New Child Care Subsidy data: March quarter 2025

We’ve published data about the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) in the March quarter 2025.

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 2025 include:

  • 1,444,410 children from 1,015,790 families used CCS-approved care
  • 15,158 CCS-approved services operated during the quarter
  • on average, children attended 27.5 hours of care per week
  • the average hourly fee was $13.20
  • the Australian Government paid $3.59 billion in subsidies.

Go to the March quarter 2025 report.