Latest Child Care Subsidy data now available

This content was published on Wednesday 27 March 2024. There may be more recent updates available.

We’ve published data about the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) in the December 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 December quarter 2023 include:

  • 1,419,380 children from 998,760 families used CCS-approved care
  • 14,584 CCS-approved services operated during the quarter
  • on average, children attended 27 hours of care per week
  • the average hourly fee was $12.35
  • the Australian Government paid $3.54 billion in subsidies.

Go to the December quarter 2023 report.