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Mornington Peninsula ShireCommunity profile

Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie

Unpaid domestic work

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In Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie 35% of the female population over 15 did more than 14 hours of housework each week in 2021.

There has been increased interest in identifying, acknowledging and valuing the unpaid work that supports home and community life. The changing amount of time spent on unpaid housework in different Household Types and, particularly the distribution of this work within the household, can indicate the changing roles of males, females and older children in society. The level of unpaid domestic work in Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie may also be related to Household Income, as higher income households are able to outsource some of these tasks.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'In the last week did the person spend time doing unpaid domestic work for their household?'

Unpaid domestic work
Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie - Females aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Hours spent on unpaid domestic workNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2016 to 2021
Did unpaid domestic work1,97376.674.41,52674.475.1+447
Less than 5 hours27710.813.825612.514.8+21
Between 5 and 14 hours78730.628.155927.327.2+228
Between 15 and 29 hours51920.218.541020.018.0+109
30 hours or more39015.114.130114.715.1+89
Did no unpaid domestic work35913.919.128413.916.3+75
Not stated2439.46.524011.78.6+3
Total persons aged 15+2,575100.0100.02,050100.0100.0+525
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the unpaid domestic work performed by the female population in Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie in 2021 compared to Mornington Peninsula Shire shows that there was a higher proportion of females who performed 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work per week.

Overall, 35% of the female population reported performing 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work, compared with 32.6% for Mornington Peninsula Shire.

The major differences between the share of the female population performing unpaid domestic work in Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie and Mornington Peninsula Shire were:

  • A larger percentage of females who did between 5 and 14 hours of domestic work (30.6% compared to 28.1%)
  • A larger percentage of females who did unpaid domestic work (total) (76.6% compared to 74.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of females who did no unpaid domestic work (13.9% compared to 19.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of females who did less than 5 hours of domestic work (10.8% compared to 13.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the number of females performing unpaid domestic work in Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • Did unpaid domestic work (+447 females)
  • Between 5 and 14 hours (+228 females)
  • Between 15 and 29 hours (+109 females)
  • 30 hours or more (+89 females)

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