Household Help availability is a predictor of being rich? 4% households claim to hire part time or full time household help . Adds to around 1.6 million households across Pakistan. Islamabad stands out with very high numbers.

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics HIES survey provides a comprehensive assessment of who consumes what in Pakistan. It also details where Pakistanis spend on services hiring.

Data on household help either part time or full time is interesting and could perhaps estimate rich households? Ability to hire others to do work can predict a certain life style affordability.

How common is domestic help in Pakistani households? Much less than we assume.
Using household spending data, here is what we see:

Full-time domestic help
Urban: 1%
Rural: 0%
Part-time domestic help
Urban: 6%
Rural: 1%
Provincial highlights
Punjab
Part-time: Urban 7%, Rural 2%
Sindh
Part-time: Urban 8%, Rural 1%
KP
Part-time: Urban 3%, Rural 1%
Balochistan
Part-time: Urban 2%, Rural 1%
Islamabad
Full-time: Urban 3%, Rural 7%
Part-time: Urban 25%, Rural 9%
What this shows
• Domestic help is overwhelmingly an urban phenomenon.
• Part-time help dominates over full-time across all regions.
• Rural Pakistan largely operates without paid household help.
• Islamabad stands out as a separate lifestyle economy compared to the rest of the country.
Despite popular perception, over 95% of Pakistani households do not employ any domestic help at all.