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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 12 people born in Iraq in Wollongong City Council, provided unpaid care for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in Wollongong City Council 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong City Council - born in Iraq | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Unpaid child care | Number | % | Regional NSW | Number | % | Regional NSW | 2016 to 2021 |
| Provided unpaid child care (all) | 107 | 29.2 | 37.1 | 122 | 37.1 | 33.9 | -15 |
| Cared for own child/ren | 95 | 25.9 | 30.2 | 116 | 35.3 | 30.5 | -21 |
| Cared for other child/ren | 9 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 3.0 | +6 |
| Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren | 3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| No unpaid child care provided | 246 | 67.0 | 59.9 | 197 | 59.9 | 58.5 | +49 |
| Not stated | 14 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 10 | 3.0 | 7.6 | +4 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 367 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 329 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +38 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the born in Iraq in Wollongong City Council in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a lower proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 29.2% of the born in Iraq provided unpaid child care, compared with 37.1% for Regional NSW.
The major differences between the share of the born in Iraq providing unpaid child care in Wollongong City and Regional NSW were:
- A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (67.0% compared to 59.9%)
- A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (25.9% compared to 30.2%)
- A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for other child/ren (2.5% compared to 6.4%)
Emerging groups
The number of born in Iraq who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Wollongong City Council decreased by 15 between 2016 and 2021.
There were no major changes for the born in Iraq in Wollongong City between 2016 and 2021.
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