In 2020, there were a total of 5,455 center-based child care services in New South Wales, Australia. New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland made up the top three states, which are incidentally also the three leading states in terms of population.
Number of center-based child care services in Australia in 2020, by state and territory
A center-based service includes most long day care, preschool and outside school hours care services that are delivered at a center. It does not include preschools in Tasmania or Western Australia out of scope of the NQF, as well as other services that aren’t regulated under the National Law.
The data presented was taken from the National Quality Agenda IT System on 1 January 2021 for the period ending 31 December 2020.
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