Port Pirie Child Care Centre
First Street, Port Pirie SA 5540
Port Pirie Child Care Centre is a long day care centre in Port Pirie SA 5540, run by Port Pirie Child Care Centre Inc. It is approved for 54 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed January 2026. It is one of 7 services in Port Pirie; 4 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 54
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- January 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- First Street, Port Pirie SA 5540
- 08 8632 5499
- 08 8632 5759
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Port Pirie Child Care 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.
Quality area ratings
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting |
|---|---|
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding |
Nearby in Port Pirie
- Port Pirie Community Kindergarten 43 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Port Pirie West Children's Centre for Early Child Development and Parenting 44 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Risdon Park South Kindergarten 41 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Solomontown Kindergarten 45 places Preschool / kindergarten
- YMCA Airdale OSHC 50 places Outside school hours care
- YMCA St Mark's College OSHC 60 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 Port Pirie
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 176
- Median age
- 77
- Household income /wk
- $599
- Median rent /wk
- $173
- Avg household size
- 1.4