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Unpaid childcare

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The role of unpaid childcare in the City of Banyule 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.

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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 Banyule - Total females aged 15+20212016Change
Unpaid childcareNumber%City of Banyule - Total population %Number%City of Banyule - Total population %2016 to 2021
Total persons aged 15+53,860100.0100.051,918100.0100.0+1,942
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

Emerging groups

The number of females who provided unpaid childcare for their own and/or other people's children in City of Banyule remained stable 0 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major changes for the City of Banyule between 2016 and 2021.

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