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Northern Tasmania Region

Unpaid childcare

In Northern Tasmania Region 13,040 males (21.2% of males aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 3,150 males were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Northern Tasmania 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.

Unpaid childcare
Northern Tasmania Region - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%Tasmania %Number%Tasmania %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)13,04021.222.112,33621.922.9+704
Cared for own child/ren9,89016.116.69,32616.617.2+564
Cared for other child/ren2,8344.65.02,7304.95.2+104
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren3160.50.62800.50.5+36
No unpaid child care provided44,58272.671.638,87069.168.6+5,712
Not stated3,8276.26.25,0839.08.5-1,256
Total persons aged 15+61,449100.0100.056,289100.0100.0+5,160
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 male population in Northern Tasmania Region in 2021 compared to Tasmania shows that there was a lower proportion of males who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 21.2% of the male population provided unpaid child care, compared with 22.1% for Tasmania.

There were no major differences between Northern Tasmania Region and Tasmania in 2021.

Emerging groups

The number of males who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Northern Tasmania Region increased by 704 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of males performing unpaid child care in Northern Tasmania Region, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+5,712 males)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+564 males)
  • Cared for other child/ren (+104 males)

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