Goolwa Children's Centre
Brooking Street, Goolwa SA 5214
Goolwa Children's Centre is a long day care centre in Goolwa SA 5214, run by Goolwa Children's Centre Inc. It is approved for 87 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed November 2025. It is one of 4 services in Goolwa; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 87
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- November 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Brooking Street, Goolwa SA 5214
- 08 8555 2509
- 08 8555 1565
- goolwacc.sa.edu.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30-18:00
- Tuesday
- 7:30-18:00
- Wednesday
- 7:30-18:00
- Thursday
- 7:30-18:00
- Friday
- 7:30-18:00
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Goolwa Children's Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in South Australia averaged $14.10 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 (Apr 2018)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentApr 2018 | PreviousOct 2017 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Working Towards |
Nearby in Goolwa
- Beyond Early Learning Goolwa 80 places Long day care
- Goolwa Children's Centre for Early Childhood Development and Parenting 87 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Goolwa Primary School OSHC 30 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 Goolwa
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 2,558
- Median age
- 67
- Household income /wk
- $790
- Median rent /wk
- $250
- Avg household size
- 1.8