The Survey on Living Conditions and Income (SILC) currently consists of annually collected data and a system that combines regularly scheduled supplementary information modules with ad hoc modules designed to address emerging information needs. The results presented in this report pertain to the regular module on households’ access to healthcare and home support services, formal childcare services, and public transport use. This module, Access to Services, was conducted in 2024 and is scheduled to be repeated every six years.

In 2024, 6.1% of households (approximately 272,000) had at least one member requiring healthcare and home support services due to long-term physical or mental illness, disability, or old age, mainly affecting households with at least one older person (81.5%). 48.3% of households with healthcare and home support needs had access to paid professional healthcare and home support services.

Of the households that had access to paid services, 48.5% ensured full payment for services, 28.1% ensured partial payment and in 23.4% of cases the expenses were paid by health insurance, social security or another social protection scheme; 68.7% of those who ensured full or partial payment for services had difficulty in covering the expenses.

The reasons why households did not have access to healthcare and home support services were mainly the inability to pay (55.9% of cases) and the unavailability of services (17.5%).

In 2024, for 94.7% of children up to 12 years old, parents considered that the needs for formal childcare services were met, which includes those who considered that there was no need for formal childcare service beyond pre-school and compulsory school. Consequently, 5.3% of children up to 12 years old would need more formal childcare services in 2024, with the inability to pay for these services being the main reason for insufficient care (46.9%).

Around half of children up to 12 years old (49.5%) received formal childcare services; in 59.5% of cases, parents paid the full or partial price, and the remaining 40.5% used free services.

In 2024, 32.2% of residents aged 16 or over reported having used public transport in the 12 months prior to the interview: 17.6% did so daily or weekly.