Balmain Care For Kids
5 Thames Street, Balmain NSW 2041
Balmain Care For Kids is a long day care centre in Balmain NSW 2041, run by Balmain Care For Kids Pty Limited. It is approved for 92 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2026. It is one of 10 services in Balmain; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 92
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 25/07/2009
- Last assessed
- June 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 5 Thames Street, Balmain NSW 2041
- 02 9555 2341
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Balmain Care For Kids sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in New South Wales averaged $14.85 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Mar 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMar 2025 | PreviousAug 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Balmain
- Balmain Care for Kids 66 places Long day care
- Balmain Care for Kids OOSH 113 places Outside school hours care
- Balmain Children's Centre 38 places Long day care
- Birchgrove Public School Preschool 40 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Camp Australia - Birchgrove Public School OSHC 79 places Outside school hours care
- Eaton Street Centre Incorporated 145 places Outside school hours care
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About Balmain
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 10,454
- Median age
- 42
- Household income /wk
- $3,039
- Median rent /wk
- $625
- Avg household size
- 2.2