Latest Child Care Subsidy data now available

This content was published on Tuesday 26 September 2023. There may be more recent updates available.

We’ve published data about the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) in the March and June 2023 quarters.

Each quarter we issue a summary report about CCS-approved care in Australia. The report includes data on child care usage, services, fees and subsidies in Australia.

Key findings from the March quarter 2023 include:

  • 1,419,150 children from 995,350 families used CCS-approved care
  • 14,382 CCS-approved services operated during the quarter
  • on average, children attended 26.7 hours of care per week
  • the average hourly fee was $11.45
  • the Australian Government paid $2.69 billion in subsidies.

Go to the March quarter 2023 report.

Key findings from the June quarter 2023 include:

  • 1,412,320 children from 993,930 families used CCS-approved care
  • 14,510 CCS-approved services operated during the quarter
  • on average, children attended 26.2 hours of care per week
  • the average hourly fee was $11.55
  • the Australian Government paid $2.90 billion in subsidies.

Go to the June quarter 2023 report.