Employment

Unpaid care

About this topic

Unpaid care records whether people aged 15 years and over spent time providing unpaid help or assistance to someone because of disability, long-term illness, or problems related to old age. It captures informal care provided by family members or others in the community.

This topic is useful for understanding the demand placed on informal carers and the likely need for support services, respite, and home-based assistance. It does not measure the intensity or duration of care, so it should be read alongside need for assistance and other health and ageing indicators.

Interpretation notes

  • This records whether a person aged 15 years and over provided unpaid help or assistance in the previous two weeks because of disability, long-term illness, or old age.
  • It identifies whether care was provided, not the intensity, frequency, or number of hours of care.

Key insight

In 2021, provided Unpaid Assistance was the most common response among residents aged 15 and over in Ulooloo, accounting for 0% (0 people). This share was lower than Goyder (DC) (13.9%). Since 2016, the biggest change was in not providing unpaid care, which decreased by 12 people and 85.7 percentage points.

Section overview

Unpaid care

Ulooloo - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)

This table summarises unpaid care for Ulooloo in 2021 for persons, with comparison against Goyder (DC) and change since 2016.

Unpaid care change

Absolute change in category counts between 2016 and 2021.

2016
2021

Total Provided Unpaid Assistance

0

0.0pp

Total No Unpaid Assistance Provided

-12

-85.7pp

Total Unpaid Assistance Not Stated

0

0.0pp

Data table

Unpaid care for Ulooloo. Unpaid care. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Goyder (DC).

Unpaid care for Ulooloo. Unpaid care. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Goyder (DC).
Unpaid care for Ulooloo. Unpaid care. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Goyder (DC).
Category20212016Change
Count%Goyder (DC)%Count%Goyder (DC)%Countpp
Total Provided Unpaid Assistance00.0%13.9%00.0%12.4%00.0pp
Total No Unpaid Assistance Provided00.0%77.9%1285.7%77.0%-12-85.7pp
Total Unpaid Assistance Not Stated00.0%8.0%00.0%10.5%00.0pp
Total00.0%100.0%14100.0%100.0%-14-100.0pp