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Elizabeth North

Unpaid childcare

In Elizabeth North 256 males (17.9% of males aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 56 males were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Elizabeth North 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
Elizabeth North - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212011Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Andrews Farm %Number%Andrews Farm %2011 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)25617.930.525521.433.6+1
Cared for own child/ren20014.023.918815.826.8+12
Cared for other child/ren493.45.4615.15.6-12
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren70.51.260.51.2+1
No unpaid child care provided1,00370.164.681568.460.1+188
Not stated17212.04.912210.26.4+50
Total persons aged 15+1,431100.0100.01,192100.0100.0+239
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Elizabeth North in 2021 compared to Andrews Farm shows that there was a lower proportion of males who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 17.9% of the male population provided unpaid child care, compared with 30.5% for Andrews Farm.

The major differences between the share of the male population providing unpaid child care in Elizabeth North and Andrews Farm were:

  • A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (70.1% compared to 64.6%)
  • A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (14.0% compared to 23.9%)
  • A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for other child/ren (3.4% compared to 5.4%)

Emerging groups

The number of males who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Elizabeth North increased by 1 between 2011 and 2021.

The largest change in the number of males performing unpaid child care in Elizabeth North, between 2011 and 2021 was those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+188 males)

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