# Method

In 2024, people aged 65 or over living with an adult who needed particular care reported an average of 10.9 hours of adult care at home per week. The average for ages 15 to 64 was 7.2 hours. These averages cover the age groups in those households, not only active carers.

The Federal Statistical Office measure is mean weekly time looking after, helping or transporting an adult needing particular care in the same household. It is not nursing alone and not general housework.

The age groups are compared within the same household reference population. The source does not isolate active carers, so these figures are not the average workload among active carers only. No canton breakdown exists.

This is a descriptive cross section, not a trend or a claim of causation or statistical significance.

Measurement period: 2024. Source published: 4 June 2025.