Statistics Publication Notice: Education and Training Series: Pre-School and Childcare Statistics 2010

Statistics on Pre-School and Childcare


Table 13: Characteristics of childcare workforce (excluding childminders), January 2010

Pre-school education and daycare staff

Number

Percentage of all

TOTAL WORKERS

30,480

100

Gender

Male

1,130

4

Female

28,850

95

Unknown

500

2

Age (years)

Under 25

6,370

21

25 to 35

7,640

25

36 to 45

7,540

25

46 to 55

6,120

20

Over 55

2,520

8

Unknown

300

1

Management responsibility

Manages a Care Commision registered service

4,670

15

Does not manage a Care Commission registered service

25,050

82

Unknown

770

3

Notes:

The numbers of childcare staff are estimates based on the total number of staff working directly with children and staff who are managers of Care Commission registered services. Staff working in public and private playgroups and private family centres or where the main service type of the centre was unknown are excluded.

Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages to the nearest whole percent to express the uncertainty inherent in these figures. For this reason, totals may not exactly equal the sum of their parts.

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