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in the City of Melton 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 Melton - non-English20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%City of Melton - Total populationNumber%City of Melton - Total population2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)21,12238.632.213,41938.333.7+7,703
Cared for own child/ren18,25033.326.711,03831.526.4+7,212
Cared for other child/ren2,6114.85.02,1726.26.6+439
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren2610.50.62090.60.7+52
No unpaid child care provided32,68359.760.320,85259.557.9+11,831
Not stated9621.87.57972.38.4+165
Total persons aged 15+54,767100.0100.035,068100.0100.0+19,699
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 non-English speaking population in the City of Melton in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Melton shows that there was a higher proportion of persons who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 38.6% of the non-English speaking population provided unpaid child care, compared with 32.2% for the total population in the City of Melton.

The major differences between the share of the non-English speaking population providing unpaid child care in the City of Melton and the total population in the City of Melton were:

  • A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (33.3% compared to 26.7%)
  • A larger percentage who provided unpaid child care (all) (38.6% compared to 32.2%)

Emerging groups

The number of non-English speakers who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in City of Melton increased by 7,703 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of non-English speakers performing unpaid child care in the City of Melton, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+11,831 persons)
  • Provided unpaid child care (all) (+7,703 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+7,212 persons)
  • Cared for other child/ren (+439 persons)

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