Women in NSW 2012 - The Workplace Gender Equality Agency

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Livingarrangements,marriagesand familiesThe majority of families living in thesame household 10 in NSW have nodependent children (children agedunder 15 years) (see Table 1.2).The percentage of NSW familieswith dependent children (36.4percent) is similar to the percentageAustralia-wide (37.0 percent).As people get older, they aremore likely to live alone. Abouta quarter (24.4 percent) ofall people 65 years and overin NSW were in lone personhouseholds in 2010 comparedto 9.0 percent of the generalpopulation who lived alone 11 .There are significantly more olderwomen than men living alone asshown in Figure 1.6. For example,among 80 to 84 year olds, some34,700 women (42 percent ofwomen in that age group) live alonecompared to some 11,300 men(just under 20 percent of 80 to84 year old men).Overall, nearly twice the percentageof 65+ women as 65+ men livealone (31.1 percent compared to16.2 percent of men in 2006).The marriage rate in NSW hasdecreased slightly in the last decadefrom 6.4 per thousand in 1999 to5.6 per thousand in 2010, as hasthe divorce rate. In 2007, therewere 2.0 divorces per thousand ofpopulation, compared to 2.4 eightyears earlier 12 .Figure 1.6Women and men aged 65 years and older who are living alone, NSW, 2006Age group (yrs)95-9990-9485-8980-8475-7970-7465-690 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40Number (’000)WomenMenPopulation: People aged 65 years or older.Source: All data from Census of Population and Housing 2006, TableBuilder Pro.Figure 1.7Women and men lone parent families, NSW, 1998 to 2011Percentage (%)22201816141210864201998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Women NSW Men NSW Trend (Women NSW) Trend (Men NSW)Note: The figure shows the percentage of lone father and lone mother families with children under 15 years of ageas a proportion of all families with children under 15 years of age.Population: Families with children aged under 15 years living in the same household.Source: ABS (2011) Australian Social Trends, 1998 to 2011, Cat no. 4102.0.201110 A family is defined as two or more people related by blood, registered marriage, adoption, or a de facto relationship who live in the same household. Families living in non-private dwellings andnon-family members (such as friends or boarders) are excluded. Families may be comprised of:• couples with or without resident children of any age,• lone parents with resident children of any age, or• other families of related adults, such as brothers or sisters living together, where no couple or parent-child relationship exists.11 ABS (2010) Australian Social Trends, Family and Community data cube, Dec 2010 Cat no. 4102.0.12 ABS (2008) Divorces, Australia, 2007, Cat no. 3307.0.55.001 and previous releases.10 WOMEN IN NSW 2012 | A PROFILE OF NSW WOMEN
Fewer NSW families today havechildren. There were two millionfamilies in NSW in 2010, of which36 percent had children aged 15years and under. This compares to43 percent of families with children15 years and under in 1998.About one-fifth of families withdependent children are lone parentTable 1.2families. Of these, 88 percent areheaded by women. This is similarto Australia as a whole, where 86percent of lone parent families areheaded by women.Over the period 1998 to 2011, theproportion of lone-mother familieswith children less than 15 years fellslightly by 1.3 percentage pointsto 19.0 percent of all families withchildren under 15 years (2011).The proportion of lone-fatherfamilies increased over the periodfrom 1.7 percent of all families withchildren under 15 years in 1998 to2.5 percent in 2011 (see Figure 1.7).Marriage, families and living arrangements, NSW and AustraliaMarriages (2010) NSW AustraliaCrude marriage rate (per 1,000 population) 5.6 5.4Median age of first marriage – women (years) 27.8 27.9Median age of first marriage – men (years) 29.5 29.6Median duration of marriage until divorce (years) 11.3 12.3Families (2011)Total families ’000 2,054.0 6,400.0Families without dependent children* % 63.6 63.0Families with dependent children* % 36.4 37.0Lone mother families % 19.0 17.8Lone father families % 2.5 3.0Persons (2010)Total persons (’000)** 7,089.0 21,704.0Living in family households % 88.2 88.3Living in group households % 2.7 2.7Living in lone person households all ages % 9.0 9.0Women living alone % 5.0 4.8Men living alone % 4.1 4.2Persons (2006)Living in lone person households people 65+ years % 24.4 24.6Women 65+ living alone % 31.1 31.5Men 65+ living alone % 16.2 16.1Note: *Dependent children are defined as those under 15 years of age. Families may also include ‘other related individuals’ and same-sex couples. ** Figures for total persons come fromABS population estimates.Source: ABS (2011) Family Characteristics Survey, 2009-10, Cat nos. 4442.0 and 4102.0; data on people aged 65+ years living alone is from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2006.WOMEN IN NSW 2012 | A PROFILE OF NSW WOMEN11
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Page 8: Executive summaryIntroductionThis r
Page 11 and 12: How doesNSW compare?Not surprisingl
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Page 17 and 18: Key findingsAs at June 2011, there
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Current levelsand trendsThis sectio
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Table 4.1Labour force participation
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Table 4.4Female unemployment by Syd
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Topic 2: Workforce securityAnother
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3.1 Time spent in unpaid household
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4.1 Occupational segregation contin
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Table 4.7Women’s industry represe
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Table 4.8Occupational subgroups wit
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5.2 Average total hourly earningsAv
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Focus on payOn average, men earn mo
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Figure 4.10Spatial variation of sup
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6.4 Commonwealth Rent Assistance an
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How doesNSW compare?The ABS publish
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Leadership andrepresentationThis ch
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Current levelsand trendsThis sectio
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Figure 5.3Women candidates and elec
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Topic 3:Leadership in thecorporate
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Marital statusWhat more can we lear
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4.1 Judges, barristers, partners an
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Topic 5:Leadership in artsand recre
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How doesNSW compare?The ABS publish
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Safety andaccess to justiceThe majo
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3.1 Satisfaction with safety of pub
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Figure 6.5The progress of sexual of
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Apprehended Domestic Violence Order
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