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Collingwood Park - Redbank

Unpaid childcare

In Collingwood Park - Redbank 1,194 males (28.3% of males aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 249 males were caring for children other than their own.

The role of unpaid childcare in Collingwood Park - Redbank 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
Collingwood Park - Redbank - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Unpaid child careNumber%City of Ipswich %Number%City of Ipswich %2016 to 2021
Provided unpaid child care (all)1,19428.327.087028.528.1+324
Cared for own child/ren94522.421.767021.921.7+275
Cared for other child/ren2115.04.61685.55.7+43
Cared for own child/ren and other child/ren380.90.7321.00.7+6
No unpaid child care provided2,76365.665.41,94963.863.3+814
Not stated2566.17.62377.88.6+19
Total persons aged 15+4,213100.0100.03,056100.0100.0+1,157
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the male population in Collingwood Park - Redbank in 2021 compared to the City of Ipswich shows that there was a higher proportion of males who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 28.3% of the male population provided unpaid child care, compared with 27.0% for the City of Ipswich.

There were no major differences between Collingwood Park - Redbank and City of Ipswich in 2021.

Emerging groups

The number of males who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in Collingwood Park - Redbank increased by 324 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the number of males performing unpaid child care in Collingwood Park - Redbank, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:

  • No unpaid child care provided (+814 males)
  • Cared for own child/ren (+275 males)

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