For foreign domestic helpers, nearly all of them are females (98.5%) (Census and Statistics Department, 2019j). In 2016, their median age was 35, with 41% aged 25-34 and 39% aged 35-44. Most of them have attained secondary school education (82%) and some have completed tertiary education (10%) (Legislative Council Secretariat, 2017). According to a local study on foreign domestic helpers taking care of people with dementia (Bai et al., 2013), among a sample of 152 domestic helpers, 53% of them are married, 34% are single, 7% are widowed and 5% are divorced/separated.

About local domestic helpers, no information about their socio-demographic information is available. But it is also believed that most of them are females.

References:

Bai, X., Kwok, T. C., Chan, N. Y., & Ho, F. K. (2013). Determinants of job satisfaction in foreign domestic helpers caring for people with dementia in Hong Kong. Health & social care in the community, 21(5), 472-479 https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12029

Census and Statistics Department. (2019j). Women and Men in Hong Kong – Key Statistics 2019 Edition. Hong Kong Retrieved from https://www.statistics.gov.hk/pub/B11303032019AN19B0100.pdf

Legislative Council Secretariat. (2017). Research Brief Issue No. 4 2016 – 2017: Foreign domestic helpers and evolving care duties in Hong Kong. . Hong Kong: Legislative Council Secretariat, HKSAR Retrieved from https://www.legco.gov.hk/research-publications/english/1617rb04-foreign-domestic-helpers-and-evolving-care-duties-in-hong-kong-20170720-e.pdf.