New Child Care Subsidy data: March quarter 2025

This content was published on Monday 30 June 2025. There may be more recent updates available.

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.