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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 6,845 females in the City of Whittlesea provided unpaid care for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in the City of Whittlesea is determined by many different factors. For example, areas with high levels of unpaid childcare may have a dominance of single-income families with one significant earner, or there could be a lack of provision of paid childcare in the area. Generally, most parents of children provide childcare to their own children, so childcare is strongly related to Household Type.
Though gender roles are changing, traditionally, child care has been more commonly provided by females than males, particularly caring for children other than their own, and this is still reflected in the data for most areas. Across Australia in 2021, 29.5% of all females provided unpaid childcare, compared to 23.0% of males.
Also please note that in 2021, the COVID pandemic affected this variable, particularly for those providing care for children other than their own. Lockdowns and restrictions on visiting other households during the pandemic caused the "Cared for other children" to fall by over 160,000 people nationwide.
'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.
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City of Whittlesea - Total females aged 15+ | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Unpaid childcare | Number | % | City of Whittlesea - Total population % | Number | % | City of Whittlesea - Total population % | 2016 to 2021 |
Provided unpaid child care (all) | 30,500 | 33.1 | 29.5 | 27,936 | 35.1 | 31.0 | +2,564 |
Cared for own child/ren | 23,655 | 25.7 | 23.9 | 20,405 | 25.7 | 23.8 | +3,250 |
Cared for other child/ren | 6,265 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 6,846 | 8.6 | 6.6 | -581 |
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren | 580 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 685 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -105 |
No unpaid child care provided | 56,855 | 61.8 | 65.3 | 46,388 | 58.3 | 62.5 | +10,467 |
Not stated | 4,664 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5,211 | 6.6 | 6.6 | -547 |
Total persons aged 15+ | 92,019 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 79,535 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +12,484 |
Analysis of the unpaid childcare provided by the females in the City of Whittlesea in 2021 compared to City of Whittlesea - Total population shows that there was a higher proportion of persons who provided unpaid childcare either to their own or to other children. Overall, 33.1% of the females provided unpaid childcare, compared with 29.5% for City of Whittlesea - Total population.
The major differences between the share of females providing unpaid child care in the City of Whittlesea and City of Whittlesea - Total population were:
The number of females who provided unpaid childcare for their own and/or other people's children in City of Whittlesea increased by 2,564 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in females performing unpaid child care in the City of Whittlesea, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:
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