Australia: preschool hourly fees by preschool type 2022

In 2022, over 40 thousand children attending government preschools paid no hourly fees in Australia. Overall, the majority of children across all preschool program types paid no more than four dollars per hour.

Distribution of hourly fees of preschool programs in Australia in 2022, by preschool type

Characteristic	$0	$1-4	$5-9	$10-14	$15-19	$20+
Government preschool	40,507	5,745	64	7	0	0
Non-government preschool	26,080	32,214	12,688	2,138	941	359
Multiple preschools	1,819	544	94	17	0	0
Government centre based day care	477	3,176	2,380	529	38	4
Non-government centre based day care	11,935	71,232	56,623	12,362	2,027	225
Multiple centre based day care	167	1,800	1,861	400	46	0
Children across more than one provider type	2,236	30,854	11,454	779	35	0
Total	83,222	145,564	85,175	16,227	3,088	591

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Release date

March 2023

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Australia

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Note: According to the source, a preschool program is defined as a structured, play based learning program, delivered by a degree qualified teacher, aimed primarily at children in the year or two before they commence full-time schooling.

Nil figures are nil or have been rounded to zero.

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