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City of Whitehorse

Unpaid childcare

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In 2021, 2,561 non-English speakers in the City of Whitehorse provided unpaid care for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in the City of Whitehorse 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. Some overseas-born communities, particularly those with multiple generations speaking the same language, may have a higher level of extended family care for children than the wider population.

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 Unpaid Care to an aged or disabled person.

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 Whitehorse - non-English20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%City of Whitehorse - Total populationNumber%City of Whitehorse - Total population2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)17,20029.625.714,74928.827.8+2,451
Cared for own child/ren14,63925.220.511,86423.120.5+2,775
Cared for other child/ren2,4154.24.82,6875.26.7-272
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren1460.30.31940.40.7-48
No unpaid child care provided40,01568.969.835,75069.766.8+4,265
Not stated8501.54.57851.55.4+65
Total persons aged 15+58,065100.0100.051,280100.0100.0+6,785
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 non-English speaking population in the City of Whitehorse in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Whitehorse shows that there was a higher proportion of persons who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 29.6% of the non-English speaking population provided unpaid child care, compared with 25.7% for the total population in the City of Whitehorse.

The major differences between the share of the non-English speaking population providing unpaid child care in the City of Whitehorse and the total population in the City of Whitehorse were:

  • A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (25.2% compared to 20.5%)
  • A larger percentage who provided unpaid child care (all) (29.6% compared to 25.7%)

Emerging groups

The number of non-English speakers who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in City of Whitehorse increased by 2,451 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of non-English speakers performing unpaid child care in the City of Whitehorse, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+4,265 persons)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+2,775 persons)
  • Provided unpaid child care (all) (+2,451 persons)
  • Cared for other child/ren (-272 persons)

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