Latest Child Care Subsidy data now available

This content was published on Friday 12 July 2024. There may be more recent updates available.

We’ve published data about the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) in the March quarter 2024.

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 2024 include:

  • 1,425,210 children from 1,001,660 families used CCS-approved care
  • 14,732 CCS-approved services operated during the quarter
  • on average, children attended 27.3 hours of care per week
  • the average hourly fee was $12.40
  • the Australian Government paid $3.36 billion in subsidies.

Go to the March quarter 2024 report.