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Mount Barker District CouncilCommunity profile

Macclesfield and District

Unpaid domestic work

In Macclesfield and District 28% of the 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 Macclesfield and District 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
Macclesfield and District - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Hours spent on unpaid domestic workNumber%Mount Barker District Council %Number%Mount Barker District Council %2016 to 2021
Did unpaid domestic work1,33882.778.61,19379.678.1+145
Less than 5 hours35121.721.827918.622.2+72
Between 5 and 14 hours53933.332.450533.730.7+34
Between 15 and 29 hours28317.514.624216.214.5+41
30 hours or more16510.29.816711.110.7-2
Did no unpaid domestic work19111.816.919513.014.7-4
Not stated895.54.51107.37.2-21
Total persons aged 15+1,618100.0100.01,498100.0100.0+120
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 population in Macclesfield and District in 2021 compared to the Mount Barker District Council shows that there was a higher proportion of persons who performed 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work per week.

Overall, 28% of the population reported performing 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work, compared with 24.4% for the Mount Barker District Council.

The major differences between the share of the population performing unpaid domestic work in Macclesfield and District and the Mount Barker District Council were:

  • A larger percentage of persons who did unpaid domestic work (total) (82.7% compared to 78.6%)
  • A larger percentage of persons who did between 15 and 29 hours of domestic work (17.5% compared to 14.6%)
  • A larger percentage of persons who did between 5 and 14 hours of domestic work (33.3% compared to 32.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of persons who did no unpaid domestic work (11.8% compared to 16.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid domestic work in Macclesfield and District, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • Did unpaid domestic work (+145 persons)
  • Less than 5 hours (+72 persons)

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