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Australia's childcare cost index (cpi) was 101.5 index (ABS CPI) as of April 2026. ABS Consumer Price Index for child care — the cost of childcare to households. Published as an index number (the ABS CPI reference period = 100), not a weekly dollar figure. 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 ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) — Child care sub-index, quarterly (national) and updated quarterly.
ABS Consumer Price Index for child care — the cost of childcare to households. Published as an index number (the ABS CPI reference period = 100), not a weekly dollar figure.
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: ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) — Child care sub-index, quarterly (national)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Consumer Price Index (Cat. 6401.0) — Child care sub-index, quarterly (national)), 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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