By the numbers
% of unpaid caregivers that are women
63 percent of unpaid caregivers in New Zealand are women / unpaid carers are twice as likely to be female
Number of unpaid caregivers that are women
In the most recent Census in 2013, there were 272,328 unpaid female carers
Looking after someone in their own home.
Census in 2013, 136,638 unpaid female caregivers were looking someone in their own home