Analysis of the unpaid domestic work performed by the population in SSROC region in 2021 compared to Australia shows that there was a lower proportion of persons who performed 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work per week.
Overall, 18% of the population reported performing 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work, compared with 20.7% for Australia.
The major differences between the share of the population performing unpaid domestic work in SSROC region and Australia were:
- A larger percentage of persons who did no unpaid domestic work (28.5% compared to 25.7%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who did unpaid domestic work (total) (65.0% compared to 67.7%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who did 30 hours or more of domestic work (7.2% compared to 8.6%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who did between 15 and 29 hours of domestic work (10.8% compared to 12.1%)