idc-logo
svg rectangle color
City of NewcastleCommunity profile

City of Newcastle

Unpaid childcare

In the City of Newcastle 15,488 males (22.5% of males aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 3,407 males were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in the City of Newcastle 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
City of Newcastle - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Regional NSW %Number%Regional NSW %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)15,48822.522.115,07923.923.1+409
Cared for own child/ren12,08117.516.911,14717.717.0+934
Cared for other child/ren3,1204.54.63,6115.75.6-491
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren2870.40.53210.50.5-34
No unpaid child care provided49,42671.770.043,44268.966.8+5,984
Not stated3,9805.87.94,5367.210.0-556
Total persons aged 15+68,894100.0100.063,057100.0100.0+5,837
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 male population in the City of Newcastle in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a similar proportion of males who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 22.5% of the male population provided unpaid child care, compared with 22.1% for Regional NSW.

The major difference between the share of the male population providing unpaid child care in the City of Newcastle and Regional NSW was:

  • A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (71.7% compared to 70.0%)

Emerging groups

The number of males who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in City of Newcastle increased by 409 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of males performing unpaid child care in the City of Newcastle, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+5,984 males)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+934 males)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-491 males)

DISCLAIMER: While all due care has been taken to ensure that the content of this website is accurate and current, there may be errors or omissions in it and no legal responsibility is accepted for the information and opinions in this website.

Please view our Privacy Policy, Terms of use and Legal notices. Stats NZ Data and the copyright in the Stats NZ Data remains the property of the Statistics New Zealand.

The copyright in the way .id has modified, transformed or reconfigured the Stats NZ Data as published on this website remains the property of .id. Stats NZ Data can be accessed on the Statistics New Zealand website at www.stats.govt.nz. Unless otherwise specified, content that Stats NZ produce is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. For further information see https://www.stats.govt.nz/about-us/copyright/.