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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Brooklyn Park - Adelaide Airport 19% of the population over 15 did more than 14 hours of housework each week in 2021.
There has been increased interest in identifying, acknowledging and valuing the unpaid work that supports home and community life. The changing amount of time spent on unpaid housework in different Household Types and, particularly the distribution of this work within the household, can indicate the changing roles of males, females and older children in society. The level of unpaid domestic work in Brooklyn Park - Adelaide Airport may also be related to Household Income, as higher income households are able to outsource some of these tasks.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'In the last week did the person spend time doing unpaid domestic work for their household?'
| Unpaid domestic work | |||||||
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| Brooklyn Park - Adelaide Airport - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Hours spent on unpaid domestic work | Number | % | North Plympton - Netley % | Number | % | North Plympton - Netley % | 2011 to 2021 |
| Did unpaid domestic work | 2,883 | 67.1 | 66.2 | 2,620 | 67.3 | 63.9 | +263 |
| Less than 5 hours | 858 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 881 | 22.6 | 20.3 | -23 |
| Between 5 and 14 hours | 1,191 | 27.7 | 26.4 | 1,057 | 27.1 | 23.7 | +134 |
| Between 15 and 29 hours | 496 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 410 | 10.5 | 11.0 | +86 |
| 30 hours or more | 338 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 272 | 7.0 | 8.9 | +66 |
| Did no unpaid domestic work | 1,226 | 28.6 | 30.3 | 908 | 23.3 | 26.2 | +318 |
| Not stated | 185 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 367 | 9.4 | 9.9 | -182 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 4,294 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,895 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +399 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid domestic work performed by the population in Brooklyn Park - Adelaide Airport in 2021 compared to North Plympton - Netley shows that there was a similar proportion of persons who performed 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work per week.
Overall, 19% of the population reported performing 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work, compared with 19.2% for North Plympton - Netley.
The major differences between the share of the population performing unpaid domestic work in Brooklyn Park - Adelaide Airport and North Plympton - Netley were:
- A larger percentage of persons who did between 5 and 14 hours of domestic work (27.7% compared to 26.4%)
- A larger percentage of persons who did unpaid domestic work (total) (67.1% compared to 66.2%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who did no unpaid domestic work (28.6% compared to 30.3%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who did less than 5 hours of domestic work (20.0% compared to 20.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid domestic work in Brooklyn Park - Adelaide Airport, between 2011 and 2021 were those who:
- Did no unpaid domestic work (+318 persons)
- Did unpaid domestic work (+263 persons)
- Between 5 and 14 hours (+134 persons)
- Between 15 and 29 hours (+86 persons)
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