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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 2,187 non-English speakers in the City of Merri-bek provided unpaid care for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in the City of Merri-bek 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 | |||||||
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| City of Merri-bek - non-English | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Unpaid child care | Number | % | City of Merri-bek - Total population | Number | % | City of Merri-bek - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Provided unpaid child care (all) | 12,175 | 23.9 | 22.3 | 13,444 | 25.1 | 23.3 | -1,269 |
| Cared for own child/ren | 9,988 | 19.6 | 18.4 | 10,283 | 19.2 | 17.8 | -295 |
| Cared for other child/ren | 2,016 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2,933 | 5.5 | 5.0 | -917 |
| Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren | 171 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 230 | 0.4 | 0.6 | -59 |
| No unpaid child care provided | 37,909 | 74.4 | 72.7 | 38,852 | 72.4 | 69.3 | -943 |
| Not stated | 850 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 1,354 | 2.5 | 7.4 | -504 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 50,934 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 53,652 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -2,718 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the non-English speaking population in the City of Merri-bek in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Merri-bek shows that there was a higher proportion of persons who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 23.9% of the non-English speaking population provided unpaid child care, compared with 22.3% for the total population in the City of Merri-bek.
The major differences between the share of the non-English speaking population providing unpaid child care in the City of Merri-bek and the total population in the City of Merri-bek were:
- A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (74.4% compared to 72.7%)
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid child care (all) (23.9% compared to 22.3%)
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (19.6% compared to 18.4%)
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 Merri-bek decreased by 1,269 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of non-English speakers performing unpaid child care in the City of Merri-bek, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:
- Provided unpaid child care (all) (-1,269 persons)
- No unpaid child care provided (-943 persons)
- Cared for other child/ren (-917 persons)
- Cared for own child/ren (-295 persons)
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