Cardwell Early Learning
1 Clitheroe Street, Cardwell QLD 4849
Cardwell Early Learning is a long day care centre in Cardwell QLD 4849, run by Malaba Childcare Pty Ltd ATF The Malaba Childcare Discretionary Trust. It is approved for 45 children. It opens 7:00am to 5:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2026.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 45
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- July 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Preschool / kindergarten
Contact & location
- 1 Clitheroe Street, Cardwell QLD 4849
- 07 4066 2411
- 07 4066 2411
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 5:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 5:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 5:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 5:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 5:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Cardwell Early Learning sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Queensland averaged $14.15 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 (Nov 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentNov 2024 | PreviousDec 2017 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
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 Cardwell
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 1,320
- Median age
- 60
- Household income /wk
- $846
- Median rent /wk
- $250
- Avg household size
- 1.9