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Shire of PlantagenetCommunity profile

Shire of Plantagenet

Unpaid childcare

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In the Shire of Plantagenet 990 people (22.0% of people aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 321 people were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in the Shire of Plantagenet 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
Shire of Plantagenet - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Regional WA %Number%Regional WA %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)99022.026.497223.227.7+18
Cared for own child/ren66914.918.767316.020.0-4
Cared for other child/ren2726.16.52816.76.7-9
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren491.11.2180.41.0+31
No unpaid child care provided2,93965.462.22,70064.460.0+239
Not stated56212.511.452212.412.3+40
Total persons aged 15+4,491100.0100.04,194100.0100.0+297
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 the Shire of Plantagenet in 2021 compared to Regional WA shows that there was a lower proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 22.0% of the population provided unpaid child care, compared with 26.4% for Regional WA.

The major differences between the share of the population providing unpaid child care in the Shire of Plantagenet and Regional WA were:

  • A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (65.4% compared to 62.2%)
  • A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (14.9% compared to 18.7%)

Emerging groups

The number of people who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Shire of Plantagenet increased by 18 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the number of people performing unpaid child care in the Shire of Plantagenet, between 2016 and 2021 was those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+239 persons)

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