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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 56 people born in Pakistan in the City of Merri-bek, provided unpaid care for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in the City of Merri-bek 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 Merri-bek - born in Pakistan | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Unpaid child care | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2016 to 2021 |
| Provided unpaid child care (all) | 941 | 42.3 | 41.2 | 923 | 34.7 | 35.7 | +18 |
| Cared for own child/ren | 885 | 39.8 | 38.6 | 872 | 32.8 | 32.7 | +13 |
| Cared for other child/ren | 41 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 43 | 1.6 | 2.5 | -2 |
| Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren | 15 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +7 |
| No unpaid child care provided | 1,208 | 54.3 | 56.2 | 1,645 | 61.8 | 61.6 | -437 |
| Not stated | 77 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 93 | 3.5 | 2.8 | -16 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 2,226 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,661 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -435 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the born in Pakistan in the City of Merri-bek in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a higher proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 42.3% of the born in Pakistan provided unpaid child care, compared with 41.2% for Greater Melbourne.
The major differences between the share of the born in Pakistan providing unpaid child care in the City of Merri-bek and Greater Melbourne were:
- A larger percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (39.8% compared to 38.6%)
- A smaller percentage who did not provide care for children (54.3% compared to 56.2%)
Emerging groups
The number of born in Pakistan who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in the City of Merri-bek increased by 18 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest change in the number of born in Pakistan performing unpaid child care in the City of Merri-bek, between 2016 and 2021 was those who:
- No unpaid child care provided (-437 persons)
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