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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Canberra Region 36,203 females (28.1% of females aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 11,925 females were caring for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in Canberra Region 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.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the female population in Canberra Region in 2021 compared to Bega Valley Shire shows that there was a higher proportion of females who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 28.1% of the female population provided unpaid child care, compared with 25.2% for Bega Valley Shire.
The major differences between the share of the female population providing unpaid child care in Canberra Region and Bega Valley Shire were:
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (18.8% compared to 15.9%)
- A smaller percentage who did not provide care for children (65.3% compared to 67.4%)
Emerging groups
The number of females who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Canberra Region increased by 1,646 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of females performing unpaid child care in Canberra Region, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:
- No unpaid child care provided (+12,206 females)
- Cared for own child/ren (+1,978 females)
- Cared for other child/ren (-467 females)
- Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren (+135 females)
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