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Childcare fees in Perth

Published full-day fees for every long-day-care centre we hold across Perth, suburb by suburb, with the regulator's NQS rating. Free for families, always.

Centres held
858
every approved long-day centre we hold in Perth
Median full day
$166
published by 668 of 858 centres
Most centres charge
$135-$194
the middle 80%, full day before subsidy
Suburbs compared
94
with a full centre-by-centre page

What childcare costs across Perth

Full-day feeCentresShare
Under $130568%
$130 to $1509815%
$150 to $17022834%
$170 to $19019529%
$190 and above9114%

Fees by suburb, lowest first

SuburbCentresMedian full day
Mundaring4$149.50
Kelmscott12$150.30
Lynwood4$154.85
Thornlie16$154.85
Gosnells13$155
Southern River11$155
Ballajura10$156
Armadale12$156.50
Dianella14$156.50
Seville Grove5$156.50
Harrisdale7$156.93
Hilbert6$156.93
Piara Waters12$156.93
Alkimos11$157.50
Rockingham13$157.50
Clarkson11$157.60
Mindarie6$157.60
Bassendean7$157.65
Safety Bay4$157.73
Waikiki5$157.73
Warnbro9$157.73
Hilton8$157.75
Cannington8$158.87
Beaconsfield6$159
Balga9$159.50
Butler11$159.50
Nollamara7$159.50
Beckenham7$160
Byford21$160.50
Lake Coogee5$161.50
Heathridge5$162.23
Joondalup11$162.23
Ocean Reef7$162.23
Madeley6$164
Midland9$164
Wanneroo12$164
Wellard12$164
Bayswater6$164.60
Beechboro9$164.60
Baldivis30$165
Bentley5$165
Craigie5$165
Hillarys6$165
Maylands6$165
Padbury12$165
Cloverdale6$165.25
Forrestfield10$165.34
High Wycombe8$165.34
Hocking5$165.60
Landsdale9$165.60
Canning Vale26$167
Morley17$167
Willetton11$167
Banksia Grove9$168.50
Brabham7$170
Dayton7$170
East Victoria Park12$170
Fremantle9$170
Rivervale5$170
Victoria Park7$170
Balcatta8$172
Duncraig12$172
Greenwood7$172
Success5$173
Applecross8$173.18
Ellenbrook21$174
Mosman Park6$174
Como11$175
Kensington5$175
South Perth7$175
Bull Creek7$176
Leeming7$176
Doubleview5$177
Karrinyup9$177
Woodlands5$177
Mount Lawley13$177.49
North Perth9$177.49
Hamersley6$177.75
Woodvale6$177.75
Atwell8$178.35
Aubin Grove3$178.35
Hammond Park9$178.35
Yangebup4$178.35
Kingsley11$179
Nedlands11$180.60
Perth22$184
Mount Hawthorn5$184.50
Claremont8$184.93
Mount Claremont6$184.93
Subiaco6$190
Wembley9$190.35
Osborne Park8$195
Tuart Hill6$195
Yokine6$195

How Perth compares

CityMedian full dayCentres held
Canberra$176.35291
Geelong$170157
Melbourne$167.782,683
Perth$166858
Adelaide$162.23679
Brisbane$159.901,336
Newcastle$159264
Sunshine Coast$158174
Gold Coast$158310
Sydney$156.053,481
Wollongong$152.20208

Common questions

How much does childcare cost in Perth?

The median published full-day fee across the 858 long-day-care centres we hold in Perth is $166 a day, before Child Care Subsidy. Most centres charge between $135 and $194 a day. 78% of Perth centres publish a fee; the rest publish none anywhere, and we say so rather than estimating.

What is the average daily childcare fee in Perth?

We publish the median rather than the average, because a handful of very high fees pull an average away from what a typical family pays. The median full-day fee in Perth is $166 a day before subsidy.

Are these fees before or after the Child Care Subsidy?

Before. Every fee shown is the centre's published full-day fee as reported to the government's Starting Blocks service. What a family actually pays depends on its Child Care Subsidy percentage, which depends on income and activity.

Which Perth suburbs have the lowest childcare fees?

The suburb table above is sorted by median full-day fee, lowest first. Each suburb links to a page comparing every centre in it and nearby, centre by centre.

Fees are as published to the government's Starting Blocks service by each provider and are shown before Child Care Subsidy. NQS ratings are issued by the state regulator and are shown as issued, never blended with Google ratings. A centre that publishes no fee is shown as publishing none, never estimated. All fees in Australian dollars.

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