Caring: the Facts

Caring: The Facts

2.6 million unpaid carers in Australia - If every carer in Australia lay head to toe they would stretch from Perth to Brisbane

40.9 billion annual replacement value of care – More than the collective box office takings of the 30 highest grossing films of all time

1.32 billion hours of unpaid care provided each year – 1.32 billion hours = more than 150 000 years (150 000 years ago we were cavement)

40 hours average per week spent caring – That’s a full-time job. Only unlike, say, an accountant, carers get no superannuation, annual leave or other entitlement.

520 000 carers are over 65 – More than the number of hands the Queen has shaken in 60 years

300 000 carers are under the age of 24 – More than the number of babies born in Australia every year

6.5 billion in lost productivity – You could send 2 Rovers to Mars every year

Over 1.5 million working carers – Three times the number of people who go to the Royal Melbourne show.