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Mount Barker District CouncilCommunity profile

Mount Barker - Wistow and District

Unpaid childcare

In Mount Barker - Wistow and District 4,680 people (31.0% of people aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 1,263 people were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Mount Barker - Wistow and District 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
Mount Barker - Wistow and District - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Mount Barker District Council %Number%Mount Barker District Council %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)4,68031.031.03,61631.932.2+1,064
Cared for own child/ren3,41722.722.32,46221.722.4+955
Cared for other child/ren1,0957.37.61,0199.08.7+76
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren1681.11.11341.21.2+34
No unpaid child care provided9,79465.064.57,00661.761.3+2,787
Not stated6024.04.47266.46.5-125
Total persons aged 15+15,076100.0100.011,349100.0100.0+3,726
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 population in Mount Barker - Wistow and District in 2021 compared to the Mount Barker District Council shows that there was a similar proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 31.0% of the population provided unpaid child care, compared with 31.0% for the Mount Barker District Council.

There were no major differences between Mount Barker - Wistow and District and Mount Barker District Council in 2021.

Emerging groups

The number of people who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Mount Barker - Wistow and District increased by 1,064 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid child care in Mount Barker - Wistow and District, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+2,787 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+955 persons)
  • Cared for other child/ren (+76 persons)

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