AUD per week - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's childcare out-of-pocket costs was $122 as of October 2025, and the trend is getting worse. Average weekly out-of-pocket childcare cost per child after the Child Care Subsidy (CCS). Covers centre-based day care (the most common type). Childcare costs are one of the largest household expenses for families with young children. High costs can deter workforce participation, especially for women, reducing household income and economic productivity. Data is sourced from Dept of Education — Child Care in Australia reports; Productivity Commission and updated quarterly.
Average weekly out-of-pocket childcare cost per child after the Child Care Subsidy (CCS). Covers centre-based day care (the most common type).
Childcare costs are one of the largest household expenses for families with young children. High costs can deter workforce participation, especially for women, reducing household income and economic productivity.
Lower is better
Source: Dept of Education — Child Care in Australia reports; Productivity Commission
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (Dept of Education — Child Care in Australia reports; Productivity Commission), updated quarterly. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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