Exclusion through (in)visibility: what parenting-related facilities are evident on Australian and New Zealand university campus maps?

Figures & data

Table 1. Summary of sites and campus-level maps included in the analysis.

	Australia	New Zealand	Combined
Public universities	37	8	45
Teaching and research sites, by university	Total: 250 Range: 1–14 Average: 6.8	Total: 31 Range: 1–8 Average: 4.0	Total: 281 Range: 1–14 Average: 6.3
Sites with campus-level maps, by university	Total: 161 (64%) Range: 1–10 Average: 4.4	Total: 20 (65%) Range: 1–6 Average: 2.6	Total: 181 (64%) Range: 1–10 Average: 4.0

Figure 1. Inclusion of parenting-related facilities on 281 campus sites.

Table 2. Campus sites that include parent-specific facilities on their campus maps^a.

Service/facility	All main campuses			All sites with campus maps			All campus sites
	Australia (n = 37)	NZ (n = 8)	All (n = 45)	Australia (n = 161)	NZ (n = 20)	All (n = 181)	Australia (n = 250)	NZ (n = 31)	All (n = 281)
Childcare services	30 (81%)	8 (100%)	38 (84%)	61 (38%)	12 (60%)	73 (40%)	61 (24%)	12 (39%)	73 (26%)
Parents’ rooms	23 (62%)	4 (50%)	27 (60%)	65 (40%)	4 (20%)	69 (38%)	65 (26%)	4 (13%)	69 (25%)
Baby change facilities^b	7 (19%)	1 (13%)	8 (18%)	17 (11%)	1 (5%)	18 (10%)	17 (7%)	1 (3%)	18 (6%)
Nursing facilities^b	2 (5%)	0	2 (4%)	2 (1%)	0	2 (1%)	2 (1%)	0	2 (1%)
Parking-related services	2 (5%)	0	2 (4%)	2 (1%)	0	2 (1%)	2 (1%)	0	2 (1%)

^aTable reports the number of sites that include at least one of each listed service or facility.

^bSeparate to those that may be found in a parents’ room.

Table 3. Additional details about services and facilities as reported on campus maps.

Service/facility	Sites (services)	Number and additional details of services across sites
Childcare services	73 (98)	Childcare services ranged in number from one to four. Includes: childcare centre/service, early childhood care/centre/learning, kindergarten, crèche, ‘kids uni’, daycare and preschool. (One ‘school age care’ service implied inclusion of older children.) One online map included a photograph of the outside of each of their two childcare facilities.
Parents’ rooms	69 (163)	Parents’ rooms ranged in number from one to 14. Includes: ‘parenting room’, ‘parent’s room’, ‘Parents room/baby change facilities’, ‘Parents Room, Nursing and food prep’, ‘Breast feeding and baby change room’. (One parents’ room doubled as a first aid room.) One parenting room clarifies that it is ‘for use by students or visitors,’ while specific details about facilities offered are provided for students at University of Technology Sydney (See next section)
Baby change facilities	18 (72)	Baby change facilities ranged in number from one to 17. (Separate to those that may be in a parents’ room.) Only one map notes explicitly that ‘Baby changing facilities are available in shared and private toilets across campus’, although many appear to be positioned inside male, female and/or ‘unisex’ toilets.
Nursing facilities	2 (3)	Nursing facilities include one ‘nursing and food prep’ area and two ‘feeding rooms’. (Separate to those that may be in a parents’ room.) Only one map notes explicitly that ‘Feeding rooms are private, lockable rooms available for you to express milk, breastfeed, and care for your baby or young children.’
Parking services	2 (2)	Parking-related services include a 30-minute childcare permit, and a childcare set-down parking area.