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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 252 people born overseas in Wellington Shire, provided unpaid care for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in Wellington Shire 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Shire - born overseas | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Unpaid child care | Number | % | Wellington Shire - Total population | Number | % | Wellington Shire - Total population | 2011 to 2021 |
| Provided unpaid child care (all) | 903 | 18.6 | 24.0 | 861 | 20.9 | 27.1 | +42 |
| Cared for own child/ren | 651 | 13.4 | 16.6 | 561 | 13.6 | 18.3 | +90 |
| Cared for other child/ren | 238 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 286 | 6.9 | 7.7 | -48 |
| Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren | 14 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 16 | 0.4 | 1.1 | -2 |
| No unpaid child care provided | 3,581 | 73.9 | 66.1 | 2,802 | 68.0 | 62.9 | +779 |
| Not stated | 359 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 458 | 11.1 | 10.0 | -99 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 4,843 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,121 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +722 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the born overseas in Wellington Shire in 2021 compared to the total population in Wellington Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 18.6% of the born overseas provided unpaid child care, compared with 24.0% for the total population in Wellington Shire.
The major differences between the share of the born overseas providing unpaid child care in Wellington Shire and the total population in Wellington Shire were:
- A larger percentage who did not provide care for children (73.9% compared to 66.1%)
- A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for own child/ren (13.4% compared to 16.6%)
- A smaller percentage who provided unpaid childcare for other child/ren (4.9% compared to 6.6%)
Emerging groups
The number of born overseas who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Wellington Shire increased by 42 between 2011 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of born overseas performing unpaid child care in Wellington Shire, between 2011 and 2021 were those who:
- No unpaid child care provided (+779 persons)
- Cared for own child/ren (+90 persons)
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