“On average, females spent 4 hours and 31 minutes a day doing unpaid work activities. Males spent over an hour less on these activities, averaging 3 hours and 12 minutes a day. Less than half of males (42 per cent) spent time on housework, compared to 70 per cent of females.
“Mothers spent an average of 3 hours and 34 minutes participating in childcare activities a day, while fathers spent 2 hours and 19 minutes”.
- Lisa Scanlon, Director of Social Surveys and Statistics (2021)
A similar pattern is found in the Southern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne (SMR). Females bear the burden of unpaid domestic work across all 10 LGAs, highlighting the gendered nature of caring/domestic responsibilities.