Latest Child Care Subsidy data now available

This content was published on Friday 28 March 2025. There may be more recent updates available.

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

Go to the December quarter 2024 report