We’ve published data about the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) in the December 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 December quarter 2024 include:
- 1,447,460 children from 1,016,920 families used CCS-approved care
- 15,051 CCS-approved services operated during the quarter
- on average, children attended 27.4 hours of care per week
- the average hourly fee was $13.15
- the Australian Government paid $3.89 billion in subsidies