Cumbria: Provision of unpaid care

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000006

Key Facts

All Residents	499,846
Male	246,142
Female	253,704
Households	228,954
Population Density (people/km2)	73.9

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
- North West
  Regions
Borders with
- County Durham
  Unitary Authorities
- Northumberland
  Unitary Authorities
- North Yorkshire
  Counties
- Lancashire
  Counties
Overlaps with
- Output Area at NY243621
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SD435664
  Output Areas
- Lancaster 004C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Gilsland
  Built Up Areas
- Silverdale
  Built Up Areas
Contains
- Allerdale
  Non-metropolitan Districts
- Barrow-in-Furness
  Non-metropolitan Districts
- Carlisle
  Non-metropolitan Districts
- Copeland
  Non-metropolitan Districts
- Eden
  Non-metropolitan Districts
- South Lakeland
  Non-metropolitan Districts

Table Code	ts039
Issued	2023-01-19
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	7

Description
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by the number of hours of unpaid care they provide. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

An unpaid carer may look after, give help or support to anyone who has long-term physical or mental ill-health conditions, illness or problems related to old age.

This does not include any activities as part of paid employment.

This help can be within or outside of the carer's household.

Provision of unpaid care: Total: All usual residents aged 5 and over	477,442
Provides no unpaid care	432,639
Provides 19 hours or less unpaid care a week	22,615
Provides 9 hours or less unpaid care a week	16,198
Provides 10 to 19 hours unpaid care a week	6,417
Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week	8,764
Provides 20 to 34 hours unpaid care a week	4,216
Provides 35 to 49 hours unpaid care a week	4,548
Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week	13,424

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