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Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds

Unpaid childcare

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In Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds 567 females (24.5% of females aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 214 females were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds 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.

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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
Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds - Females aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Shoalhaven City %Number%Shoalhaven City %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)56724.526.451324.028.0+54
Cared for own child/ren35315.317.031214.617.2+41
Cared for other child/ren1908.28.31798.49.8+11
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren241.01.0221.01.1+2
No unpaid child care provided1,62370.267.11,42866.862.3+195
Not stated1225.36.51979.29.7-75
Total persons aged 15+2,312100.0100.02,138100.0100.0+174
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 female population in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds in 2021 compared to Shoalhaven City shows that there was a lower proportion of females who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 24.5% of the female population provided unpaid child care, compared with 26.4% for Shoalhaven City.

The major differences between the share of the female population providing unpaid child care in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds and Shoalhaven City were:

  • A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (70.2% compared to 67.1%)
  • A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (15.3% compared to 17.0%)

Emerging groups

The number of females who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds increased by 54 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the number of females performing unpaid child care in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds, between 2016 and 2021 was those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+195 females)

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