Latest Child Care Subsidy data now available

This content was published on Thursday 7 December 2023. There may be more recent updates available.

We’ve published data about the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) in the September quarter 2023.

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 September quarter 2023 include:  

  • 1,438,150 children from 1,009,500 families used CCS-approved care  
  • 14,528 CCS-approved services operated during the quarter  
  • on average, children attended 27.1 hours of care per week  
  • the average hourly fee was $12.20  
  • the Australian Government paid $3.56 billion in subsidies. 

Go to the September quarter 2023 report.