Whereas women are doing 50 per cent more housework, despite working more paid hours than ever before.
On average women spent 18.4 hours a week on housework... while men only put in 12.8.
Melbourne Institute research fellow Sarah Dahmann, the report’s co-author, said one explanation could be that “many of the chores people do might go unnoticed by their partners”.
“For example, the mental load of mothers – just being on top of everything that has to be done – is huge, however, it could be almost invisible to their partners,” she said.
