2.3 million domestic helpers and carers will be needed in 2025: Lombardy leads the way for both figures
The need for domestic workers was measured in the third paper of the 2024 report 'Family (Net) Work - Workshop on home, family and domestic work', presented by Assindatcolf and the Idos Study and Research Centre, author of the research entitled 'The need for Italian and foreign labour in the domestic work sector in Italy. Estimate 2023-2025 by regions".
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The progressive ageing of the Italian population presents the bill. In Italy in 2025 families will need the support of about 2 million 288 thousand domestic staff to meet their care needs: 1 million 524 thousand foreign workers and 764 thousand Italians. And about 1.25 million caregivers and 1 million 262 thousand domestic helpers. These are the estimates contained in the third paper of the 2024 Report "Family (Net) Work - Workshop on home, family and domestic work", presented on Wednesday 3 July by Assindatcolf and the Idos Study and Research Centre, author of the research entitled "The need for Italian and foreign domestic workforce in Italy. Estimate 2023-2025 by regions'. The total need of around 2 million 288,000 domestic helpers includes not only households with workers already on the books, but also employers of domestic helpers and caregivers without a contract and people who would like to hire but for a variety of reasons, including economic ones, have not yet done so.
The need for carers
.Lombardy is in the front row for both figures. In particular, the need for carers is estimated at about 1.25 million, about 713 thousand foreigners and 312 thousand Italians. Looking at the territories, in first place is Lombardy with 141,000 workers, followed by Campania (98,000), Sicily (97,000) in third place, Lazio (93,000) in fourth place, and Puglia (86,000) in fifth place. With respect to nationality, the region with the lowest share of foreign carers (less than 19% of the total number of carers) is Sardinia, followed by Molise (45.6%), Calabria (48.3%) and Sicily (48.4%); on the contrary, in Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy the share of foreign carers out of the total is around 85%.
... and that of domestic help
.As for domestic helpers, in 2025 the number of families in need of the support of domestic helpers is expected to be over 1 million 262 thousand, of which about 811 thousand foreigners and 452 thousand Italians. Leading the regional ranking of need is once again Lombardy and Lazio, with 209 thousand and 208 thousand workers respectively. They are followed in third place by Sicily, with an estimated need for domestic helpers of 177 thousand, Campania in fourth place (158 thousand) and Puglia in fifth place (100 thousand).
