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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Melton East 9,508 females (35.5% of females aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 1,817 females were caring for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in Melton East 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.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the female population in Melton East in 2021 compared to Interface Councils shows that there was a higher proportion of females who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 35.5% of the female population provided unpaid child care, compared with 34.5% for Interface Councils.
The major differences between the share of the female population providing unpaid child care in Melton East and Interface Councils were:
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (28.7% compared to 26.3%)
- A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for other child/ren (6.1% compared to 7.4%)
Emerging groups
The number of females who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Melton East decreased by 583 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of females performing unpaid child care in Melton East, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:
- No unpaid child care provided (+2,883 females)
- Cared for own child/ren (-306 females)
- Cared for other child/ren (-224 females)
- Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren (-53 females)
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