How your council compares
June 16, 2008 12:00amCHILDCARE price changes, effective next month:
Auburn: One council-operated daycare centre
Under 2 years $49.70
2 to 3 years $48.10
3 to 5 years $46.80
All prices will increase by $1
Centre full with 200 children on waiting list
Bankstown: No council-operated daycare centres
Baulkham Hills Shire: Six
Blacktown: 21 long daycare centres
Under 2 $62.40 per day, proposed increase of $2 to $64.40 per day
2-3 years $59.60 per day, proposed increase of $2 to $61.60 per day
3 + years $58.80 per day, proposed increase of $2 per day to $60.80 per day
Limited vacancies across the week except for children under 2.
3 + years $58.80 per day, proposed increase of $2 per day to $60.80 per day
Limited vacancies across the week except for children under 2.
Botany Bay: Two centres
$57 per day to increase $5 to $62
Centres are usually 90 per cent occupied with vacancies for some groups on different days.
Canada Bay: One centre
$66.50 per day, to increase $4.50 to $71 per day
90 per cent full
Camden Council: Home-based family daycare
Carers set own fees, usually $3.80 - $4.80 per hour
No full-time vacancies, but odd part-time vacancies are available
Holroyd City Council: 13 services, including four long daycare centres
$57 per day to increase $2 to $59
Full
Hornsby: Five long daycare centres
Range from $61 to $66.50 per day, to increase by $2.50
Cherrybrook and Westleigh centres full. Asquith, Hornsby and Somerville Park Centres have occupation rates between 95 per cent and 98 per cent.
Hurstville: One long daycare centre
Costs $56.50 per day, to increase by $3.50 to $60 per day
Full with waiting list of 200
Kogarah: Two long daycare centres
Ocean Street (long daycare) is $45 a day
Carss Park Narani Childcare Centre is $65 a day for under 2s and $55 for 2-5s. Both to increase by $3 per day.
430 people on waiting list
Ku-ring-gai: Once centre
$69 per day to increase by $4 to $73 per day
Six vacant spots on Fridays, every other day is full.
Lane Cove: One long daycare centre
Under 2 $75 to increase $2 to $77
2-5 years $69 to increase $2 to $71
Under 2 full, 2-5 years one vacancy on Monday, five vacancies on Friday
Leichhardt: Three long daycare centres
Ranges from $64 to $74 per day, depending on centre and child's age, with $4 increase proposed
Each centre has a waiting list of more than a year. Council is looking at combining the list in the future.
Liverpool: Seven centres
Occasional care positions are available on request and vacancies in two long day care centres in the 3-5 age range only.
Under 2s $59
2-3 $57
3-5 $52.00
Likely to increase by a few dollars per day
Marrickville: Six long daycare centres
$65.50 per day, proposed incrase of $2 per day to $67.50 per day
More than 1000 children on waiting list
Parramatta: Five daycare centres
Long daycare centres $56.50 per day, proposed rise of $18.76 to $75.26 per day
Westfield Occasional Care $13.25 per hour
Pittwater: One daycare centre
$62 per day. proposed increase of $3 to $65 per day in 2009
No vacancies, 29 children on waiting list
Randwick: One centre
Under 3 $65 per day, to rise $5 to $70 per day
3 - 5 $60 per day
No places available for the under 3 year age group, five places available on Mondays and one place available on Thursdays for the 3 - 5 year age group.
Sutherland: Eleven long day care centres
Cost $59 per day, to increase $2.50 to $61.50 in July
97 per cent occupancy
City of Sydney: Two centres
Redfern Childcare Centre $34.50 per day to rise by $2.50 to $37
Alexandria Childcare Centre $56.50 to increase by $3.50 to $60 per day.
Kindergartens $29 proposed to increase by $3 to $31 per day.
Waverley: Three long daycare centres
Under 2 $58 per day to rise $7 to $65 per day
2 to 5 year old $54 per day to rise $6 to $60 per day
Limited vacancies for 4-5 year olds, 950 children on waiting list
Warringah: Four centres
Under 2s $74 to increase $10 to $84 per day
2-3 $63.50 to increase $8.50 to $72 per day
3-5 $55 to increase by $5 to $60 per day
Willoughby: Two childcare centres and a family daycare scheme operated by council
Centre-based services are $69 for under 2s to increase by $3 per day to $72 per day.
$66 for 2-3s and $64 for 3-5s. Family Day Care costs are dependent on carers who set their own fees but are generally within a similar range as centre-based care.
Availability is dependent on age with wait lists for children under 2 years, minimal vacancies for 2-3s with 3-5s easier to accommodate.
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