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Caroline Springs

Unpaid childcare

In Caroline Springs 3,359 females (34.7% of females aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 603 females were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Caroline Springs 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
Caroline Springs - Females aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%City of Melton %Number%City of Melton %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)3,35934.736.63,79241.838.4-433
Cared for own child/ren2,75628.529.23,03233.428.7-276
Cared for other child/ren5405.66.76797.58.7-139
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren630.70.8810.91.1-18
No unpaid child care provided5,87560.757.24,71751.953.7+1,158
Not stated4374.56.25736.37.9-136
Total persons aged 15+9,671100.0100.09,082100.0100.0+589
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 female population in Caroline Springs in 2021 compared to the City of Melton shows that there was a lower proportion of females who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 34.7% of the female population provided unpaid child care, compared with 36.6% for the City of Melton.

The major differences between the share of the female population providing unpaid child care in Caroline Springs and the City of Melton were:

  • A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (60.7% compared to 57.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for other child/ren (5.6% compared to 6.7%)

Emerging groups

The number of females who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Caroline Springs decreased by 433 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of females performing unpaid child care in Caroline Springs, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+1,158 females)
  • Cared for own child/ren (-276 females)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-139 females)

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