Number of informal caregivers in Australia 2020, by gender and type

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 3, 2024
In 2020, there were 1.6 million informal female carers in Australia, 649,000 of which identified as primary caregivers. Significantly fewer men identified as primary carers while similar numbers of men and women identified as non-primary carers.

Number of informal carers in Australia in 2020, by gender and type (in 1,000s)

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Release date

August 2020

Region

Australia

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Non-primary caring includes people younger than 15 years old which is not the case for primary caring.

Informal care is defined by the source as the unpaid care provided to older (65 years and over), dependent or disabled persons by a person with whom they have a social relationship, such as a spouse, parent, child, other relative, neighbor, friend or other non-kin connection.

Values were estimated by the source.

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