“Families living in Italy will next year require support from about 2.288 million domestic workers, two-thirds of whom are of foreign origin“
1.524 million foreign nationals and 764,000 Italians. An estimated 1.25 million housekeepers and 1.262 million caregivers will be needed.
These figures were provided in the 2024 paper ‘Family (Net) Work — Laboratorio su Casa, Famiglia e Lavoro Domestico’ presented on July 4 by the Assindatcolf organization and Centro Studi e Ricerche Idos, which conducted a report on Italy’s requirements for foreign manpower for 2023-2025, divided by region.
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The 2.288 million total for domestic help includes not only households with their workers already legalized but also caregivers and housekeepers without a contract and people who would like to hire staff but cannot afford to.
The study found the need for state aid as well as the need to reassess in a rational manner the country’s immigrant entrance policies based on these figures. The study found that Italy needs around 1.25 million caregivers, about 713,000 of foreign origin and 312,000 Italians.
The region with the lowest need for foreign caregivers (less than 19% of the total) is Sardinia, followed by Molise (45.6%), Calabria (48.3%), and Sicily (48.4%).
In the Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy regions, on the other hand, caregivers of foreign origin account for about 85% of the total.
Italy also needs over 1.262 million housekeepers, about 811,000 of foreign origin and 452,000 Italian nationals.
Leading the rankings in terms of needs are the Lombardy and Lazio regions, with a need for 209,000 and 208,000 workers, respectively.
